The Touch (album)

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The Touch
Studio album by
Alabama
ReleasedSeptember 1986 (September 1986)
StudioThe Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length44:39
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerAlabama
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
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

The Touch is the tenth studio album from American

Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 69 on the Billboard 200
.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
You've Got the Touch"
Will Robinson; John Jarrard; Lisa Palas4:15
2."Vacation"Randy Owen5:33
3."True, True Housewife"Randy Owen3:53
4."Is This How Love Begins"Bob Corbin2:39
5."Cruisin'"Vern Dant; Jeff Cook; Ted Hewitt3:43
6."Touch Me When We're Dancing"Terry Skinner; Jerry Lee Wallace; Ken Bell3:41
7."Let's Hear It For The Girl"S. Alan Taylor3:59
8."It's All Comin' Back To Me Now"Dave Loggins4:27
9."I Taught Her Everything She Knows"Teddy Gentry; Greg Fowler; John Jarrard; Walt Aldridge4:36
10."Pony Express"Teddy Gentry; Ken Lambert; Buddy Cannon; Dean Dillon7:53
Total length:44:39

Personnel

Alabama

  • Randy Owen – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Jeff Cook
    – electric guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (5)
  • Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (10)
  • Mark Herndon – drums

Other musicians

  • David Briggs – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Costo Davis – synthesizers
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  • John Willis – electric guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Larry Paxton – bass guitar
  • Roger Cox – drums
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Bob Mater – drums
  • Milton Sledge – drums
  • Charles Buckins – percussion
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Quitman Dennis – saxophone
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • The "A" Strings – strings

Production

  • Alabama – producers
  • Harold Shedd – producer
  • Jim Cotton – engineer
  • Joe Scaife – engineer
  • George W. Clinton – assistant engineer
  • Paul Goldberg – assistant engineer
  • Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bill Brunt at Private Eye Studio – art direction, design
  • Greg Gorman – photography

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 Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[2] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Alabama – The Touch". Music Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "American album certifications – Alabama – The Touch". Recording Industry Association of America.
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