Fornever

Fornever (stylized as For(n)ever) is the fourth studio album by American rock band Hoobastank, released in the US January 27, 2009 and was released in Australia June 26, 2009. For(n)ever peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200, and at number 7 on Billboard Top Rock Albums in its first week.

The album mostly deals with love themes and relationships.

The first single "My Turn" was released on October 14, 2008. "I Don't Think I Love You" is featured on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Album. "Sick of Hanging On" is featured on PES 2010 soundtrack.

Pre-release
In October 2007, Doug Robb posted on the official Hoobastank message boards and said that they have "Set the bar very very high for this next CD" and that they have "More ideas going into this CD than ever before".

On June 2, 2008 Robb posted an update on their temporary website, announcing that the recording process of their album was almost done and to expect a release date within a couple of weeks.

Personnel

 * Hoobastank
 * Doug Robb — vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
 * Dan Estrin — lead guitars, keyboards
 * Chris Hesse — drums, percussion


 * Additional musicians
 * Vanessa Amorosi — vocals for The Letter (Australian and European versions)
 * David Campbell — string arrangements for Tears of Yesterday
 * Howard Benson — keyboards
 * Paul Bushnell — bass, keyboards


 * Production
 * Stephen Ferrera — A&R
 * Howard Benson — audio production, producer, programming
 * Keith Armstrong, Mikey Canzonetta — mixing assistants
 * Paul DeCarli — digital editing
 * Chris Lord-Alge — mixing
 * Mike Plotnikoff — engineer, mixing
 * Todd Russell — art direction
 * Leah Smith — stylist
 * Tom Syrowski, Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki — assistant engineers, audio engineers
 * Marc VanGool — guitar technician