Heaven is the third album released by brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans and their second released on Capitol Records.BeBe & CeCe Winans - Album Discography.Allmusic It reached number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
Track listing
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)PeakpositionBeBe & CeCe Winans - Albums and Singles Chart History.BillboardU.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums95U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums10U.S. Top Gospel Albums 1U.S. Top Contemporary Christian Albums 3
Singles YearTitle1988"Heaven"121989"Lost Without You"8"Celebrate New Life" 25
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