The Touch (album)

The Touch
Studio album by Alabama
Released 1986
Genre Country
Length 44:39
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Alabama
Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology

Greatest Hits
(1986)		 The Touch
(1986)		 Just Us
(1987)
Singles from The Touch
  1. "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
    Released: September 12, 1986
  2. ""You've Got" the Touch"
    Released: December 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The Touch is the tenth studio album from country music band Alabama, released in 1986.

Track listing

  1. ""You've Got" the Touch" (Will Robinson, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas) - 4:15
  2. "Vacation" (Randy Owen) - 5:33
  3. "True, True Housewife" (Owen) - 3:53
  4. "Is This How Love Begins" (Bob Corbin) - 2:39
  5. "Cruisin'" (Vern Dant, Jeff Cook, Ted Hewitt) - 3:43
  6. "Touch Me When We're Dancing" (Terry Skinner, J.L. Wallace, Ken Bell) - 3:41
  7. "Let's Hear It For The Girl" (S. Alan Taylor) - 3:59
  8. "It's All Comin' Back To Me Now" (Dave Loggins) - 4:27
  9. "I Taught Her Everything She Knows" (Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler, Jarrard, Walt Aldridge) - 4:36
  10. "Pony Express" (Gentry, Ken Lambert, Buddy Cannon, Dean Dillon) - 7:53

Personnel

Alabama

Other musicians

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 69
Canadian RPM Top Albums 88

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1986 "Touch Me When We're Dancing" 1 1
1987 ""You've Got" the Touch" 1 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[2] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ The Touch (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "American album certifications – Alabama – The Touch". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Guitar Town by Steve Earle		 Top Country Albums number-one album
November 16, 1986 - January 24, 1987 		Succeeded by
What Am I Gonna Do About You by Reba McEntire