Heaven (BeBe & CeCe Winans album)
Heaven is the third album released by brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans and their second released on Capitol Records. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.Track listing
Personnel
;Vocals
- BeBe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals
- CeCe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Alvin Chea – bass vocals
- Margaret Bell – backing vocals
- Whitney Houston – backing vocals, guest vocals
- Claude V. McKnight III – backing vocals
- Meryvn Warren – backing vocals
- Angie Winans – backing vocals
- Debbie Winans – backing vocals
- Gino Speight – backing vocals
- Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir – backing vocals
- Backing vocals on all tracks arranged by BeBe Winans and Keith Thomas, except Track 9, arranged by Meryvn Warren
;Musicians
- Keith Thomas – arrangements, synthesizer, bass, Synclavier, acoustic piano, guitar synthesizer, horn arrangement, programming
- Brett Perry – synclavier programming
- Percy Bady – synthesizer, arrangements, horn arrangement
- Mark Hammond – additional drum programming, drum machine programming, additional programming
- Paul Leim – drums
- Terry McMillan – percussion
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
- Gary Lunn – bass
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Ira Siegel – guitar
- Tom Hemby – guitar
- Mark Douthit – saxophone
- Mike Haynes – trumpet
- Sam Levine – saxophone
- Chris McDonald – trombone, horn arrangement
- George Tidwell – trumpet
- Gerald Albright – saxophone
- Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements, conductor
- Ronn Huff – string arrangements
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
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 ; The Castle ; The Hit Factory ; Bunny Hop Studios
- Mixed at OmniSound Studios and Digital Recorders
- Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc
- Art direction – Tommy Steele
- Design – Stan Evenson Design, Inc.
- Photography – Victoria Pearson
- Management – David Sonenberg
Charts
Singles
Year | Title | US R&B |
1988 | "Heaven" | 12 |
1989 | "Lost Without You" | 8 |
1989 | "Celebrate New Life" | 25 |