''Decisions'' was the fifth studio album by American gospel group

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, released in 1987 under

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. The album was written and produced by Marvin Winans, along with music producer

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and

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. The album is a blend of contemporary gospel and R&B, also includes the Grammy winning single "Ain't No Need to Worry" featuring singer

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and "Love Has No Color" featuring singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album peaked at #1 on ''Billboard's'' Top Gospel Albums chart.

Track listing

The Winans-Decisions album
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Re-issue

Personnel

The Winans * Carvin Winans – vocals *

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– vocals, percussion * Michael Winans – vocals *

Ronald Winans Ronald "Ron" Winans (June 30, 1956 – June 17, 2005) was an American Gospel singer who gained fame as a member of The Winans. Biography Early years Ronald Winans was born the second of 10 children to David and Delores Winans. Musical and bus ...

– vocals Musicians * Laythan Armour – keyboards, synthesizer programming, drum programming * John Bokowski – keyboards * Loris Holland – keyboards * Wayne Linsey – keyboards *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– synthesizer programming * Michael Rochelle – keyboards, synthesizers * Harlan Rogers – keyboards * Thomas Whitfield – keyboards * Hadley Hockensmith – guitars *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– guitars * Lanar Brantley – bass * Dean Gant – bass * Andrew Gouche – bass *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

– bass * Bill Maxwell – drums * Ollie E. Brown –

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, percussion *

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– percussion *

– percussion * Justo Almario – horns *

– lead vocals (1) * Douglas Williams – additional vocals (1) * Melvin Williams – additional vocals (1) * Michael McDonald – lead vocals (7) Additional backing vocals * Victor Adams,

Fred Hammond Frederick William Hammond (born December 27, 1960) is an American gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in contemporary gospel music. He is known for using a variety of differe ...

, Kevin Anthony Jackson, Celeste McKinney, Kevin Session, Dwayne Whitfield, Angie Winans, BeBe Winans, Debbie Winans, Debra Winans, Regina Winans and Earl J. Wright Children's choir on "Breaking of Day" * Carvin Winans Jr., Deborah Joy Winans, Juan Winans,

Mario Winans Mario Mendell Winans ( Brown; born August 29, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his 2004 song " I Don't Wanna Know", which reached number 2 in the United States and number 1 in the United Kingdom. Wina ...

, Marvin Winans Jr., Mike Winans and Shay Winans

Awards

* 1988 Soul Train Music Awards - Best Gospel Album Group or Choir

Charts

References

External links

The Winans
{{DEFAULTSORT:Decisions (The Winans album) 1987 albums The Winans albums Warner Records albums