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".

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

Track listing
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 [Assistant] – 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