Touch (album)
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| Touch | ||
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| Studio album by Eurythmics | ||
| Released | November 1983 | |
| Genre | New Wave, Synth Pop, Electronica | |
| Length | 45:30 | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer(s) | David A. Stewart | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Eurythmics chronology | ||
| Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) |
Touch (1983) |
Touch Dance (1984) |
Touch is the third album by New Wave duo Eurythmics (Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart), released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).
By this time, the duo had achieved international success with their hit single "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". To follow up on this, Touch was reputedly recorded and mixed in a mere couple of weeks at Eurythmics own London studio facility, "The Church".
The music on Touch could still largely be called synth pop, however it displays a larger sound-palette that the more raw analogue synth feel of the Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) album, with a generally brighter, more poppy feel (still liberally doused in plenty of Lennox angst though).
The album featured the singles "Here Comes the Rain Again" (number four, U.S.), "Right By Your Side" (number twenty-nine, U.S.) and "Who's That Girl?" (number twenty-one, U.S.). In the music video for the latter, Annie Lennox plays both a man and a woman, and at the end, male-Lennox kisses female-Lennox. In 1984, Lennox reprised this performance dressed up as Elvis Presley for the Grammy Awards, causing much consternation in the audience.
On November 14 2005, SonyBMG repackaged and released Eurythmics' back catalog as "2005 Deluxe Edition Reissues". Each of their eight studio albums' original track listings are supplemented with bonus tracks and remixes.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 500 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
all songs by Lennox and Stewart
- "Here Comes the Rain Again" – 4:54
- "Regrets" – 4:43
- "Right By Your Side" – 4:05
- "Cool Blue" – 4:48
- "Who's That Girl?" – 4:46
- "The First Cut" – 4:44
- "Aqua" – 4:36
- "No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)" – 5:24
- "Paint a Rumour" – 7:30
[edit] bonus material (2005 reissue)
- "You Take Some Lentils… And You Take Some Rice" – 3:01 (Taken from "Who's That Girl?" 7-inch single)
- "ABC (Freeform)" – 2:36 (Taken from "Who's That Girl?" 12-inch single)
- "Plus Something Else" – 5:20 (Taken from "Right By Your Side" 12-inch single)
- "Paint A Rumour" (Long Version) – 7:57 (Taken from "Here Comes The Rain Again" 12-inch single)
- "Who's That Girl?" (Live) – 3:28 (Taken from "Miracle Of Love" 12-inch single)
- "Here Comes The Rain Again" (Live) – 3:07 (Previously Unreleased)
- "Fame" – 2:39 (David Bowie cover, previously Unreleased)
[edit] Personnel
Eurythmics
- Annie Lennox - vocals, flute, percussion, keyboard
- Dave Stewart - vocals, dulcimer, bass, guitar, drum programming, keyboard, xylophone
Additional personnel
- Dick Cuthell - trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
- Martin Dobson - baritone saxophone
- Dean Garcia (later of Curve) - bass
- Michael Kamen - conductor
- British Philharmonic - strings
Live band for the accompanying tour included:
- Victor Martin - synthesizer
- Gill O'Donovan - vocals
- Susie O'List - vocals
- Peter Phipps (formerly of the Glitter Band)- drums
- Maggie Ryder - vocals
[edit] Production
- Producer: Dave Stewart
- Engineer: Jon Bavin
- Sequencing: Dave Stewart
- String arrangements: Michael Kamen
- Arrangers: Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
- Art direction: Laurence Stevens
- Design: Laurence Stevens
- Cover design: Andrew Christian, Laurence Stevens
- Photography: Brian Aris, Pete Ashworth
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 7 |
| 1984 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 35 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | Adult Contemporary | 6 |
| 1984 | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 4 |
| 1984 | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| 1984 | "Right by Your Side" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 32 |
| 1984 | "Right by Your Side" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
| 1984 | "Who's That Girl?" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
