Into the Light is the eighth studio album by British-Irish singer Chris de Burgh, released in May 1986 by A&M Records. The album is notable for featuring de Burgh's biggest hit, "The Lady in Red".

Release Following the success of its lead single "The Lady in Red", which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number three in the United States, the album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, becoming de Burgh's first studio album to enter the top ten.David Roberts. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited "Fatal Hesitation" was a UK number 44 hit, spending four weeks on the chart.

"Say Goodbye to It All" was a continuation of the song "Borderline" from 1982's The Getaway. Both songs frequently appear in de Burgh's concerts and compilation albums. The song "For Rosanna" is dedicated to de Burgh's then two-year-old daughter Rosanna.

Critical reception Dennis Hunt of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "There's really nothing else as schmaltzy as 'The Lady in Red' on his album [... ] Into the Light includes some gutsy, fairly absorbing pop-rock — some not what you'd expect from 'the Irish Barry Manilow.'"

Track listing All songs written by Chris de Burgh.

Personnel Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards Glenn Morrow – keyboards Andy Richards – keyboards Danny McBride – guitars Phil Palmer – guitars John Giblin – bass Al Marnie – bass Pino Palladino – bass Tony Beard – drums Peter Van Hooke – drums Jeff Phillips – drums Gary Barnacle – saxophone Ian Kojima – saxophone Carol Kenyon – additional vocals (6)

Production Produced, engineered and mixed by Paul Hardiman Assistant engineers – Dick Beetham and Steve Chase Art direction and design – Mike Ross and John Warwicker Art dictator – Dave Margereson Photography – Richard Haughton Cover painting – Mike Doud

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1986)Peakposition

Year-end charts Chart (1986)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)37German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)5Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)6 Chart (1987)PositionGerman Albums (Offizielle Top 100)15

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