Touch (Amerie album)

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Touch
Studio album by Amerie
Released April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)
(see release history)
Recorded Chalice Recording Studios
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Chung King Studios, Dirty Works, Sony Music Studios, The Spyda Dome
(New York City, New York)
Lobo Recording Studios
(Deer Park, New York)
Night Flight Recording Studios
(Fort Washington, Maryland)
Studio 609
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre R&B, funk, hip hop
Length 50:07
Label Columbia, Sony Urban
Producer Rich Harrison, Dre & Vidal, Lil Jon, Red Spyda, Bryce Wilson, Bink!, The Buchanans
Amerie chronology

All I Have
(2002)		 Touch
(2005)		 Because I Love It
(2007)
Singles from Touch
  1. "1 Thing"
    Released: May 23, 2005
  2. "Touch"
    Released: June 7, 2005
  3. "Talkin' About"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blender [2]
The Boston Globe (favorable)[3]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[4]
The New York Times (mixed)[5]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10)[6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Stylus Magazine (B)[8]
USA Today [9]
Vibe [10]

Touch is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Amerie, released in the United States on April 26, 2005 by Columbia Records and Sony Urban Music. It spawned two singles: the number-one R&B hit "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 with first-week sales of 124,000 copies.[11]

Touch helped her win the Vibe Award for Club Banger of the Year for "1 Thing". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 4, 2005,[12] four months after its release, having sold 406,000 copies in the United States as of June 2009.[13] It also earned Amerie two 2006 Grammy Award nominations, including Best Contemporary R&B Album. The song "Talkin' About" would be sampled on Chinese singer CoCo Lee's "Hip Hop Tonight", from her 2006 album Just Want You.

Track listing

  1. "1 Thing" (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden) – 4:01
  2. "All I Need" (Rogers, Harrison, Dexter Wansel) – 3:09
    • Contains elements of Jean Carne's "You Are All I Need" (Dexter Wansel)
  3. "Touch" (Rogers, Sean Garrett, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith, Craig Love, LaMarquis Jefferson) – 3:38
  4. "Not the Only One" (Rogers, Andre Gonzalez, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis, Simon Johnson) – 3:46
  5. "Like It Used to Be" (Rogers, Harrison) – 3:39
  6. "Talkin' About" (Rogers, Harrison) – 4:19
  7. "Come with Me" (Harrison) – 3:34
  8. "Rolling Down My Face" (Rogers, Harrison, Roy Ayers) – 3:34
    • Contains a sample of Roy Ayers' "Searching" (Roy Ayers)
  9. "Can We Go" (featuring Carl Thomas) (Rogers, Carl Thomas, Roosevelt Harrell III, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) – 3:29
  10. "Just Like Me" (Rogers, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Jason Boyd, Ryan Toby, Sunshine Anderson) – 3:46
  11. "Falling" (Rogers, Andy Thelusma) – 4:58
  12. "1 Thing" (Remix featuring Eve) (Rogers, Harrison, Eve Jeffers, Walden) – 4:18
    • Contains excerpts from The Meters' "Oh, Calcutta!" (Stanley Walden)
  13. "Why Don't We Fall in Love" (Richcraft Remix) (Harrison) – 3:36
Japanese edition
  1. "I'm Coming Out" – 3:31
European edition
  1. "Man Up" (featuring Nas) (Nasir Jones, Johnson, Gonzales, Elizabeth Wyce, Michael Quatro, L. Kinshkon) – 3:41
DualDisc edition

Released on July 15, 2005, it includes a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced PCM audio plus the contents below:

  1. Interview
  2. Behind-the-Scenes Footage from "1 Thing" and "Touch" Music Videos
  3. "1 Thing" (Video)
  4. "Touch" (Video) (featuring T.I.)
  5. "Man Up" (featuring Nas)
  6. "Touch" (Remix featuring T.I.)

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Amerie – executive producer; vocal producer (tracks 3, 4, 9–11)
  • Dave Ashton – vocal engineer (track 12)
  • Scotty Beats – engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5–8, 12)
  • Bink! – producer (track 9)
  • Michael Biondo – photography
  • The Buchanans – co-producer (track 4)
  • Jim Caruana – engineer (tracks 4, 9)
  • Susanne Cerha – design
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Vincent Dilorenzo – engineer (track 10)
  • Dre & Vidal – producer (track 10)
  • Dupri – engineer (track 11)
  • Delvida Flaherty – production coordination (track 3)
  • Gary Fly – assistant vocal producer (track 3)
  • John Frye – mixing (track 3)
  • Rich Harrison – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5–8, 12)
  • Tiffany Hasbourne – stylist
  • Dorsey James – associate executive producer
  • Rich Keller – mixing (tracks 9, 11)
  • Lil Jon – producer (track 3)
  • James Lassiter – A&R
  • Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 12, 1)
  • Alan Masor – assistant vocal engineer (track 12)
  • Lenny Nicholson – executive producer, A&R
  • Gary Noble – mixing (track 11)
  • Flip Osman – mixing assistant (track 13)
  • Red Spyda – producer (track 11)
  • José Sánchez – Pro Tools operator (track 13)
  • Eric Spearman – make-up
  • Ellen To – art direction
  • Bram Tobey – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5–8, 12)
  • Ryan Toby – vocal producer (track 10)
  • Bryce Wilson – producer (track 4)

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 57
Belgian Albums Chart[15] 93
Dutch Albums Chart[16] 70
European Top 100 Albums[17] 100
French Albums Chart[16] 59
German Albums Chart[18] 91
Japanese Albums Chart[19] 13
Swiss Albums Chart[16] 83
UK Albums Chart[16] 28
US Billboard 200[20] 5
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[20] 3

Release history

Region Date Label
United States April 26, 2005 Columbia, Sony Urban
Canada Columbia
Europe
Japan April 27, 2005 Sony
United Kingdom May 2, 2005 Columbia
Australia July 1, 2005

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. Review: Touch. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  2. ↑ Sisario, Ben. Review: Touch. Blender. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  3. ↑ Capobianco, Ken. Review: Touch. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  4. ↑ Tzou, Janet. Review: Touch. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  5. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa. Review: Touch. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  6. ↑ Breihan, Tom. Review: Touch. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  7. ↑ Werde, Bill. Review: Touch. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  8. ↑ Shipley, Al. Review: Touch. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  9. ↑ Gardner, Elysa. Review: Touch. USA Today. Retrieved on 2009-11-04.
  10. ↑ Romero, Angie. "Review: Touch". Vibe: 161. June 2005.
  11. ↑ Whitmire, Margo (May 4, 2005). "'The Boss' Bows 'Devils' At No. 1". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
  12. ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. August 4, 2005. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
  13. ↑ Concepcion, Mariel (June 2, 2009). "Amerie's Def Jam Debut Due In August". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 
  14. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 11th July 2005" (PDF). ARIA. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  15. ↑ "Amerie - Touch" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Amerie – Touch – Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  17. ↑ "Amerie Album & Song Chart History – European Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
  18. ↑ "Musicline.de – Amerie – Touch". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  19. ↑ "Touch – Oricon". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Touch > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 

External links

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