For Ever (Jungle album)

For Ever is the second studio album by British neo soul band, Jungle. The album was released on 26 August 2018 through XL Recordings.

For Ever
Studio album by
Jungle
Released26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
Genre
Length46:00
Label
Jungle chronology
Jungle
(2014)		 For Ever
(2018)
Singles from For Ever
  1. "House In LA"
    Released: 8 May 2018[3]
  2. "Happy Man"
    Released: 8 May 2018[4]
  3. "Cherry"
    Released: 22 July 2018[2]
  4. "Heavy, California"
    Released: 26 July 2018[5]
  5. "Beat 54 (All Good Now)"
    Released: 11 September 2018[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year69/100[6]
Metacritic66/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Clash6/10[9]
DIY[10]
Dork[11]
Drowned in Sound6/10[12]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10[13]
Loud and Quiet6/10[14]
NME[15]
Pitchfork5/10[16]
Rolling Stone[17]

For Ever was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 66, based on 14 reviews.[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Smile"3:07
2."Heavy, California"3:05
3."Beat 54 (All Good Now)"4:07
4."Cherry"3:16
5."Happy Man"3:12
6."Casio"3:54
7."Mama Oh No"3:17
8."House In LA"4:44
9."Give Over"3:33
10."Cosurmyne"3:40
11."Home"2:12
12."(More and More) It Ain't Easy"3:12
13."Pray"4:41
Total length:46:00

Charting
Charts (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 87
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 34
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 68
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[23] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] 85
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[27] 17
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[28] 56
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[29] 19
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[30] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] 45
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[32] 22
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[33] 11

References
  1. Blistein, Jon (11 September 2018). "Hear Jungle Craft Spellbinding Disco on New Song 'Beat 54 (All Good Now)'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. Newstead, Al (27 July 2018). "First Spin: Jungle finesse their funk on two new songs 'Heavy, California' & 'Cherry'". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. Balfour, Jay (9 May 2018). ""House in LA" by Jungle Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Blistein, Jon (8 May 2018). "UK Funk Collective Jungle Return With Two New Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. Krol, Charlotte (26 July 2018). "Jungle announce new album 'For Ever', share new songs 'Heavy, California' and 'Cherry' – listen". NME. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. Rivers, Joe (13 September 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. Wright, Lisa. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  11. Muir, Jamie (11 September 2018). "Dork Magazine Review". Dork. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. Byrne, Cal (14 September 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  13. Kuscher, Oliver (14 September 2018). "Jungle come down to earth on album two". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  14. Robertson, Derek (10 September 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  15. Smith, Thomas (12 September 2018). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  16. Rytlewski, Evan (20 September 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  17. Leight, Elias (17 September 2018). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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  19. "Jungle – Jungle". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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  21. "Jungle – For Ever". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  22. "Lescharts.com – Jungle – For Ever". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  23. "Jungle – For Ever". portuguesecharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  24. "Jungle – For Ever". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  25. "Jungle – For Ever". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  26. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  27. "Jungle Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  28. "Jungle Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  29. "Jungle Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  30. "Jungle Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  31. "Jungle Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  32. "Jungle Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  33. "Jungle Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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