Touch (Amerie album)

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Touch
Studio album by Amerie
Released	April 26, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	R&B/Go go
Length	50:07
Label	Columbia, Sony Urban
Producer	Dre & Vidal, Dorsey James, Rich Harrison, Lil Jon, Red Spyda, Bryce Wilson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender link Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) Link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link Stylus Magazine (B) link USA Today link
Amerie chronology
All I Have (2002) Touch (2005) Because I Love It (2007)
Alternate covers
British cover
DualDisc cover
Singles from Touch
"1 Thing" Released: May 23, 2005 "Touch" Released: 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Japanese edition 1.2 European edition 1.3 DualDisc edition 2 Credits and personnel 2.1 Production 3 Charts 4 Release history 5 Extended Copy Protection 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "1 Thing" ¹ (Amerie Rogers, Rich Harrison, Stanley Walden) – 4:01
2. "All I Need" ² (Rogers, Harrison, Dexter Wansel) – 3:09
3. "Touch" (Rogers, Craig Love, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith, LaMarquis Mark Jefferson, Sean Garrett) – 3:38
4. "Not the Only One" (Rogers, Andre Gonzalez, Bryce Wilson,Makeda Davis, Simon Johnson) – 3:46
5. "Like It Used to Be" (Rogers, Harrison) – 3:39
6. "Talkin' About" (Rogers, Harrison) – 4:19
7. "Come with Me" (Harrison) – 3:34
8. "Rolling Down My Face" ³ (Rogers, Harrison, Roy Ayers) – 3:34
9. "Can We Go" (featuring Carl Thomas) (Rogers, Carl Thomas, Roosevelt Harrell III, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) – 3:29
10. "Just Like Me" (Rogers, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Jason Boyd, Ryan Toby, Sunshine Anderson) – 3:46
11. "Falling" (Rogers, Andy Thelusma) – 4:58
12. "1 Thing" (Remix featuring Eve) (Rogers, Harrison, Eve Jeffers, Walden) – 4:18
13. "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.

[edit] Japanese edition

14. "I'm Coming Out" – 3:31

[edit] European edition

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

[edit] DualDisc edition

Released on July 15, 2005

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

1. Interview
2. Behind-the-Scenes Footage from "1 Thing" and "Touch" Music Videos
3. "1 Thing" (Video)
4. "Touch" (Video) (featuring T.I.)
5. "Man Up" (featuring Nas)
6. "Touch" (Remix featuring T.I.)

[edit] Credits and personnel

• LaMarquis Mark Jefferson – bass
• Craig Love – guitar

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	57
Dutch Albums Chart	70
French Albums Chart	59
German Albums Chart	78
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	13
Swiss Albums Chart	83
UK Albums Chart	28
United World Chart	9
U.S. Billboard 200	5
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums	5

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Label
United States	April 26, 2005	Columbia/Sony Urban
Canada	April 26, 2005	Columbia
Europe	April 26, 2005	Columbia
Japan	April 27, 2005	Sony BMG
United Kingdom	May 2, 2005	Columbia
Australia	July 1, 2005	Columbia

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Are You Affected By Sony-BMG's Rootkit? (November 8, 2005) from Electronic Frontier Foundation

v • d • e Amerie Albums All I Have • Touch • Because I Love It Singles "Why Don't We Fall in Love" • "Talkin' to Me" • "I'm Coming Out" • "1 Thing" • "Touch" • "Talkin' About" • "Take Control" • "Gotta Work" Featured singles "Rule" • "Paradise" • "I Don't Care" • "Fly like Me" Related topics Discography • First Daughter • Awards and nominations • Rich Harrison