The Touch (album)

The Touch is the tenth studio album from American country music band Alabama, released in 1986. It reached No.1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 69 on the Billboard 200.

The Touch
Studio album by Alabama
Released	September 1986 (September 1986)
Studio	The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	44:39
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
Greatest Hits (1986) The Touch (1986) Just Us (1987)
Singles from The Touch
"Touch Me When We're Dancing" Released: September 12, 1986 ""You've Got" the Touch" Released: December 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You've Got the Touch"	Will Robinson; John Jarrard; Lisa Palas	4:15
2.	"Vacation"	Randy Owen	5:33
3.	"True, True Housewife"	Randy Owen	3:53
4.	"Is This How Love Begins"	Bob Corbin	2:39
5.	"Cruisin'"	Vern Dant; Jeff Cook; Ted Hewitt	3:43
6.	"Touch Me When We're Dancing"	Terry Skinner; Jerry Lee Wallace; Ken Bell	3:41
7.	"Let's Hear It For The Girl"	S. Alan Taylor	3:59
8.	"It's All Comin' Back To Me Now"	Dave Loggins	4:27
9.	"I Taught Her Everything She Knows"	Teddy Gentry; Greg Fowler; John Jarrard; Walt Aldridge	4:36
10.	"Pony Express"	Teddy Gentry; Ken Lambert; Buddy Cannon; Dean Dillon	7:53
Total length:			44:39

Personnel

Alabama

• Randy Owen – lead vocals, electric guitar
• Jeff Cook – electric guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (5)
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (10)
• Mark Herndon – drums

Other musicians

• David Briggs – keyboards, string arrangements
• Costo Davis – synthesizers
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Roger Cox – drums
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Bob Mater – drums
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Charles Buckins – percussion
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Quitman Dennis – saxophone
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• The "A" Strings – strings

Production

• Alabama – producers
• Harold Shedd – producer
• Jim Cotton – engineer
• Joe Scaife – engineer
• George W. Clinton – assistant engineer
• Paul Goldberg – assistant engineer
• Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Bill Brunt at Private Eye Studio – art direction, design
• Greg Gorman – photography

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	69
Canadian RPM Top Albums	88

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1986	"Touch Me When We're Dancing"	1	1
1987	""You've Got" the Touch"	1	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.