Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos album) explained

Forever and Ever
Type:	studio
Artist:	Demis Roussos
Cover:	Forever and ever cover.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	March 1972 – January 1973
Studio:	Gaîté, Des Dames (Paris) Phonogram (Hamburg) Chappell Recording (London)
Genre:	Pop
Length:	38:16
Label:	Philips
Producer:	Demis Roussos
Prev Title:	On the Greek Side of My Mind
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	My Only Fascination
Next Year:	1974

Forever and Ever is the second studio album by Greek singer-songwriter Demis Roussos, released in 1973, by Philips Records. A greatly popular album, it also topped the international albums charts in Germany, Netherlands and Norway and was number 2 in Austria.

Personnel

• Bass – Bernard Rosati
• Backing vocals – attributed to "all friends"
• Bouzouki – Orphe
• Drums – P. Jean
• Engineer – Roger Roche
• Flute – Chris Hayward
• Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Jean-Jacques Cramier
• Keyboards, Organ – Stelios Vlavianos
• Lead Guitar, Guitar – A. Caracadas
• Photography – Bernard Leloup
• Trombone – Alex Perdigon, G. Conti

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1973–1979)!scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[2]	1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[4]	3
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[5]	2
Yugoslavian Albums^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)!scope="col"

Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	38

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . 1993 . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . Australian Chart Book . 259 . 0-646-11917-6.
2. Hits of the World. Billboard. 50. 23 March 1974. 22 February 2024.
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Demis Roussos. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 22 February 2024. fi.
4. Web site: InfoDisc : Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste . fr . PHP . infodisc.fr . 22 February 2024.
5. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 84-8048-639-2.
6. Hits of the World. Billboard. 50. 23 March 1974. 22 February 2024.
7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . German . 12 April 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306073643/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1973 . 6 March 2023.
8. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . German . 12 April 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307161656/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1974 . 7 March 2023.
9. 25 December 1976 . Top 50 Albums of 1976 . live . PDF . . 14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328060638/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf . 28 March 2023 . 12 April 2023 . World Radio History.