Decisions is the fifth studio album by the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans. It was released on September 1, 1987 by Qwest/Warner Bros. Records.
The brothers produced the album with Barry Hankerson with music producer Quincy Jones serving as executive producer.
Decisions continue the success of their previous Grammy-winning album Let My People Go with their combo of contemporary gospel and R&B. It features guest singers that were both released as singles: "Ain't No Need to Worry" with American R&B singer Anita Baker and "Love Has No Color" with singer - songwriter
Michael McDonald. The Winans originally recorded a cover of Elton John's 1974 hit
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (#2 Billboard Hot 100, #3 Billboard AC) with
an arrangement by Ronald Winans. It was replaced by the Christmas track "The Real Meaning of Christmas," which was originally released as a non-album single in 1986, in later pressings.
Decisions gave The Winans their second number one album on the Top Gospel Albums, plus it appeared on the following Billboard album charts:
#12 Top Christian Albums
#30 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
#109 Billboard 200 Albums
The Winans won Grammy, Dove and Soul Train Music Awards for their album. See the accolades section below this article.
Track listing
All songs were written by Marvin Winans, except where noted.
1. Ain't No Need to Worry (featuring Anita Baker) -5:45
2. Million -4:25
3. Breaking of Day -4:49
4. What Can I Say -4:46
5. Right, Left in a Wrong World (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans) -6:10
6. The Real Meaning of Christmas (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Barry
Hankerson) -4:41
7. Love Has No Color (featuring Michael McDonald) (Marvin Winans, Ronald
Winans, Percy Bady) -4:15
8. Give Me You -4:47
9. How Can You Live Without Christ? (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans) -4:23
Personnel
The Winans:
Marvin Winans -vocals
Carvin Winans - vocals
Michael Winans - vocals
Ronald Winans -vocals
Accolades
Grammy Award -Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ("Ain't No
Need to Worry" featuring Anita Baker)
Dove Award -Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year (Decisions)
Soul Train Music Award -Best Gospel Album -Duo, Group or Chorus (Decisions)
Radio singles
1987 "Ain't No Need to Worry" featuring Anita Baker -#9 Christian CHR, #8
Christian AC, #15 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs
1988 "Love Has No Color" featuring Michael McDonald -#2 Christian CHR,
#18 Christian AC
Previous release: Let My People Go (1985)
Next release: Live at Carnegie Hall (1988)
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