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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Touch
| name = Touch
| Type = Studio album
| type = Studio album
| Artist = [[The Supremes]]
| artist = [[The Supremes]]
| Cover = Supremes-touch.jpg
| cover = The Supremes - Touch.png
| Released = June 1971
| alt =
| Recorded = 1970–71
| released = June 1971
| recorded = 1970–1971
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]], [[pop music|pop]], [[R&B]]
| Label = [[Motown]]
| venue =
| studio =
| Producer = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
| genre =
| Last album = ''[[The Return of the Magnificent 7]]''<br />(1971)
*[[Pop music|Pop]]
| This album = '''''Touch'''''<br />(1971)
*[[Soul music|soul]]
| Next album = ''[[Dynamite (The Supremes and the Four Tops album)|Dynamite]]''<br />(with [[Four Tops]])<br />(1971)
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| Misc =
| length = 32:59
{{Singles
| Name = Touch
| label = [[Motown]]
| producer = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
| Type = Studio album
| prev_title = [[The Return of the Magnificent 7]]
| single 1 = [[Nathan Jones (song)|Nathan Jones]]
| single 1 date = April 15, 1971
| prev_year = 1971
| single 2 = [[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]
| next_title = [[Dynamite (The Supremes and the Four Tops album)|Dynamite]]<br />(with [[Four Tops]])
| single 2 date = September 7, 1971
| next_year = 1971
| misc = {{Singles
}}
| name = Touch
| type = Studio album
| single1 = [[Nathan Jones (song)|Nathan Jones]]
| single1date = April 15, 1971
| single2 = [[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]
| single2date = September 7, 1971
}}
}}

{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Lowe, John. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r77028|pure_url=yes}} Touch]. at Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-01-16.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-r-b-albums-rolling-stone-loved-in-the-1970s-you-never-heard-20150625/jackson-5-get-it-together-20150625|title=20 R&B Albums We Loved in the Seventies That You Never Heard|publisher=RollingStone}}</ref>
}}
}}


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The other tracks were written by Sawyer and Wilson, including the opening and closing numbers, "This Is the Story" and "It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye"; "Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)", released as flip side of "Nathan Jones"; and the album title track, "[[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]", the first charting Supremes single to feature lead vocals by both Terrell and founding member [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]]. The song missed the US top 40, peaking at #71, and it was later recorded by The Jackson 5.
The other tracks were written by Sawyer and Wilson, including the opening and closing numbers, "This Is the Story" and "It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye"; "Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)", released as flip side of "Nathan Jones"; and the album title track, "[[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]", the first charting Supremes single to feature lead vocals by both Terrell and founding member [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]]. The song missed the US top 40, peaking at #71, and it was later recorded by The Jackson 5.


After this release, producer Frank Wilson went on to work with Motown artis [[Eddie Kendricks]]. This album also contained liner notes written by Elton John, and sold over 100,000 copies in the USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?/topic/116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales/|title=THE SUPREMES, DIANA ROSS, STEVIE WONDER and RAY CHARLES.....USA album sales|publisher=GreasyLake}}</ref>
After this release, producer Frank Wilson went on to work with Motown artist [[Eddie Kendricks]]. This album also contained liner notes written by Elton John.

==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Lowe, John. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r77028|pure_url=yes}} Touch]. at Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-01-16.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]''
|rev2score = (Favorable)<ref name="Cashbox Review">{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-06-12-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22supremes%20four%20tops%20the%20return%20of%20the%20magnificent%20seven%22|title=Pop Picks|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=31|date=June 12, 1971|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-r-b-albums-rolling-stone-loved-in-the-1970s-you-never-heard-20150625/jackson-5-get-it-together-20150625|title=20 R&B Albums We Loved in the Seventies That You Never Heard|date=30 August 2019 |publisher=RollingStone}}</ref>
}}

