a&r [a&r administrator] Sonya Kates
a&r [administrative assistant] Debbie Morrison
alto vocals Dorothy Shelby
alto vocals Jennifer Whitlock
alto vocals Kimberly Brown
alto vocals Lisa D. Russell
art direction, design Rowan Moore
tracks 5, 12, 15 backing vocals Core Cotton
tracks 5, 9, 12 backing vocals Shirley Marie Graham
tracks 1 to 9, 11 to 13, 15, 16 backing vocals Sounds Of Blackness
tracks 1, 3, 6, 13 backing vocals Spirit V
baritone saxophone David Wright
baritone vocals David Brim Young
baritone vocals Freddie Winston
baritone vocals Geoffrey Jones
bass Mufundisi Joseph Young
bass Robert 'Speedy' Pittman
bass Terry Lewis
bass vocals Gordon Bruce
bass vocals Gregory Sears
bass vocals Rev. Ira Conley
bass vocals Rojeem Taylor
bass vocals Timothy W. Lee
congas, timpani [tympani] Gary Hines
congas, timpani [tympani] Kevin Whitlock
coordinator [production coordination] Susan Owens
copyist [horn charts], tenor saxophone Louis J. Wilson
drum programming Chico Cockrell
drum programming Gary Hines
drum programming Jimmy Jam
drum programming Lance Alexander
drums, percussion Trenon Graham
engineer [chief] Steve Hodge
executive-producer Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
flute, balafon [balifon], alto saxophone Franklin Wharton
guitar LaSalle Gabriel
guitar Soli Hughes
harp Robin Berry
keyboards Jeanine McAdams
keyboards Jimmy Jam
keyboards Lawrence Waddell
tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 13, 15 lead vocals Ann Nesby
tracks 1, 2, 12 lead vocals Carrie Harrington
mastered by Brian Gardner
mixed by Dave Rideau
mixed by Steve Hodge
organ Billy Steele
performer Minneapolis Gospel Sound
photography by Tom Berthiaume
photography by [front cover photo] Stuart Watson
tracks 2, 4, 5, 8 producer Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
producer, conductor, arranged by, music director [musical director], piano Gary Hines
recorded by [assistant] Troy Werth
recorded by, engineer [maintenance] Brad Yost
soprano saxophone David Wright
soprano saxophone Louis J. Wilson
soprano vocals Angela Henderson
soprano vocals Cheryl D. Warder-Reeves
soprano vocals Dorothy A. Brown
soprano vocals Jayn R. Bell
soprano vocals Kellie Hickman
soprano vocals Renee J. McCall
soprano vocals Wanda Lewis
tenor vocals Dr. Robert J. Jones
tenor vocals Michael L. Bowens
tenor vocals Robert Edwards
tenor vocals Russell B. Knighton Jr.
tenor vocals Terrence Frierson
tenor vocals William H. Smith
tenor vocals Willie Wesley
trumpet, piccolo flute Larry Sims
tracks 10, 14, 17 vocals Sounds Of Blackness
tracks 10, 14, 17 vocals Spirit V
Bar Code 0 2896-81000-2 0
Recorded & Mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN
Ann Nesby credited as Ann Bennett-Nesby
Brad Yost credited as Brad Yost & Bradley Yost
Core Cotton credited as Coré Cotton
Dave Rideau credited as Dave 'DZB' Rideau
Mufundisi Joseph Young credited as Rev. Joseph Young Jr.
Lawrence Waddell credited as Larry Waddell
Pat Levy credited as Patricia Levy
MGS (Minneaplis Gospel Sound)