Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album)
album by Gloria Estefan
Into the Light is the second studio solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is her 14th overall, released on January 29, 1991, by Epic Records. The album reached number five on the US Billboard 200, becoming her highest peaking album on the chart. Into the Light has sold over 2 million copies in United States.
The album includes the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Coming Out of the Dark". Follow-up single "Can't Forget You" peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Background
Into the Light followed her successful 1989 album Cuts Both Ways, and the near-tragic accident Estefan experienced during the "Get on Your Feet Tour". The theme of the title track was bouncing back from the darkness of disaster. The album received commercial success, and has sold 1.8 million copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Track listing
Notes
"Language of Love" was excluded from US and Canadian editions.
Personnel
Gloria Estefan – vocals, backing vocals (3–5, 7–13), BGV arrangements (5), arrangements (8, 12)
Clay Ostwald – programming (1, 3–6, 8–14), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 8, 10–14), additional programming (2), acoustic piano (3, 4), additional arrangements (4, 6, 9), keyboards (6, 8, 11, 13), keyboard solo (6)
Angelo Morris – acoustic piano (1, 14)
Jorge Casas – programming (1, 3–6, 8–14), bass (1–7, 10, 11, 13, 14), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 8, 10–14), fretless bass (4, 12) additional arrangements (4, 6, 9), acoustic guitar (12)
Tom McWilliams – programming (2, 4, 9), arrangements (2, 4, 9), drum overdubs (2)
Scott Shapiro – programming (2, 4, 9), guitars (2), guitar solo (2), arrangements (2, 4, 9)
Brian Monroney – guitars (1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 14), guitar solo (11)
John De Faria – guitars (4–9, 13), guitar solo (8, 13)
Juan Márquez – 12-string guitar (10)
Robert Rodriguez – drums (1, 14)
Emilio Estefan Jr.
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