In a contemporary review ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' published:<ref name="Cashbox Review"/>
<blockquote>
'What has been left unsaid about the fantastic Supremes? They make all the right moves. One great track follows another on their latest entry in the album field. If we had to pick favorites, we'd choose the smooth "Love It Came To Me This Time" and the exuberant "Here Comes The Sunrise." Among the other treats: the girls' big hit of "Nathan Jones" and a fine rendition of the Laura Nyro number, "Time And Love." Ten tunes in all get the benefit of the Supremes' touch. Should be a major chart item. '</blockquote>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All lead vocals by [[Jean Terrell]] except where noted.
#"This Is the Story" ([[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]/[[Pam Sawyer]])
{{Track listing
#"[[Nathan Jones (song)|Nathan Jones]]" ([[Kathleen Wakefield|Kathy Wakefield]]/Leonard Caston)
| headline = Side I
#"Here Comes the Sunrise" ([[Clifton Davis]])
| title1 = This Is the Story
#"Love It Came to Me This Time" (Kathy Wakefield/Leonard Caston)
| writer1 = [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]], [[Pam Sawyer]]
#"Johnny Raven" (Billy Page)
| length1 = 3:26
#"Have I Lost You" (Pam Sawyer/Gloria Jones)
| title2 = [[Nathan Jones (song)|Nathan Jones]]
#"Time and Love" ([[Laura Nyro]])
| note2 = lead singers: Jean Terrell, [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], [[Cindy Birdsong]]
#"[[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
| writer2 = [[Leonard Caston Jr.|Leonard Caston]], [[Kathleen Wakefield]]
#"Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
| length2 = 3:02
#"It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye" (Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson)
| title3 = Here Comes the Sunrise
| writer3 = [[Clifton Davis]]
| length3 = 2:47
| title4 = Love It Came to Me This Time
| writer4 = Caston, Wakefield
| length4 = 3:21
| title5 = Johnny Raven
| writer5 = Billy Page
| length5 = 3:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side II
| title6 = Have I Lost You
| writer6 = [[Gloria Jones]], Sawyer
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = Time and Love
| writer7 = [[Laura Nyro]]
| length7 = 4:07
| title8 = [[Touch (The Supremes song)|Touch]]
| note8 = lead singers: Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson
| writer8 = Wilson, Sawyer
| length8 = 3:49
| title9 = Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)
| writer9 = Wilson, Sawyer
| length9 = 3:08
| title10 = It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye
| writer10 = Wilson, Sawyer
| length10 = 3:16
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Jean Terrell]] – [[lead vocals|lead]] and [[backing vocals]]
*[[Jean Terrell]] – lead and background vocals
*[[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]] – lead and backing vocals
*[[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]] – lead and background vocals
*[[Cindy Birdsong]] – lead and backing vocals
*[[Cindy Birdsong]] – background vocals
*[[The Blackberries]] – background vocals
*[[The Andantes]] - background vocals on "Touch"
*[[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] – [[record producer|producer]]
*[[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] – [[record producer|producer]]
*[[The Blackberries]] – additional backing vocals


==Chart history==
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Chart
!Peak position
|-
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1971)
|[[Billboard 200|U.S. ''Billboard'' 200]]
!scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|align="center"|85
|-
|-
{{Album chart|UK|40|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|85|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|[[UK Albums Chart]]
|-
|align="center"|40
{{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" |US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cashbox'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1971/CB-1971-07-24-OCR-Page-0029.pdf#search=%22supremes%20touch%20top%20100%20albums%22|title=TOP 100 ALBUMS|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=|date=July 24, 1971|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|78
|-
!scope="row" | US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/71/Record-World-1971-08-07-OCR-Page-0032.pdf#search=%22supremes%20touch%22 |title=THE ALBUM CHART: Week of August 7, 1971|magazine=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=August 7, 1971|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|-
!scope="row" | US [[Record World|''Record World'' R&B]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/71/RW-1971-07-24-OCR-Page-0258.pdf#search=%22supremes%20touch%22 |title=THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 24, 1971|page=258|magazine=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 24, 1971|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 09:02, 16 February 2024

