Into the Light (Phil Stacey album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Into the Light
| type = studio
| artist = Phil Stacey
| cover = philintolight.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2009|08|25}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Dark Horse Recording, Townsend Sound Studios, First Avenue Sound and Givens House (Franklin, Tennessee)
- 24 (Brentwood, Tennessee)
| length =
| label = Reunion/Provident Label Group
| producer = Brown Bannister
| prev_title = Phil Stacey
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Faith
| next_year = 2011
}}
Into the Light is the second studio album by American singer Phil Stacey. It is the followup to his 2008 self-titled debut which was released to country music. Into the Light is a CCM album released on Reunion Records. The album's final track, "Old Glory," was previously released as a promotional single during Stacey's 2008 tenure on Lyric Street Records. "You're Not Shaken", the first official single from the album, appeared on WOW Hits 2010.
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five in his Allmusic review. He said that the more pop-oriented production was well-suited to his voice and that it was "a set of songs that work not just as inspirational numbers but also as adult pop tunes."{{cite web |title=Into the Light review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1621285|pure_url=yes}} |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |work=Allmusic |accessdate=25 August 2009}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Inside Out
| writer1 = Jeremy Bose, Jeff Pardo
| length1 = 3:25
| title2 = It's Gotta Be Love
| writer2 = Luke Brown, Chuck Butler, Regie Hamm
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = You're Not Shaken
| writer3 = Phil Stacey, Matt Bronleewe, Andrew Fromm, Jason Ingram
| length3 = 4:42
| title4 = Sanctuary
| writer4 = Martin Briley, Dana Calitri, Nina Ossoff
| length4 = 4:14
| title5 = One
| writer5 = Stacey, Bose, Cindy Morgan
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = With All My Heart
| writer6 = Chad Cates, Bebo Norman, Stephan Sharp
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = Into the Light
| writer7 = Bronleewe, Ingram, Nate Smith
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = Some Kind of Love
| writer8 = Stacey, Morgan, Ben Glover
| length8 = 3:24
| title9 = Glorious
| writer9 = Stacey, Ingram, Tony Wood
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = Hard to Get
| writer10 = Rich Mullins
| length10 = 4:44
| title11 = Old Glory
| writer11 = Stacey
| length11 = 4:42
}}
Personnel
- Phil Stacey – vocals, backing vocals (4, 7), acoustic piano (11)
- Blair Masters – keyboards (1-3), acoustic piano (2, 4, 6-8)
- Matt Stanfield – keyboards (1-5, 7-10), acoustic piano (5), programming (8, 9)
- Jason Webb – Hammond B3 organ (7), Wurlitzer electric piano (9), synthesizers (9)
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1-4)
- Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (1-9), acoustic guitar (9)
- Mike Payne – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6)
- Chuck Butler – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
- Stephen Leweke – acoustic guitar (6)
- Ben Glover – acoustic guitar (8)
- Scott Denté –acoustic guitar (10)
- Tony Lucido – bass (1-4, 6-9)
- Matt Pierson – bass (5, 10)
- Dan Needham – drums (1-4, 6, 8)
- Steve Brewster – drums (5, 10)
- Jeremy Lutito – drums (7, 9)
- F. Reid Shippen – percussion (1-10)
- Brown Bannister – percussion (7)
- John Catchings – cello (6)
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello (6)
- Jim Grosjean – viola (6)
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola (6)
- David Angell – violin (6)
- David Davidson – violin (6)
- Conni Ellisor – violin (6)
- Pamela Sixfin – violin (6)
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin (6)
- Carl Marsh – string arrangements (6)
- Luke Brown – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7)
- Michael O'Brien – backing vocals (3)
- Jason McArthur – backing vocals (4, 7)
- Missi Hale – backing vocals (6)
= Production =
- Terry Hemmings – executive producer
- Jason McArthur – A&R
- Brown Bannister – producer, additional engineer, digital editing
- Steve Bishir – recording, additional engineer, digital editing
- Mike Carr – recording assistant
- Colin Heldt – recording assistant
- John Bannister – additional engineer, digital editing
- Richie Biggs – additional engineer, digital editing
- David Dillbeck – additional engineer, digital editing
- Billy Whittington – additional engineer, digital editing
- F. Reid Shippen – mixing at Robot Lemon (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Buckley Miller – mix assistant
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Michelle Box – A&R production
- Bekka Blackburn – art direction
- Tim Parker – art direction, design
- Ron Roark – design
- Micah Kandros – photography
- Anna Redmon – stylist
- Heather Cummings – make-up
Chart performance
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| Chart (2009)
! Peak |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums
| align="center"| 27 |