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Touch (Laura Branigan album)

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Released
  
July 7, 1987

Artist
  
Laura Branigan

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
53:49

Release date
  
7 July 1987

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Touch (1987)
  
The Best of Laura Branigan (1988)

Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music, Electropop

Producers
  
Matt Aitken, David Kershenbaum, Mike Stock, Pete Waterman

Similar
  
Laura Branigan albums, Rock music albums

Touch is the fifth album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in 1987 on Atlantic Records.

Contents

This album marked a change in Branigan's career. Under new management and using a different producer, the singer took a more active role in the studio, gaining hands-on experience which she used to self-produce tracks on her subsequent albums. Touch also saw her return to dancefloors with the first single, the Stock/Aitken/Waterman-produced "Shattered Glass", which was released in June 1987 and was a US top 50 hit. She had a Top 40 hit with a cover of Jennifer Rush's minor U.S. hit, "Power of Love", which was released in October 1987. "Spirit of Love" was released as a single in Europe. "Cry Wolf" was the album's third single release in the US, and was a top 30 AC hit.

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Personnel

  • Laura Branigan - vocals, background vocals
  • Matt Aitken - guitar, keyboards
  • Donna de Lory - background vocals
  • Coral Gordon - background vocals
  • Dennis Henson - background vocals
  • Michael Landau - guitar
  • Mark Leggett - guitar, keyboards
  • Dee Lewis - background vocals
  • A. Linn - Linn 9000 drum programming
  • Jeff Lorber - keyboards
  • Bob Marlette - guitar, drums, keyboards, background vocals
  • John Nelson - guitar
  • John O'Hara - keyboards
  • Rick Palombi - drums, keyboards, background vocals
  • Kim Scharnberg - strings
  • Sue Shifrin - background vocals
  • Mike Stock - keyboards, background vocals
  • Carlos Vega - drums
  • Monalisa Young - background vocals
  • Production

  • Producers: Albert Cabrera, David Kershenbaum, Tony Moran, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman
  • Engineers: John Guess, David J. Holman, Cliff Jones, Ray Leonard, Mark McGuire
  • Mixing: Albert Cabrera, Peter Hammond, David J. Holman, Tony Moran
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • Programming: Matt Aitken, David J. Holman, Jeff Lorber, Bob Marlette, Rick Palombi, Mike Stock, Andrew Thomas
  • Drum programming: Jeff Lorber, Bob Marlette
  • Arranger: Mark Leggett, Jeff Lorber, Bob Marlette, Rick Palombi
  • Design: Janis Wilkins
  • Art Direction: Janis Wilkins
  • Photography: Victoria Pearson
  • Hair Stylist: Hugh Ragan
  • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Over Love3:50
    2Shadow of Love5:05
    3Angels Calling3:48

    References

    Touch (Laura Branigan album) Wikipedia