Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album)

Heaven on Earth is the second solo studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle. It was released on October 5, 1987, by MCA Records. Three singles reached the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, including the number-one single and Carlisle's signature song "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". The album has been certified triple Platinum in the United Kingdom and Platinum in many countries, including the United States.

Heaven on Earth
Studio album by Belinda Carlisle
Released	October 5, 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	Ocean Way (Los Angeles, California) American Recording (Calabasas, California) Music Grinder (Hollywood, California)[lower-alpha 1] Hollywood Sound (Hollywood, California)[lower-alpha 1] Cherokee (Hollywood, California)[lower-alpha 1]
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	43:24
Label	MCA
Producer	Rick Nowels
Belinda Carlisle chronology
Belinda (1986) Heaven on Earth (1987) Runaway Horses (1989)
Singles from Heaven on Earth
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Released: September 29, 1987 "I Get Weak" Released: February 15, 1988 "Circle in the Sand" Released: May 1988 "I Feel Free" Released: 1988 "World Without You" Released: 1988 "Love Never Dies" Released: 1988

Singles

The first single released, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", reached the number one position throughout the world. The second song released was "I Get Weak", written by Diane Warren. "I Get Weak" reached the number two spot in the U.S. and garnered a top 10 placing in Canada and the U.K. The third single, "Circle in the Sand", reached the top 10 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 varied in different territories. The Cream cover "I Feel Free" was released only in the U.S., reaching #88 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the final U.S. single from the album. In Europe, "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.[2]

Reissues

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.[3]

Fellow Go-Go Charlotte Caffey's group The Graces covered "Should I Let You In?" for their 1989 album Perfect View.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Daily Vault	B−[4]

AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave the album four stars out of five, 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".[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Rick Nowels Ellen Shipley	4:05
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	4:15
5.	"World Without You"	Diane Warren	4:42
6.	"I Get Weak"	Warren	4:50
7.	"We Can Change"	Nowels C. Caffey	3:45
8.	"Fool for Love"	Robbie Seidman	3:57
9.	"Nobody Owns Me"	C. Caffey Holden Clyde Lieberman	3:12
10.	"Love Never Dies"	C. Caffey Tom Caffey Nowels	5:16

2009 special edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (heavenly version)	Nowels Shipley	6:00
12.	"Circle in the Sand" (Beach Party mix)	Nowels Shipley	7:53
13.	"World Without You" (extended worldwide mix)	Warren	8:27
14.	"I Get Weak" (12″ version)	Warren	7:29
15.	"World Without You" (Panavision mix)	Warren	4:18
16.	"Circle in the Sand" (Sandblast multi mix) (digital download bonus track)	Nowels Shipley	5:16

2009 special edition bonus DVD – Belinda Live: Good Heavens! Tour

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Feel Free"	Bruce Pete Brown	5:01
2.	"Mad About You"	Paula Brown Mitchel Young Evans James Whelan	3:52
3.	"Lust to Love"	C. Caffrey Jane Wiedlin	4:47
4.	"I Get Weak"	Warren	4:59
5.	"Fool for Love"	Siedman	3:46
6.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels Shipley	4:47
7.	"World Without You"	Warren	5:06
8.	"Nobody Owns Me"	C. Caffey Holden Lieberman	3:22
9.	"Our Lips Are Sealed"	Terry Hall Wiedlin	2:48
10.	"Vacation"	Kathy Valentine C. Caffey Wiedlin	3:21
11.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Nowels Shipley	4:55
12.	"Love Never Dies"	T. Caffey Nowels C. Caffey	5:25
13.	"Head over Heals"	C. Caffey Valentine	4:07
14.	"We Got the Beat"	C. Caffey	3:42

2013 remastered deluxe edition

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Nowels Shipley	4:06
2.	"Circle in the Sand"	Nowels Shipley	4:26
3.	"I Feel Free"	Bruce Pete Brown	4:49
4.	"Should I Let You In?"	C. Caffey Holden	4:16
5.	"World Without You"	Warren	4:41
6.	"I Get Weak"	Warren	4:51
7.	"We Can Change"	Nowels C. Caffey	3:46
8.	"Fool for Love"	Seidman	3:56
9.	"Nobody Owns Me"	C. Caffey Holden Lieberman	3:12
10.	"Love Never Dies"	C. Caffey T. Caffey Nowels	5:15
11.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (promo 7″ edit)	Nowels Shipley	3:52
12.	"I Get Weak" (7″)	Warren	4:15
13.	"Circle in the Sand" (7″)	Nowels Shipley	3:40
14.	"World Without You" (7″ remix)	Warren	3:58
15.	"I Feel Free" (7″)	Bruce Pete Brown	4:25
16.	"Love Never Dies" (7″)	C. Caffey T. Caffey Nowels	4:12

