Better Than Heaven was singer Stacey Q

Stacey Q

Stacey Q is a pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1985 hit single "Two of Hearts".-Early life:Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children...

's first album under Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

. This release was the first full-length album that the same lineup of musicians (formerly performing as SSQ

SSQ (band)

SSQ was a 1980s synthpop outfit formed from the already-in-existence band Q .-Biography:The original Q project was composed of Stacey Swain as lead singer, Jon St. James on guitars, and Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren on vocoder and synthesizer...

), released simply under the name Stacey Q. The artist continued to work with her SSQ bandmates in her solo albums such as Better Than Heaven, Hard Machine

Hard Machine

Hard Machine is the third solo album of singer Stacey Q, released in 1988. It includes the moderate hit, "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" which peaked at #66. While the album was not very successful with mainstream audiences, it fared slightly better with electronic dance music audiences. It also...

and Nights Like This

Nights Like This

Nights Like This was Stacey Q's follow up album to Hard Machine. Some of the songs made it to the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart such as the lead single, "Give You All My Love" produced by Clivilles & Cole of C&C Music Factory. That song as well as others failed to reach the top 40 in the Hot 100...

. Better Than Heaven has become the album that she is mostly known for.

The album was released in 1986 and gave Stacey Q and her former bandmates two mainstream hits: "Two of Hearts" and "We Connect". Both songs were promoted in the sitcom The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life (TV series)

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...

where Stacey Q guest starred as the character "Cinnamon". "Two of Hearts" was a the first song to be promoted on the sitcom. The song was a hit peaking on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at number three. "We Connect" also went up the charts where it reached the Top 40, eventually peaking to number 35 in the U.S. The album hit #59 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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.

Track listing

1. "Two of Hearts" (J. Mitchell, T. Green, S. Gatlin) (3:59)/(7:13 on CD versions)
2. "We Connect
   We Connect
   "We Connect" is a song written by Willie Wilcox recorded by Stacey Q for her album Better Than Heaven from which it was released as a single in November 1986...
   
   " (W. Wilcox) (4:14)
3. "Insecurity" (R. West) (3:31)
4. "Better Than Heaven" (C. Ruiz-Velasco, J.P. Charles, M. Holding) (3:33)
5. "Don't Let Me Down" (K. Moet, J. St. James) (3:53)
6. "Music Out Of Bounds" (S. Hahn, J. St. James, S. Swain, R. West) (4:24)
7. "Love Or Desire" (J. St. James) (3:46)
8. "Don't Break My Heart" (S. Swain, J. St. James) (3:33)
9. "He Doesn't Understand" (R. Anderson
   Rusty Anderson
   Rusty Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as lead guitarist with Paul McCartney, though he has worked with an extensive list of artists in addition to his own solo career.-Early life:Rusty Anderson grew up in La Habra, California...
   
   ) (5:07)
10. "Dancing Nowhere" (S. Swain. J. St. James) (3:46)

Production

• Frank Del Rio - associate producer (track 7)
• William J. Walker - associate producer (track 1)
• Jeff C. Fishman - associate producer (track 1)
• Willie Wilcox - associate producer (track 2), additional synth programming
• Keith Cowen - production coordinator
• Kirk Henry - production assistance
• Nancy Wendland - production assistance
• Keith Zajic - production assistance
• Gary Mraz - additional synth programming
• Dave Sitz - additional synth programming
• Dave Guccione - additional synth programming
• Aaron Rapoport - photography
• Danny Mendellin - hair & make-up
• Ed Jensen - hair & make-up
• Charlotte McGinnes - hair & make-up
• Tish & Gina - band stylists
• Jodi Rovin - design
• Barry Diament - CD mastering

Charts and Certifications

• These are the peak positions and certifications from chart providers.

  Chart (1986)	Peak position	Certification
  U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	59	Gold
  U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	46