Album
Touch
1983 · Electronic, Pop
42 collectors on Gatefold own this
Touch is an Electronic album by Eurythmics, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 159 pressings tracked, owned by 42 collectors.
About
Guided by Annie Lennox's remarkable voice, Eurythmics' 1983 album trips around the edges of New Wave. Brooding opener "Here Comes the Rain Again" sets the tone, framing Lennox's velvety alto with chilly synths and violins; the mournful "Who's That Girl?" is a torch song over minimalist electronics, and "Paint a Rumour" adds dubby horns to an icy Italo-disco pulse. It's not all so cold: "Right By Your Side" takes a joyous detour through the Caribbean via steel pans and call-and-response vocals. It’s as irresistible as it is ambitious.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Here Comes The Rain Again4:54
- A2Regrets4:43
- A3Right By Your Side4:05
- A4Cool Blue4:48
- A5Who's That Girl?4:46
Side B
- B1The First Cut4:44
- B2Aqua4:36
- B3No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)5:24
- B4Paint A Rumour7:30
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- intimate
- nocturnal
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Some initial copies came with a removable hype sticker on the front sleeve and a merchandise insert.
Round white sticker:
"★ [red star] includes the Hit singles
Who's That Girl ? & Right By Your Side
PL 70109
..this sticker is removeable.."
[Back]
[Cassette Logo] PK 70109 (opens in a new tab)
France: Distribué par RCA S.A.
[Inner sleeve]
Strings - with special thanks to Sid Sax.
Art & Design - with thanks to Andrew Christian.
Recorded & mixed on Soundcraft.
[Labels]
Stereo
RCA Music Ltd.
More information:
This first issue of the album shows on the back the second format on which it was issued: the cassette. Subsequent reissue shows the CD as third format.
A slightly different issue (opens in a new tab), with "SE" printed on back sleeve as German distribution code, exists.
Similar releases exist with minor differences:
Mastered at Sonopress, has price code D: SE and is not a reissue: Touch (Germany 1983) (opens in a new tab)
Mastered at Sonopress, has price code D: SB and is not a reissue: Touch (UK & Europe 1983) (opens in a new tab)
Mastered at Sonopress, has price code D: SB and is a reissue: Touch (UK & Europe) (opens in a new tab)
Mastered at Teldec, has price code D: SB and is a reissue: Touch (UK & Europe 1983) (opens in a new tab)
Mastered at Teldec, has price code D: SB and is not a reissue: Touch (UK & Europe 1983) (opens in a new tab) = this version
Mastered at Teldec, has price code D: SE and is not a reissue: Touch (Europe) (opens in a new tab)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Annie LennoxBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, FLUTE, KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
- David A. StewartBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, DULCIMER, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, SEQUENCER , XYLOPHONE BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, DULCIMER, XYLOPHONE, SEQUENCER
- Dean GarciaBACKING BAND , BASS BAND , BASS BASS
- Dick CuthellBACKING BAND , HORNS BAND , HORNS CORNET, FLUGELHORN, TRUMPET
- Gill O'DonovanBACKING VOCALS BAND , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Maggie RyderBACKING VOCALS BAND , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Martin DobsonBACKING BAND , HORNS BAND , HORNS HORNS
- Michael KamenARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Pete PhippsBACKING BAND , DRUMS BAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Suzie O'ListBACKING VOCALS BAND , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- The British Philharmonic OrchestraMUSICIAN, STRINGS ORCHESTRA STRINGS
- The CroquettesBAND , BACKING VOCALS
- Vic MartinBACKING BAND , SYNTH BAND , SYNTH SYNTHESIZER
42 collectors on Gatefold own this · 159 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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