Touch (Amerie album)
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| Studio album by Amerie | ||
| Released |  April 26, 2005 May 16, 2005 |
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| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 50:07 | |
| Label | Columbia/Sony Urban Music | |
| Producer(s) | Dorsey James, Rich Harrison, Lil Jon, Dre & Vidal, Bryce Wilson, Red Spyda | |
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| Amerie chronology | ||
| All I Have (2002) |
Touch (2005) |
Because I Love It (2007) |
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Touch is the second album by American R&B singer Amerie, released on April 26, 2005 in the United States. It spawned two singles: the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one "1 Thing" (which also has a remix featuring rapper Eve) and the Lil Jon-produced "Touch". The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 124,000 copies on its first week of release. It helped her to win the VIBE Award for "Club Banger of the Year" for "1 Thing". The album was certified Gold (for shipping 500,000 copies) after 4 months of release. The set also earned Amerie a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Contemporary R&B Album" in 2006.
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[edit] Track listing
- "1 Thing" (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden) – 3:58
- "All I Need" (Amerie Rogers, Dexter Wansel, Rich Harrison) – 3:10
- "Touch" (Amerie Rogers, Craig Love, James "L Roc" Phillips, Jonathan Smith, LaMarquis Mark Jefferson, Sean Garrett) – 3:38
- "Not the Only One" (Amerie Rogers, Andre Gonzalez, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis, Simon Johnson) – 3:45
- "Like It Used to Be" (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison) – 3:39
- "Talkin' About" (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison) – 4:20
- "Come with Me" (Rich Harrison) – 3:34
- "Rolling Down My Face" (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Roy Ayers) – 3:33
- "Can We Go" (featuring Carl Thomas) (Amerie Rogers, Carl Thomas, Roosevelt Harrell III, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) – 3:29
- "Just Like Me" (Amerie Rogers, Andre Harris, Jason Boyd, Ryan Toby, Sunshine Anderson, Vidal Davis) – 3:46
- "Falling" (Amerie Rogers, Andy Thelusma) – 4:58
- "1 Thing" (Remix featuring Eve) (Amerie Rogers, Eve Jeffers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden) – 4:18
- "Why Don't We Fall in Love" (Richcraft Remix) (Rich Harrison) – 3:36
- UK edition
- 14. "Man Up" (featuring Nas) (Nasir Jones, Simon Johnson, Andre Gonzales, Elizabeth Wyce, M. Quatro, L. Kinshkon) – 3:38
- Japanese edition
- 14. "I'm Coming Out" – 3:31
- DualDisc edition
Includes a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced PCM audio plus the contents below:
- Interview
- Behind-the-Scenes Footage from "1 Thing" and "Touch" Music Videos
- "1 Thing" (video)
- "Touch" (video) (featuring T.I.)
- "Man Up" (featuring Nas)
- "Touch" (remix featuring T.I.)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Executive producers: Dorsey James, Lenny "Linen" Nicholson, and Amerie Rogers
- Producers: Rich Harrison, Lil Jon, Dre & Vidal, Bryce Wilson, and Red Spyda
- Vocal producer: Ryan Toby
- Engineers: David Ashton, Scotty Beats, Jim Caruana, and Vincent Dilorenzo
- Assistant engineers: Alan Masor, Flip Osman, José Juan Sánchez, and Bram Tobey
- Mixing: Vincent Dilorenzo, John Frye, Rich Keller, Tony Maserati, and Gary Noble
- Mastering: Tom Coyne
- A&R: Lenny "Linen" Nicholson
- Design: Susanne Cerha
- Art direction: Ellen To
- Photography: Michael Biondo
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 3 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 57 |
| French Albums Chart | 59 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 83 |
| UK Albums Chart | 28 |
[edit] Singles
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"1 Thing"
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"Touch"
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[edit] Extended Copy Protection
In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony BMG was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified Touch as one of the discs with the invasive software.
