Artist: PHIL COLLINS
Album: DANCE INTO THE LIGHT (CD)

Year: 1996
Media type: CD

After the disappointing sales of his prior album, Both Sides, Phil Collins returned with his most upbeat album since 1985's No Jacket Required. With the notable exception of "Just Another Story", the album contained numerous up-tempo tracks including the Beatles-inspired "It's in Your Eyes", "Wear My Hat", and the album's title track.

In the liner notes Collins states that he does not use a drum machine on this album; this was in response to many fan complaints that Both Sides was mostly backed by a drum machine.

Sales for this album also were disappointing, and despite hitting #21 on the Billboard 200, the album became Collins' poorest selling album to date (it is now his second-poorest selling studio album next to 2002's Testify). Dance into the Light went Gold in the U.S., selling 850,000 copies. The album was Collins' first to not contain any American Top 40 hits, with the title track only reaching #45 (although it cracked the Top 10 in the UK). Collins would not chart again with an American Top 40 single until 1999's "You'll Be in My Heart", the main single from Disney's animated feature, Tarzan.

"Dance into the Light" was the only song from the album to appear on Collins's Hits collection.

Despite the disappointing sales of the album, Collins' subsequent U.S. tour in support of the album -- titled A Trip Into the Light -- was one of the highest performing tours of the year, regularly selling out arenas across the United States. This album also marked the studio debut of the Vine Street Horns, who had replaced the Phenix Horns beginning with the Both Sides tour.


All tracks by Phil Collins except were noted.

TRACKLIST:

1."Dance into the Light" – 4:23
2."That's What You Said" – 4:22
3."Lorenzo" (Collins, Michaela Odone) – 5:52
4."Just Another Story" – 6:24
5."Love Police" – 4:08
6."Wear My Hat" – 4:33
7."It's in Your Eyes" – 3:01
8."Oughta Know By Now" – 5:27
9."Take Me Down" – 3:21
10."The Same Moon" – 4:13
11."River So Wide" – 4:55
12."No Matter Who" – 4:47
13."The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 5:07