''Different Lifestyles'' is the fourth album by brother and sister duo

BeBe & CeCe Winans BeBe & CeCe Winans are an American gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe and CeCe Winans are the seventh and eighth of the Winans family's ten children, most of whom have had gospel music careers. Together, they have received several awards ...

, released in the summer of 1991. The album included the singles "' Addictive Love" and a cover of The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There", featuring Mavis Staples. Both singles topped the R&B charts. Rapper

MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He is known for hit songs such as " U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" ...

made an appearance on the single "The Blood" at the height of his career. It was one of the top ten albums featured on ''

CCM Magazine ''CCM Magazine'' is a twice-monthly online magazine focusing on contemporary Christian music, published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications. History ''CCM'' was first published in July 1978, as a printed magazine. It has be ...

''s "CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music." ''Different Lifestyles'' won the

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality Gospel music, gospel albums ...

award at the

1992 Grammy Awards The 34th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1992, recognizing accomplishments by musicians from the previous year (1991). Natalie Cole won the most awards (three), including Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year. Paul ...

Track listing

Personnel

Vocals * BeBe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 8, 12), BGV arrangements (1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12) * CeCe Winans – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12), BGV arrangements (7) * Donna McElroy – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 12) * Angie Winans – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 12) * Debbie Winans – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7-10, 12) * Joey Kibble – backing vocals (4) * Carvin Winans – backing vocals (4) * Marvin Winans – backing vocals (4) * Michael Winans – backing vocals (4) *

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 ...

– backing vocals (4) * Margaret Bell – backing vocals (4, 7, 10) *

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed " The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston i ...

– backing vocals (4, 10) *

– rap (4) * Mavis Staples – guest vocals (7) * Mark Kibble – backing vocals (8, 9) * Sherrie Kibble – backing vocals (8, 9) *

Mervyn Warren Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, conductor, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren ...

– backing vocals (8, 9) * Suzan Brittan – backing vocals (9) * Valerie Davis – backing vocals (9) * Luther Vandross – backing vocals (9), BGV arrangements (9) * Mount Calvary Baptist Church Choir (Palm Springs, California) – backing vocals (11) * Keith Thomas – BGV arrangements (1, 7, 12) * Rhett Lawrence – BGV arrangements (11) Musicians * Keith Thomas – synthesizers (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), percussion (1, 12), arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), drum programming (2, 5, 6, 7), percussion programming (3), string arrangements (3) * Rhett Lawrence – keyboards (4, 11), bass (4, 11), programming (4, 11), arrangements (4, 11) * Logan Reynolds – organ (4, 11), synthesizers (8, 9, 10), arrangements (10) * Howard McCrary – acoustic piano (9), arrangements (9) * Keith Andes – additional keyboards (10), programming (10) * Jerry McPherson – guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), electric guitar (2) * Tom Hemby – acoustic guitar (2, 8) *

Paul Jackson, Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

– guitar (4, 9, 10, 11) * Mike Wright – guitar (8) * Andrew Gouche – bass (8, 9) *

Ricky Lawson William Riser III (November 8, 1954 – December 23, 2013), better known as Ricky Lawson, was an American drummer and composer. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he worked extensively as a session musician, collaborating with Stevie Wonder, Mich ...

– drum programming (1, 12), drums (9) * Mark Hammond – drum programming (2, 7, 8) * Steve Brewster – drums (3) * Joe Hogue – drum programming (10) * Hen-Gee – scratches (4) *

Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist. Her work centers around the experiences of Black women in the United States. Early life McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan. She received a B.A. in journalism in 1977 from ...

– harmonica (7) * Mark Douthit – saxophone (8) *

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– saxophone (10, 11) * Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (11) * Chris McDonald – trombone (7) * Mike Haynes – trumpet (7) * George Tidwell – trumpet (7) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– trumpet (10, 11), horn arrangements (10) * Gary Grant – trumpet (11) * Cedric Caldwell – arrangements (8) * Jeff Lippencott – string arrangements and conductor (3) *

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

– string arrangements (3) * Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (8, 9) * Carl Gorodetzky – contractor (3) * John Coleman – conductor (8, 9) *

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– strings (3) *

National Philharmonic Orchestra The National Philharmonic Orchestra was a British orchestra created exclusively for recording purposes. It was founded by RCA Records producer and conductor Charles Gerhardt and orchestra leader and contractor Sidney Sax. The orchestra was creat ...

– strings (8, 9)

Production

* Keith Thomas – producer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), additional producer (8) * Rhett Lawrence – producer (4, 11), engineer (4, 11), additional producer (9) * BeBe Winans – producer (8, 9, 10), co-producer (11), executive producer * Keith Cohen – additional producer (10), mixing (4, 10, 11) * Scott Folks – executive producer * Todd Moore – production coordinator, assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7) * Skip Barrett – production coordinator, album coordinator * Louis Upkins, Jr. – production coordinator, album coordinator * Bill Whittington – recording (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), mixing (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), additional engineer (9, 10) * Jeff Balding – engineer (4, 8-11) * Ronnie Brookshire – engineer (4, 11) * Sylvia Massy – engineer (4), mix assistant (4) * Paul McKenna – engineer (4, 11), mixing (11) * Craig Burbidge – mixing (9) * Karen Segal – engineer (11) * John Potoker – recording (12) *

Leslie Ann Jones Leslie Ann Jones is a multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer working as Director of Music Recording and Scoring at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. company. She is a past Chair of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science ...

– additional engineer (9) * Andrew Kautz – additional engineer (12) * Todd Chapman – assistant engineer (1) * Todd Culross – assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5, 7) * Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer (1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10) * David Latto – assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5, 7) * John David Parker – assistant engineer (1, 3, 5, 8, 12) * Kelly Pribble – assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5, 7) * Carry Summers – assistant engineer (1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10) * Shane D. Wilson – assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) * Greg Parker – assistant engineer (2, 6, 10) * David Hall – assistant engineer (7) * Thom Russo – assistant engineer (7, 10) * Steve Hall – mastering * Christine Beaudet – album coordinator * Tommy Steele – art direction * Stan Evenson – design * Glenn Sakamoto – design * David Roth – photography ;Studios * Recorded at

The Bennett House The Bennett House is a recording studio located on 4th Avenue North in Franklin, Tennessee. Built in 1875, the two-story building has served as a residence, a clothing store and, starting in 1980, a recording studio used by many popular music ar ...

(Franklin, TN); Emerald Sound Studios, Sixteenth Avenue Sound, MasterMix, OmniSound Studios, Hummingbird Sound and Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville, TN); Alpha International Studios (Philadelphia, PA); Quad Recording Studios (New York, NY);

Ocean Way Recording Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates record ...

Cherokee Studios Cherokee Studios is a recording studio facility in Hollywood founded in 1972 by members of 1960s pop band The Robbs. Cherokee has been the location of many notable recordings by such artists as Steely Dan, David Bowie, Journey, The Cars, Foreign ...

, Capitol Studios and The Bunny Hop (Hollywood, CA);

Larrabee Sound Studios Larrabee Sound Studios is a recording studio complex in North Hollywood, California, originally established in 1969. Facilities Located at 4162 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, Larrabee has six studios, three tracking spaces, and a produ ...

(North Hollywood, CA); Oakshire Recorders and Summa Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Aire L.A. Studios (Glendale, CA); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA); Angel Studios (London, UK). * Mastered at Future Disc (North Hollywood, CA).

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