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (heavenly version)	Nowels Shipley	5:59
2.	"I Feel Free" (extended version)	Bruce Pete Brown	6:58
3.	"Circle in the Sand" (Beach Party mix)	Nowels Shipley	7:51
4.	"World Without You" (extended worldwide mix)	Warren	8:26
5.	"I Get Weak" (12″ version)	Warren	7:29
6.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Down to Earth dub)	Nowels Shipley	5:22
7.	"Circle in the Sand" (Seaside Mood Groove mix)	Nowels Shipley	3:51
8.	"World Without You" (Panavision mix)	Warren	4:15
9.	"Circle in the Sand" (Sandblast multi-mix)	Nowels Shipley	5:16
10.	"I Get Weak" (romantic mix)	Warren	6:19
11.	"I Feel Free" (dub version)	Bruce Pete Brown	7:36
12.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (acappella)	Nowels Shipley	3:54

DVD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (music video; directed by Diane Keaton)	Nowels Shipley	4:10
2.	"I Get Weak" (music video; directed by Diane Keaton)	Warren	4:13
3.	"Circle in the Sand" (music video; directed by Peter Care)	Nowels Shipley	3:48
4.	"World Without You" (music video; concert footage)	Warren	5:02
5.	"I Feel Free" (music video; concert footage)	Bruce Pete Brown	4:32
6.	"Love Never Dies" (music video; concert footage)	C. Caffey T. Caffey Nowels	5:28
7.	"Belinda Live!: Good Heavens Tour" (for track listing see 2009 remaster)		60:00
8.	"Interview with Belinda" (conducted by Mark Goodier)		16:08

2017 30th anniversary edition remastered deluxe edition

Featuring three bonus tracks: "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (2017 Acoustic), "Why", and "Superstar".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Heaven on Earth.[5]

Musicians

• Belinda Carlisle – lead vocals, backing vocals, air guitar
• Charles Judge – keyboards, drum programming, acoustic piano
• John McCurry – electric guitars
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• John Pierce – bass
• Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight
• Rick Nowels – keyboards, drum programming, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
• Dann Huff – electric guitars
• Curly Smith – drums
• Thomas Dolby – additional keyboards
• Mike Landau – additional guitars
• Jimmy Bralower – additional percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – additional percussion
• Tim Pierce – additional guitar
• George Black – additional guitar
• David Kemper – additional percussion
• Beth Anderson – backing vocals
• Charlotte Caffey – backing vocals
• Donna Davidson – backing vocals
• Donna De Lory – backing vocals
• Edie Lehmann – backing vocals
• Michelle Phillips – backing vocals
• Ellen Shipley – backing vocals

Technical

• Rick Nowels – production
• Steve MacMillan – recording (all tracks); mixing (tracks 3, 4, 8, 10)
• Robert Feist – additional engineering
• Stacy Baird – additional engineering
• Shelly Yakus – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5–7, 9)
• Charles Judge – mixing assistance
• Matthew Freeman – engineering assistance, production assistance
• Joe Schiff – engineering assistance
• Clark Germaine – engineering assistance
• Brian Scheuble – engineering assistance
• Ethan Jones – engineering assistance
• Bob Vogt – engineering assistance
• Rob Jacobs – engineering assistance
• Marc DeSisto – engineering assistance
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Ellen Shipley – additional vocal production
• Robert Feist – additional vocal production
• Timothy McDaniel – production coordination
• Nancy Del Los Santos – production assistance

Artwork

• Phillip Dixon – photography
• Norman Moore – art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 13 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 31 European Albums (Music & Media)[9] 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 17 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[17] 4 US Billboard 200[18] 13

Year-end chart Chart (1988) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[19] 38 European Albums (Music & Media)[20] 25 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 20 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 20 US Billboard 200[23] 17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[24]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[25]	Gold	10,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[26]	Platinum	15,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27]	Gold	25,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
United States (RIAA)[29]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. Additional recording

References

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4. Ray, Benjamin. "Daily Vault review".
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