Positive Touch

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Positive Touch
Studio album by The Undertones
Released	May, 1981
Recorded	Wisseloord Studios January, 1981
Genre	Rock
Label	Ardeck-EMI (UK) Harvest (US)
Producer	Roger Bechirian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Mark Prindle link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The Undertones chronology
Hypnotised (1980) Positive Touch (1981) The Sin of Pride (1983)

Postive Touch is a 1981 album by The 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^[1]

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!”^[2].

The track "When Saturday Comes" was later borrowed for the title of a famous football fanzine^[3].

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by J. J. O'Neill; except where indicated

1. "Fascination" 2:21
2. "Julie Ocean" 1:46
3. "Life's Too Easy" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:31
4. "Crisis of Mine" 2:25
5. "You're Welcome" 2:44
6. "His Good Looking Girlfriend" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:37
7. "The Positive Touch" 2:18
8. "When Saturday Comes" 2:50
9. "It's Going to Happen" (Bradley / D. O'Neill) 3:37
10. "Sigh & Explode" (D. O'Neill) 2:45
11. "I Don't Know" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:42
12. "Hannah Doot" (D. O'Neill) 2:50
13. "Boy Wonder" (D. O'Neill / Bradley) 2:07
14. "Forever Paradise" 3:08
15. "Kiss in the Dark" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley) 2:31 *
16. "Beautiful Friend" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 3:23 *
17. "Life's Too Easy" (J.J. O'Neill / Bradley / D. O'Neill) 2:39 *
18. "Fairly in the Money Now" (D. O'Neill) 2:32 *

A * indicates bonus songs on the CD release.

[edit] References

1. ^ 1981 NME Albums of the Year
2. ^ Review of Positive Touch
3. ^ When Saturday Comes magazine