Touch
Studio album by
The Supremes
ReleasedJune 1971
Recorded1970–1971
Genre
Length32:59
LabelMotown
ProducerFrank Wilson
The Supremes chronology
The Return of the Magnificent 7
(1971) 		Touch
(1971) 		Dynamite
(with Four Tops)
(1971)
Singles from Touch
  1. "Nathan Jones"
    Released: April 15, 1971
  2. "Touch"
    Released: September 7, 1971

Touch is the twenty-third studio album by The Supremes, released in the summer of 1971 on the Motown label. It was the third and final LP under the supervision of Frank Wilson, who had been the group's main producer since 1970, when Jean Terrell joined as lead singer. The album also marked the first Motown contributions by composer-producer Leonard Caston, Jr. and writer-lyricist Kathleen Wakefield: "Nathan Jones", a hit single sung by all three members, which was later recorded by Bananarama, and "Love It Came to Me This Time".

The album included contributions by several Motown artists and staff writers: "Here Comes the Sunrise" by actor-composer Clifton Davis (who had written "Never Can Say Goodbye" for The Jackson 5); Billy Page's "Johnny Raven" (recorded by Kiki Dee in her 1970 Motown album), and "Have I Lost You" by Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones. Wilson also recorded Jean Terrell's vocals to the backing track of a cover of Laura Nyro's "Time and Love" that Bones Howe had produced for Diana Ross, but that was shelved and remained unreleased until 2002.

The other tracks were written by Sawyer and Wilson, including the opening and closing numbers, "This Is the Story" and "It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye"; "Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)", released as flip side of "Nathan Jones"; and the album title track, "Touch", the first charting Supremes single to feature lead vocals by both Terrell and founding member Mary Wilson. The song missed the US top 40, peaking at #71, and it was later recorded by The Jackson 5.

After this release, producer Frank Wilson went on to work with Motown artist Eddie Kendricks. This album also contained liner notes written by Elton John.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cashbox(Favorable)[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

In a contemporary review Cashbox published:[2]

'What has been left unsaid about the fantastic Supremes? They make all the right moves. One great track follows another on their latest entry in the album field. If we had to pick favorites, we'd choose the smooth "Love It Came To Me This Time" and the exuberant "Here Comes The Sunrise." Among the other treats: the girls' big hit of "Nathan Jones" and a fine rendition of the Laura Nyro number, "Time And Love." Ten tunes in all get the benefit of the Supremes' touch. Should be a major chart item. '

Track listing[edit]

All lead vocals by Jean Terrell except where noted.

Side I
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is the Story"Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer3:26
2."Nathan Jones" (lead singers: Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong)Leonard Caston, Kathleen Wakefield3:02
3."Here Comes the Sunrise"Clifton Davis2:47
4."Love It Came to Me This Time"Caston, Wakefield3:21
5."Johnny Raven"Billy Page3:19
Side II
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Have I Lost You"Gloria Jones, Sawyer2:44
7."Time and Love"Laura Nyro4:07
8."Touch" (lead singers: Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson)Wilson, Sawyer3:49
9."Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)"Wilson, Sawyer3:08
10."It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye"Wilson, Sawyer3:16

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1971) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 40
US Billboard 200[5] 85
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 6
US Cashbox Top 100[7] 78
US Record World[8] 66
US Record World R&B[9] 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lowe, John. Touch. at Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  2. ^ a b "Pop Picks" (PDF). Cashbox. June 12, 1971. p. 31. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "20 R&B Albums We Loved in the Seventies That You Never Heard". RollingStone. 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "The Supremes | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. ^ "TOP 100 ALBUMS" (PDF). Cashbox. July 24, 1971. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. ^ "THE ALBUM CHART: Week of August 7, 1971" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. August 7, 1971. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ^ "THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 24, 1971" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 24, 1971. p. 258. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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