, ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁Good ▁to ▁be ▁Bad ▁was ▁released . ▁Ald rich ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁" David ▁[ C over dale , ▁Wh ites nake ▁front man ] ▁had ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁might ▁wanted ▁[ s ic ] ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁record ▁and ▁maybe ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁more ▁ac oust ic - based ." ▁ ▁David ▁Cover dale ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁Fore ver more ▁is ▁" st ill ▁emb rac ing ▁all ▁those ▁elements ▁that ▁drew ▁[ the ▁band ' s ▁fans ] ▁to ▁Wh ites nake ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁Fore ver more ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁upon ▁release . ▁Thom ▁J ure k ▁of ▁All Music ▁r ated ▁the ▁album ▁ 3 . 5 / 5 ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁" the ▁album ' s ▁first ▁single , ▁Love ▁Will ▁Set ▁You ▁Free , ▁is ▁top - not ch ▁Wh ites nake ▁that ▁nod s ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁while ▁ground ing ▁itself ▁in ▁the ▁present ." ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁tracks ▁" All ▁Out ▁of ▁L uck " ▁and ▁" T ell ▁Me ▁How " ▁" measure ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way ". ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁The ▁album ▁deb uted ▁at ▁No . ▁ 4 9 ▁on ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁s elling ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁week . ▁It ▁has ▁sold ▁ 4 4 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁as ▁of ▁May