Heaven on Earth is the second solo album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1987. The album features three singles that made the Top 10 charts in the United States, including the #1 hit and Carlisle's signature song "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". It is her most successful album to date.
Video Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)
Reception
Critical reception
AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave the album four stars out of five retrospectively, saying "while nothing here packs quite the punch that "How Much More," "We Got the Beat," and "Turn to You" did, such memorable songs as "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," "Should I Let You In?", and "I Get Weak" show that the Angeleno still had plenty of spirit".
Commercial reception
"Heaven on Earth" is Belinda Carlisle's most successful studio album of her career, in terms of chart performance and copies sold. The album was certified 4 times Platinum in the United Kingdom. "Heaven on Earth" was also certified Platinum in many other countries including the United States. The first single released, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", reached the number 1 position throughout the world. The second song released was "I Get Weak" written by the famous songwriter Diane Warren. "I Get Weak" reached the number #2 spot in the U.S. and garnered a top 10 placing in Canada and U.K. The third single, "Circle in the Sand", reached the top 10 position in many countries among them U.K. (#4), U.S. (#7) and Canada (#5). From the fourth single on, the singles released from the album were different in different territories. The Cream cover "I Feel Free" was released only in the U.S., the song reached only #88 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the final U.S. single from the album. In Europe, the song "World Without You" (another Diane Warren song) was released, where it reached the top 40. A fifth and final single in the U.K. was the ballad "Love Never Dies" which reached number #54.
In May 2009, Heaven on Earth was re-released as a remastered two disc special edition. This special edition includes several bonus remixes and a live DVD. The inclusion of the live DVD marked the first time the concert footage filmed in Philadelphia during the 1988 'Good Heavens' world tour was made available in DVD format. It had previously only been available on VHS.
Heaven On Earth was again re-released on August 26, 2013 in a 2CD+DVD casebook edition from Edsel Recording ( EDSG 80265 ) featuring the original album remastered, the single versions, remixes and B-sides. The DVD features the videos from the album and the concert footage filmed in Philadelphia during the 1988 'Good Heavens' world tour as well as an exclusive interview with Carlisle, discussing the album.
Fellow Go-Go Charlotte Caffey's group The Graces covered "Should I Let You In?" for their 1989 album Perfect View.
Maps Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)
Track listing
2013 Remastered Deluxe version
2017 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered Deluxe version
Featuring Three Bonus Tracks, Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2017 Acoustic), Why, and Superstar
Album credits
Personnel
- Belinda Carlisle - vocals (and, according to the album's lyrics sheet, Air Guitar)
- John McCurry - electric guitars
- Dan Huff - electric guitars
- Charles Judge - keyboards, drum programming, acoustic piano
- Rick Nowels - keyboards, drum programming, acoustic and electric guitars
- Rhett Lawrence - Fairlight
- John Pierce - bass
- Kenny Aronoff - drums
- Curly Smith - drums
Additional players
- George Black - guitar
- Rick Boston -- guitar
- Jimmy Bralower - percussion
- Paulinho DaCosta - percussion
- Thomas Dolby - keyboards
- Mike Landau - guitars
- Tim Pierce - guitar
Background vocals
- Beth Anderson
- Charlotte Caffey
- Donna Davidson
- Donna De Lory
- Edie Lehmann
- Rick Nowels
- Michelle Phillips
- Ellen Shipley
- Chynna Phillips
- Carnie Wilson
Production
- Producers: Rick Nowels, Paulinho Da Costa, Ellen Shipley & Robert Feist
- Arrangements: Rick Nowels
- Production Assistant: Matthew Freeman
- Engineers: Steve MacMillan, Robert Feist, Stacy Baird
- Assistant Engineers: Matthew Freeman, Joe Schiff, Clark Germain, Brian Scheuble
- Mixing: Shelly Yakus, Steve MacMillan
- Mix Assistant: Charles Judge
- Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
Charts and sales
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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