Face to Face (Cissy Houston album)

Face To Face is the sixth studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1996 on the House of Blues Music distributed by BMG. The album features the spiritual anthems "Amazing Grace" and "Go Where I Send Thee", as well as gospel version of Holland-Dozier's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". Houston co-arranged and co-produced the album, as well as writing six of the album's tracks. Her son, singer Gary Houston, contributed backing vocals on the song "God Don't Ever Change".

The album received a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Traditional Gospel Album of 1996.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"God Don't Ever Change"	Willie Johnson John Emery	3:18
2.	"The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow"	Thomas A. Dorsey	4:22
3.	"How Sweet It Is"	Holland-Dozier-Holland Brian Holland Lamont Dozier	6:39
4.	"I'm Somebody"	Cissy Houston	3:47
5.	"Amazing Grace"		4:42
6.	"Too Close to Heaven"	Alex E. Bradford, Jr	5:50
7.	"Without God"	Cissy Houston	5:11
8.	"Something's Bound to Happen"	Cissy Houston Joseph L. Knight	6:18
9.	"Just Tell Him"	Cissy Houston	4:58
10.	"Face to Face"	Cissy Houston	6:19
11.	"Go Where I Send Thee"		3:51
12.	"He is the Music"	Cissy Houston Joel Moss Ouida Harding	5:11

Source

Personnel

Arranged by – Jimmy Vivino (tracks: 1), Ouida W. Harding (tracks: 3, 12)
Arranged By, Producer, Vocals – Cissy Houston
Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Joel Moss
Vocals – Gary Houston (tracks: 1)
Bass – Will Lee
Choir – Angelisa Guilford, Anita Jackson, Emma Davis, Gary Houston, Ingrid Arthur, Irma Harding, Kim Smith, LaTasha Spencer, Pamela Zimmerman, Patricia Houston, Ray Gordon, Raymond Kevin Alford, Robert E. Alston, Rochelle Foster, Sharon Thomas, Shirley Ullah, Stewart Ross, Tawanna Choice, Teresa Gattison, Vera Hubbard
Drums – Steve Jordan
Edited By, Mastered by – Ric Wilson
Engineer – Glen Marchese, Kevin Leonard, Kurt Lundvall, Rich Weingart, Tom Hardisty
Guitar – Jimmy Vivino
Organ – Leon Pendarvis, Rudy Copeland
Percussion – Steve Forman
Piano, Organ – Ouida W. Harding

Credits

Recorded at Hit Factory, NY & BKB Studio, NJ.

Mixed at Signet Sound, Hollywood CA.

Edited & mastered at DigiSonics, Tarzana, CA

House of Blues Music Co., BMG Distribution

References

External links

v t e Cissy Houston
Studio albums	Presenting Cissy Houston Cissy Houston Think It Over Step Aside for a Lady I'll Take Care of You Face to Face He Leadeth Me Walk on By Faith
Compilation albums	Midnight Train to Georgia: The Janus Years Definitive Collection Cissy Houston Collection Love is Holding You
Extended plays	Warning - Danger
Singles	"I'll Be There" "The Long and Winding Road" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Be My Baby" "Think It Over"
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