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1988 studio album by BeBe & CeCe Winans
Heaven is the third album released by brother and sister duo
BeBe & CeCe Winans and their second released on Capitol Records.
[1] It reached number one on the
Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Heaven"
Keith Thomas ,
Benjamin Winans 4:42 2. "
Celebrate New Life " Keith Thomas, Benjamin Winans 3:44 3. "Lost Without You" Keith Thomas, Benjamin Winans 4:12 4. "You" Mark Kibble, Michael Lawrence,
Mervyn Warren , Benjamin Winans 4:43 5. "Wanna Be More" Benjamin Winans 4:40 6. "Hold Up the Light" (featuring
Whitney Houston )
Percy Bady , Benjamin Winans 4:52 7. "Meantime" Keith Thomas, Benjamin Winans 5:06 8. "Don't Cry" Keith Thomas, Benjamin Winans 4:21 9. "Trust Him" Keith Thomas, Benjamin Winans 4:30 10. "
Bridge Over Troubled Water "
Paul Simon 3:52 11. "Heaven (Extended mix)" 6:06
Personnel
Vocals
BeBe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
CeCe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
Alvin Chea – bass vocals (1)
Margaret Bell – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
Whitney Houston – backing vocals (2), guest vocals (6)
Claude V. McKnight III – backing vocals (4)
Meryvn Warren – backing vocals (4, 9)
Angie Winans – backing vocals (6)
Debbie Winans – backing vocals (6)
Gino Speight – backing vocals (9)
Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir – backing vocals (10)
Backing vocals on all tracks arranged by BeBe Winans and Keith Thomas, except Track 9, arranged by Meryvn Warren.
Musicians
Keith Thomas – arrangements, synthesizers (1-9),
Synclavier (1-4, 10), bass (1-4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic piano (5, 8),
guitar synthesizer (6), horn arrangements (6), programming (10)
Brett Perry – Synclavier programming (1-10)
Percy Bady – synthesizers (6), arrangements (6), horn arrangements (6)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Ira Siegel – guitar (2, 6)
Tom Hemby – guitar (5)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (5)
Gary Lunn – bass (8)
Mark Hammond – additional drum programming (1), drum machine programming (2, 6, 9), additional programming (3)
Paul Leim – drums (5, 7, 8)
Terry McMillan – percussion (5, 7)
Mark Douthit – saxophone (6)
Sam Levine – saxophone (6)
Gerald Albright – saxophone (9)
Chris McDonald – trombone (6), horn arrangements (6)
Mike Haynes – trumpet (6)
George Tidwell – trumpet (6)
Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (1-4, 6-10), conductor (1-10)
Ronn Huff – string arrangements (5)
The Nashville String Machine – strings (1-10)
Production
Producer – Keith Thomas
Executive producers – Michael Brown and Wayne Edwards
Production assistance – Todd Moore and Brett Perry
Recorded and mixed by Jeff Balding
Additional engineering – Billy Whittington
Assistant recording – Steve Bishir, Chris Bubcaz, Craig Hansen, Shawn McLean, Todd Moore, Mark Nevers, Tom Singers, Carry Summers and Kevin Twit
Mix assistant – Carry Summers
Recorded at OmniSound Studios, Digital Recorders, Gold Mine Studio and Center Stage Studios (Nashville, TN); The Castle (Franklin, TN);
The Hit Factory (New York, NY); Bunny Hop Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
Mixed at OmniSound Studios and Digital Recorders.
Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
Art direction – Tommy Steele
Design – Stan Evenson Design, Inc.
Photography – Victoria Pearson
Management – David Sonenberg
Charts
Chart (1988)
Peak position
[2]
U.S. Billboard
Top Pop Albums
95
U.S. Billboard
Top R&B Albums
10
U.S. Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)
1
U.S. Top Contemporary Christian Albums (Billboard)
3
Singles
Year
Title
US R&B
[3]
1988
"Heaven"
12
1989
"Lost Without You"
8
"Celebrate New Life" (feat. Whitney Houston)
25
References
Studio albums Compilation albums
Greatest Hits
The Best of BeBe & CeCe Winans