- Positive Touch
Infobox Album |
Name = Positive Touch
Type =Album
Artist =The Undertones
Released = May, 1981
Recorded = Wisseloord Studios
January, 1981
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Ardeck-EMI (UK)
Harvest (US)
Producer =Roger Bechirian
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:apfwxq95ldfe link]*
Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=undertones link]Last album = "
Hypnotised "
(1980)
This album = "Positive Touch"
(1981)
Next album = "The Sin of Pride "
(1983)"Postive Touch" is a 1981
album byThe Undertones . It was their third album.The original LP release included the UK chart hits: "It’s Going to Happen", which made #18 in May 1981, and "Julie Ocean", which got to #41 in July the same year. It was number 28 in the 1981 NME Albums of the Year [ [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1981.html 1981 NME Albums of the Year] ]
A review by www.markprindle.com said, “This album is a goddamned pop masterpiece up there with nearly anything the Kinks ever did...you must own it!” [ [http://www.markprindle.com/undertones.htm#positive Review of "Positive Touch"] ] .
The track "When Saturday Comes" was later borrowed for the title of a famous football fanzine [ [http://www.wsc.co.uk/about/index.html When Saturday Comes magazine] ] .
Track listing
All tracks composed by J. J. O'Neill; except where indicated
# "Fascination" 2:21
# "Julie Ocean" 1:46
# "Life's Too Easy" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:31
# "Crisis of Mine" 2:25
# "You're Welcome" 2:44
# "His Good Looking Girlfriend" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:37
# "The Positive Touch" 2:18
# "When Saturday Comes" 2:50
# "It's Going to Happen" (Bradley / D. O'Neill) 3:37
# "Sigh & Explode" (D. O'Neill) 2:45
# "I Don't Know" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:42
# "Hannah Doot" (D. O'Neill) 2:50
# "Boy Wonder" (D. O'Neill / Bradley) 2:07
# "Forever Paradise" 3:08
# "Kiss in the Dark" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley) 2:31 *
# "Beautiful Friend" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 3:23 *
# "Life's Too Easy" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:39 *
# "Fairly in the Money Now" (D. O'Neill) 2:32 *A * indicates bonus songs on the CD release.
References
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