Heaven (BeBe & CeCe Winans album)

Heaven
Studio album by BeBe & CeCe Winans
Released	September 1988
Genre	Contemporary Gospel, contemporary Christian
Length	50:46
Label	Sparrow/Capitol
Producer	Keith Thomas
BeBe & CeCe Winans chronology
BeBe & CeCe Winans (1987) Heaven (1988) Different Lifestyles (1991)

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

1. BeBe & CeCe Winans - Album Discography.Allmusic
2. BeBe & CeCe Winans - Albums and Singles Chart History.Billboard
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 631.