Heaven on Earth (album)

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Heaven on Earth
Studio album by Belinda Carlisle
Released	1987
Recorded	Ocean Way Studios & American Recording, LA
Genre	Pop
Length	43:24
Label	MCA Records
Producer(s)	Rick Nowels
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Belinda Carlisle chronology
Belinda (1986)	Heaven on Earth (1987)	Runaway Horses (1989)

Heaven on Earth is the second solo album by Belinda Carlisle and her most successful to date. Released in late 1987 it featured three singles that made the Top 10 charts in the United States, including the #1 hit "Heaven Is a Place On Earth".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Album credits 3.1 Personnel 3.1.1 Additional Players 3.1.2 The Singers 3.2 Production 4 Chart performance 4.1 Album certifications

[edit] Track listing

1. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley) - 4:06
2. "Circle in the Sand" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:26
3. "I Feel Free" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 4:49
4. "Should I Let You In" (Charlotte Caffey, Mark Holden) - 4:16
5. "World Without You" (Diane Warren) - 4:44
6. "I Get Weak" (Warren) - 4:52
7. "We Can Change" (C. Caffey, Nowels) - 3:45
8. "Fool for Love" (Robbie Seidman) - 3:55
9. "Nobody Owns Me" (C. Caffey, Holden, Clyde Lieberman) - 3:13
10. "Love Never Dies" (C. Caffey, Tom Caffey, Nowells) - 5:13

[edit] Singles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.

#	Title	Date	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	1987	1	1	2
2.	"I Get Weak"	1988	2	10	34
3.	"Circle in the Sand"	1988	7	4	75
4.	"I Feel Free"	1988	88	—	—
5.	"World Without You"	1988	—	34	33
6.	"Love Never Dies"	1988	—	54	—

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Personnel

• Belinda Carlisle - vocals, air guitar
• Charles Judge - keyboards, drum programming, acoustic piano
• John McCurry - electric guitars
• Kenny Aronoff - drums
• John Pierce - bass
• Rhett Lawrence - Fairlight
• Rick Nowells - keyboards, drum programming, acoustic and electric guitars
• Dan Huff - electric guitars
• Curly Smith - drums

[edit] Additional Players

• Thomas Dolby - keyboards
• Mike Landau - guitars
• Jimmy Bralower - percussion
• Paulinho DaCosta - percussion
• Tim Pierce - guitar

[edit] The Singers

• Beth Anderson
• Charlotte Caffey
• Donna Davidson
• Donna Delory
• Edie Lehmann
• Rick Nowels
• Michelle Phillips
• Ellen Shipley

[edit] Production

• Producer & Arranger: Rick Nowels
• Engineers: Steve MacMillan, Robert Feist, Stacy Baird
• Mixing: Shelly Yakus
• Assistant Engineers: Matthew Freeman, Joe Schiff, Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble
• Additional Vocal Production: Ellen Shipley & Robert Feist
• Photography: Phillip Dixon
• Art Direction & Design - Norman Moore

[edit] Chart performance

"Heaven on Earth" is Belinda Carlisle's most successful studio album of her career, in terms of chart performance and copies sold.

Chart	Peak Position
United States	13
United Kingdom	4

[edit] Album certifications

• U.S. Certification: Platinum (1,000,000 as of Jan. 1988)
• UK Certification: 3x Platinum (900,000)