"Lead Me On" was a departure from its predecessor, the high-energy pop album "Unguarded". Unlike "Unguarded" or 1991's "Heart in Motion", "Lead Me On" was not mainstream compatible. Only three of its songs earned mainstream airplay, all of them insignificantly (the title song charted for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 96, and "Saved by Love" and "1974 (We Were Young)" made the Adult Contemporary chart in minor positions). Christian music, however, praised the album. It would later be named the No. 1 Christian album in "CCM Magazine"s 2001 book "The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music". The title song was featured in "."