Into the Light is the second studio album by American singer Phil Stacey

Phil Stacey

Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records...

. It is the followup to his 2008 self-titled

Phil Stacey (album)

Phil Stacey is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Phil Stacey, released on April 29, 2008 on Lyric Street Records...

 debut, which was released to country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

. Into the Light is a CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 album, released on Reunion Records

Reunion Records

Reunion Records is a Christian music record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee and operating under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.-History:...

. The album's final track, "Old Glory," was previously released as a promotional single during Stacey's 2008 tenure on Lyric Street Records

Lyric Street Records

Lyric Street Records was an American record label specializing in country music. The label was part of the Disney Music Group, owned by the The Walt Disney Company. President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the label in 1997...

. "You're Not Shaken" is the first official single from the album.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...

 gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five in his Allmusic review. He said that the more pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define 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."

Track listing

1. "Inside Out" (Jeremy Bose, Jeff Pardo) – 3:25
2. "It's Gotta Be Love" (Luke Brown, Chuck Butler, Regie Hamm
   Regie Hamm
   Regie Hamm is an American singer-songwriter. He has multiple credits as a songwriter, producer, musician , and artist.-Early and personal life:...
   
   ) – 3:56
3. "You're Not Shaken" (Matt Bronleewe, Andrew Fromm, Jason Ingram, Phil Stacey) – 4:42
4. "Sanctuary" (Martin Briley
   Martin Briley
   Martin Briley is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He has recorded with and written for a variety of well-known musicians, as well as releasing four solo albums in his own right.-Beginnings and early bands:...
   
   , Dana Calitri, Nina Ossoff) – 4:14
5. "One" (Bose, Stacey, Cindy Morgan) – 3:23
6. "With All My Heart" (Chad Cates, Bebo Norman, Stephan Sharp) – 4:01
7. "Into the Light" (Bronleewe, Ingram, Nate Smith) – 4:08
8. "Some Kind of Love" (Stacey, Morgan, Ben Glover) – 3:24
9. "Glorious" (Stacey, Ingram, Tony Wood) – 3:54
10. "Hard to Get" (Rich Mullins) – 4:44
11. "Old Glory" (Stacey) – 4:42

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	27