Where the Light Shines Through

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Where the Light Shines Through
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)
Recorded2015-16
Studio Spot X Studio, San Diego, CA
Genre
Length49:33
Label Vanguard
Producer
Switchfoot chronology
The Edge
of the Earth

(2014)
Where the Light Shines Through
(2016)
Native Tongue
(2019)
Singles from Where the Light Shines Through
  1. "Live It Well"
    Released: May 12, 2016
  2. "Float"
    Released: May 12, 2016
  3. "I Won't Let You Go"
    Released: November 11, 2016
  4. "Shake This Feeling"
    Released: May 5, 2017
  5. "If the House Burns Down Tonight"
    Released: August 17, 2017
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Where the Light Shines Through is the tenth studio album by American rock band Switchfoot, released on July 8, 2016. The album was recorded in the band's recording studio Spot X in their hometown San Diego, [6] and produced by Switchfoot and John Fields, with whom the band has worked on their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown (2003) and its follow-ups, Nothing Is Sound (2005) and Oh! Gravity. (2006). It is Switchfoot's first and only album to be released through Vanguard Records. [7]

Contents

Promotion

On March 10, 2016, Switchfoot released a behind-the-scenes video showing the band working on their tenth studio album. [6] Album title and release date were officially announced on May 12, 2016. [8] [9] Later the same day, the band released a trailer for the album, [10] and a music video for an acoustic version of "Live It Well" onto YouTube. [11] "Float" was released to radio on May 18, 2016. [12] An official music video for "Float", filmed in Manila, was released at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time on May 25, 2016. [13] The band premiered the title track "Where the Light Shines Through" on June 3, 2016, at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego, CA. [14] Six days later, they released the official studio recording of the same track on iTunes. [15]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Holy Water"3:47
2."Float"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
4:12
3."Where the Light Shines Through"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
4:24
4."I Won't Let You Go"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
4:47
5."If the House Burns Down Tonight"
4:31
6."The Day That I Found God"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
4:18
7."Shake This Feeling"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
3:37
8."Bull in a China Shop"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
  • Elizondo
3:58
9."Live It Well"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
3:56
10."Looking for America" (featuring Lecrae)
3:55
11."Healer of Souls"
  • J. Foreman
  • T. Foreman
3:47
12."Hope Is the Anthem"J. Foreman4:21
Total length:49:33
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks [16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Light and Heavy"J. Foreman, T. Foreman3:33
14."Begin Forever"J. Foreman, T. Foreman, Danielle Brisbois3:58
15."When Was the Last Time"J. Foreman, T. Foreman, Elizondo, Chad Butler3:19
Total length:60:23
Digital pre-order bonus tracks [17]
No.TitleLength
13."Light and Heavy"3:33
14."Begin Forever"3:58
15."When Was the Last Time"3:19
16."Bloodline"4:52
17."My Place in the Sunlight"4:01
Total length:69:16

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