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Into the Light (1991)
Where the lyrics of Into the Light take you, and where it was really made.
Gloria Estefan's 14th album reached number five on the US Billboard 200, her highest peak on that chart.
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Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios (1991)
Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — The album credits list Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida as the recording place. This point is set at the city center of Miami, not at the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Into the Light: second studio solo album by American singer Gloria Estefan
- Her 14th album overall
- Released in January 1991 on Epic Records
- Credited producers: Emilio Estefan Jr., Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald
- Mastering by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York
- Title track theme: bouncing back from the darkness of disaster
Background
- Follows the successful 1989 album Cuts Both Ways
- Came after a near-tragic accident Estefan experienced during the Get on Your Feet Tour
- The title track was written around the idea of recovering from that darkness
- Estefan credited as lead vocalist and for backing vocal and arrangement work
- Jon Secada and Betty Wright appear among the backing vocalists
Recording
- Recording location listed as Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida
- Mixing credits go to Eric Schilling, Phil Ramone, Keith Cohen, Mike Couzzi and Pablo Flores
- Art direction by Nancy Donald and Mary Maurer
- Photography credited to Alberto Tolot
- Hair and make-up credited to Eric Bernard
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Coming Out of the Dark | 4:05 |
| 2 | Seal Our Fate | 4:25 |
| 3 | What Goes Around | 4:01 |
| 4 | Nayib’s Song (I Am Here for You) | 4:40 |
| 5 | Remember Me With Love | 4:36 |
| 6 | Heart With Your Name on It | 4:46 |
| 7 | Sex in the 90’s | 3:43 |
| 8 | Close My Eyes | 4:29 |
| 9 | Language of Love | 4:16 |
| 10 | Light of Love | 3:53 |
| 11 | Can’t Forget You | 4:16 |
| 12 | Live for Loving You | 4:38 |
| 13 | Mama Yo Can’t Go | 3:34 |
| 14 | Desde la oscuridad (Coming Out of the Dark - Spanish version) | 4:09 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba, on September 1, 1957; her family fled to Miami in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution.
- Began as lead singer of the Miami Latin Boys in 1975, renamed Miami Sound Machine when she and her cousin Mercedes Navarro joined.
- Studied psychology at the University of Miami, graduating in 1979.
Career
- Miami Sound Machine's 1985 single "Conga" became her signature song; the 1987 album Let It Loose included the Hot 100 No. 1 "Anything for You".
- Went solo in 1989 with Cuts Both Ways, which produced the Hot 100 No. 1 "Don't Wanna Lose You".
- Suffered a spinal fracture in a tour bus crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania, in March 1990, then recovered fully and returned with Into the Light (1991), whose "Coming Out of the Dark" reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.
- Mi Tierra (1993), her first Spanish-language album, won the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album; she later won it again for Abriendo Puertas (1995) and won Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for Alma Caribeña (2000).
- Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and a Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.
- Her Broadway jukebox musical On Your Feet! (2015) is based on her life with husband Emilio Estefan.
Members
- Emilio Estefan, her husband and longtime producer, co-created much of her catalog.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Reached number five on the US Billboard 200, the highest peak of Estefan's albums on that chart
- Included 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
- The album is described as having received commercial success
Records
- US Billboard 200: number five
- Billboard Hot 100: "Coming Out of the Dark" reached number one
- Billboard Adult Contemporary: "Can't Forget You" reached number two
- United States sales: over 2 million copies
- Nielsen SoundScan: 1.8 million copies sold in the United States
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The title track's theme is bouncing back from the darkness of a disaster.
- "Language of Love" was left off the US and Canadian editions.
- "Coming Out of the Dark" was the album's Hot 100 number one single.
- "Can't Forget You" became the follow-up single and reached number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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