Touch (Amerie album)

Infobox Album
Name = Touch
Type = studio
Artist = Amerie


Released = April 26, 2005
Recorded = 2004–2005
Genre = R&B, soul, go go, funk
Length = 50:07
Label = Columbia, Sony Urban
Producer = Dre & Vidal, Dorsey James, Rich Harrison, Lil Jon, Red Spyda, Bryce Wilson
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpdkyl45xpvb link]
* "Blender" rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3338 link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15207-touch Link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/amerie/albums/album/7184849/review/7284781 link]
*"Slant Magazine" rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=577 link]
* "Stylus Magazine" (B) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3014 link]
* "USA Today" rating|3|4 [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2005-04-25-listen-up_x.htm link]
Last album = "All I Have"
(2002)
This album = "Touch"
(2005)
Next album = "Because I Love It"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = studio


Lower caption = UK cover Extra album cover 2


Lower caption = DualDisc cover Singles
Name = Touch
Type = studio
Single 1 = 1 Thing
Single 1 date = May 23, 2005
Single 2 = Touch
Single 2 date = June 7, 2005

"Touch" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Amerie, released on April 26, 2005 (see 2005 in music) in the United States on Columbia Records/Sony Urban Music. It spawned two singles: the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one "1 Thing" (which also has a remix featuring rapper Eve) and the Lil Jon-produced "Touch". The album debuted at number five on the "Billboard" 200 in May 2005 with first-week sales of 124,000 copies. It helped her win the VIBE Award for "Club Banger of the Year" for "1 Thing". The album was certified gold by the RIAA four months after its release, and also earned Amerie two Grammy Award nominations in 2006, including Best Contemporary R&B Album. The song "Talkin' About" was sampled on the song "Hip Hop Tonight" from Chinese singer CoCo Lee's 2006 album "Just Want You".

Track listing

#"1 Thing" ¹ (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden) – 4:01
#"All I Need" ² (Rogers, Harrison, Dexter Wansel) – 3:09
#"Touch" (Rogers, Craig Love, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith, LaMarquis Mark Jefferson, Sean Garrett) – 3:38
#"Not the Only One" (Rogers, Andre Gonzalez, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis, Simon Johnson) – 3:46
#"Like It Used to Be" (Rogers, Harrison) – 3:39
#"Talkin' About" (Rogers, Harrison) – 4:19
#"Come with Me" (Harrison) – 3:34
#"Rolling Down My Face" ³ (Rogers, Harrison, Roy Ayers) – 3:34
#"Can We Go" (featuring Carl Thomas) (Rogers, Carl Thomas, Roosevelt Harrell III, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) – 3:29
#"Just Like Me" (Rogers, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Jason Boyd, Ryan Toby, Sunshine Anderson) – 3:46
#"Falling" (Rogers, Andy Thelusma) – 4:58
#"1 Thing" (Remix featuring Eve) (Rogers, Harrison, Eve Jeffers, Walden) – 4:18
#"Why Don't We Fall in Love" (Richcraft Remix) (Harrison) – 3:36

¹ Contains a sample from The Meters' "Oh, Calcutta!" written by Stanley Walden.
² Contains elements from Jean Carne's "You Are All I Need" written by Dexter Wansel.
³ Contains a sample from "Searching" written and performed by Roy Ayers.

Japanese edition

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"I'm Coming Out" – 3:31

European edition

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"Man Up" (featuring Nas) (Nasir Jones, Johnson, Gonzales, Elizabeth Wyce, Michael Quatro, L. Kinshkon) – 3:41

DualDisc edition

Released on July 15, 2005

Includes a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced PCM audio plus the contents below:

#Interview
#Behind-the-Scenes Footage from "1 Thing" and "Touch" Music Videos
#"1 Thing" (Video)
#"Touch" (Video) (featuring T.I.)
#"Man Up" (featuring Nas)
#"Touch" (Remix featuring T.I.)

Credits and personnel

*LaMarquis Mark Jefferson – bass
*Craig Love – guitar

Production

*Executive producers: Dorsey James, Lenny "Linen" Nicholson, and Amerie Rogers
*Producers: Rich Harrison, Lil Jon, Dre & Vidal, Bryce Wilson, and Red Spyda
*Vocal producer: Ryan Toby
*Engineers: David Ashton, Scotty Beats, Jim Caruana, and Vincent Dilorenzo
*Assistant engineers: Alan Masor, Flip Osman, José Juan Sánchez, and Bram Tobey
*Mixing: Vincent Dilorenzo, John Frye, Rich Keller, Tony Maserati, and Gary Noble
*Mastering: Tom Coyne
*A&R: Lenny "Linen" Nicholson
*Design: Susanne Cerha
*Art direction: Ellen To
*Photography: Michael Biondo

Charts

Release history

Extended Copy Protection

In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony BMG was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified "Touch" as one of the discs with the invasive software.

Sony BMG has compiled the list, and owners of the discs can currently file a claim for replacement CD and downloads on the Sony BMG website. This is open until mid-2007.

External links

* [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php Are You Affected By Sony-BMG's Rootkit?] (November 8, 2005) from Electronic Frontier Foundation