Heart & Soul is the eighth and final studio album by the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans, released on October 24, 1995 by Qwest/Warner Bros. Records and Warner Alliance Records.
Two years after their previous album All Out, The Winans return with this release and features a more mature adult contemporary sound and yet still fresh with R&B touches and more gospel than the mainstream sounds of All Out and Return (1990). Other than younger sibling BeBe Winans providing backing vocals on the track "Count It All Joy," there are no guest artists or musicians like the previous albums did and was once again executive produced by Quincy Jones and Barry Hankerson and each track was produced by various musicians and producers. The Winans also recorded an updated version of "The Question Is," which they originally recorded for their 1981 debut album Introducing The Winans.
Their final chart single was the title song and it peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart while "Standing On Promises" was released to Christian AC radio.
Heart & Soul was their final charted album as a group as it debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Top Gospel Albums and number 12 on the Top Christian Albums charts in Billboard magazine. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. After this release, the brothers recorded a tribute cover of Andraé Crouch's "It Won't Be Long" from the Grammy-winning tribute album Tribute – The Songs of Andraé Crouch. The brothers went their separate ways but have collaborated on either each other's solo projects or on other artists albums. Marvin has been a founding pastor at The Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan since 1989 and still is to this day. Ronald suffered and recovered from a heart attack in 1997 and later died of heart complications in 2005.
NOTE: the track "Count It All Joy" is not the same track as recorded by their siblings BeBe & CeCe Winans, which is also titled "Count It All Joy," from their 1994 album Relationships.
Track listing
1. Paradise (Kenny Greene) -4:18
2. Heart & Soul (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins) -4:39
3. Count It All Joy (Keith Crouch) -4:42
4. Smile On Me (Marvin Winans) -5:34
5. Yeah Yeah Yeah (BeBe Winans, Marc Quinn Harris) -6:17
6. The Question Is (Marvin Winans) -4:38
7. Please Believe in Me (Marvin Winans, Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins) -4:24
8. Universal Love (Carvin Winans, Dana Davis) -5:45
9. I Need You (Marvin Winans) -4:44
10. Next to Me (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Regina Winans) -3:50
11. Standing On the Promises (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Regina Winans)
-5:13
12. Prone to Wander (Marvin Winans) -6:26
Personnel
The Winans:
Marvin Winans -lead vocals (tracks 1 -6 and 9), backing vocals
Carvin Winans - lead vocals (tracks 2, 8 and 12), backing vocals
Michael Winans - lead vocals (track 11), backing vocals
Ronald Winans - lead vocals (tracks 7 and 10), backing vocals
Production credits
George Duke -producer (tracks 4, 8 and 9)
Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins -producer (tracks 2 and 7)
Keith Crouch -producer (tracks 3 and 6)
Cedric and Victor Caldwell -producers (tracks 11 and 12)
BeBe Winans -producer (track 5 and 10)
Kenny Greene -producer (track 1)
Jimmy Abney -co-producer (track 6)
Marc Quinn Harris -co-producer (track 5)
Steve Harvey -co-producer (track 10)
Quincy Jones and Barry Hankerson -executive producers (all tracks)
Radio singles
1995 "Heart & Soul" -#89 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs
1995 -1996 "Standing On Promises" -#16 Christian AC
Next release: The Light Years (1995) (compilation album)
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