Touch (The Supremes album)

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".

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

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.

Track listing

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

Charts
Chart (1971) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 40
US Billboard 200[4] 85
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 6
US Record World[6] 66
US Record World R&B[7] 4

References
  1. Lowe, John. Touch. at Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  2. "20 R&B Albums We Loved in the Seventies That You Never Heard". RollingStone.
  3. "The Supremes | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. "THE ALBUM CHART: Week of August 7, 1971" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. August 7, 1971. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. "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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