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Laura Branigan - Touch (1987) [Japan, 1st Press]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 7 Oct 2023 19:10:58

"Touch" is the 5th 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", which was released in June 1987 and was a US Top 50 hit. She had a Top 40 hit with a cover of Jennifer Rush's minor U.S. hit, "Power of Love", which was released in October 1987. "Spirit of Love" was released as a single in Europe. "Cry Wolf" was the album's 3rd single release in the US, and was a top 30 AC hit.

~Wikipedia

Laura Branigan's fifth album, Touch, showed signs of maturity as she made a bid (that was not quite successful) for adult contemporary crossover a smart chance to take considering the longevity many A/C acts have. Her big, boomy voice is perfect for some of the moody ballads on this collection, such as "Over Love," "Meaning of the Word," and "Spirit of Love," but there are so many of those successfully evocative cuts that the dance songs don't fit as seamlessly as they should. That's not to say the upbeat tracks are not in good shape: The lead single, "Shattered Glass" (produced by Stock, Aitken, Waterman, who produced successful Bananarama and Kylie Minogue singles in the same period), and "Angels Calling" stand out; you can hardly hold back from caroling along. Synthesizer-heavy throughout, on both the slow and fast songs, the strings on the yearning "Cry Wolf" near the end of the album are welcome. The lyrics on many of the cuts are poetic and adult, making this atmospheric collection the best product she'd released so far; the material is far better suited to her voice which has never sounded better than the Europop she recorded prior to this. "The Power of Love" exhibits the weight she can convey in a whisper, while also giving her something to really sink her teeth into. Her voice being her strongest asset, Branigan never received the direction Celine Dion did, so she never achieved the same massive success, though her voice is equal in terms of power, beauty, and distinction.

~Review by Bryan Buss

Release of the album: 1987, July, 7 [LP Atlantic, Cat.# 7 81747-2, USA]
Release of this CD: 1987, August, 25 [CD Atlantic/Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japan), Cat.# 32XD-757 / EAN: 4988014345934]
© 1987 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
This compilation ℗&© 1987 WEA International Inc.
Made by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan.
Under license from Warner Bros. Records (Japan) Inc.

Credits:

Art Direction, Design – Janis Wilkins
Engineer [2nd Engineers] – Ray Leonard, Troy Krueger
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Other [Hair] – Hugh Ragan
Photography By – Victoria Pearson
Producer – David Kershenbaum (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 11), Stock, Aitken & Waterman (tracks: 6, 7)
Programmed By [PPG Programming] – David J. Holman (tracks: 2 to 11)

Tracklist:

01. Over Love (03:50)
(Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette)
02. Shadow Of Love (05:05)
(Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette)
03. Angels Calling (03:48)
(Rosetta Stone, Jan Mullaney)
04. Meaning Of The Word (05:42)
(Rick Palombi, Roy Freeland)
05. Power Of Love (05:26)
(Candy DeRouge, Gunther Mende, Jennifer Rush, Mary Susan Applegate)
06. Shattered Glass (03:41)
(Bob Mitchell, Steve Coe)
07. Whatewer I Do (04:02)
(Mike Stock, Matt Aitken)
08. Spirit Of Love (04:11)
(Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley, Billy Steinberg)
09. Name Game (04:50)
(Shirley Ellis, Lincoln Chase)
10. Touch (04:07)
(Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette)
11. Cry Wolf (04:50)
(Jude Johnstone)
12. Statue In The Rain (Bonus Track for CD) (04:19)
(Rick Palombi, Mathew Garey)

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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR13

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