At this point, her record company had become convinced that she would be equally successful as a mainstream artist. They soon began negotiations with A&M Records to distribute their catalogue in non-religious outlets. The deal went into effect in January 1985 when A&M reissued "Straight Ahead". Although it only peaked at No. 133 on the "Billboard" 200, it did go gold and was a bigger success than most Christian artists had at the time, and so she and her management decided to record a crossover album.