Touch (Laura Branigan album)

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

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". She had a Top 40 hit with a cover of Jennifer Rush's minor U.S. hit, "Power of Love". "Cry Wolf" was the album's third single, and was a top 30 AC hit.

Track listing

Personnel

• Laura Branigan - vocals, background vocals
• Matt Aitken - guitar, keyboards
• Donna Delory - background vocals
• Coral Gordon - background vocals
• Dennis Henson - background vocals
• Michael Landau - guitar
• Mark Leggett - guitar, keyboards
• Dee Lewis - background vocals
• A. Linn - drums
• Jeff Lorber - keyboards
• Bob Marlette - guitar, drums, keyboards, 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

References