Touch (Laura Branigan album)

Touch is the fifth studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released on July 7, 1987, by Atlantic Records. The album saw Branigan's return to dancefloors with the lead single, the Stock Aitken Waterman-produced "Shattered Glass", which was released in June 1987 and reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single, a cover of Jennifer Rush's "Power of Love", was released in October 1987, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Spirit of Love" was released as a single in Europe, while "Cry Wolf" served as the album's third single in the United States.

Track listing
All tracks produced by David Kershenbaum, except "Shattered Glass" and "Whatever I Do", produced by Stock Aitken Waterman; additional production on "Name Game" by Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Touch.

Musicians

 * Laura Branigan – lead vocals (all tracks); background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 8)
 * Bob Marlette – arrangements, drum programming, guitars, keyboards (tracks 1–3, 5, 10, 11); string arrangements (tracks 5, 11); additional keyboards (track 8)
 * Sue Shifrin – background vocals (tracks 1, 10)
 * Andrew Thomas – PPG programming (track 1)
 * Rick Palombi – arrangements, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals (tracks 4, 8)
 * Mark Leggett – keyboards (track 4); arrangements, drum programming, guitars (track 8)
 * Michael Landau – guitars (track 4)
 * Dennis Henson – background vocals (track 4)
 * Donna de Lory – background vocals (track 4)
 * Mona Young – background vocals (tracks 4, 10)
 * Kim Scharnberg – string arrangements, conducting (tracks 5, 11)
 * Kenneth G. Kugler – copyist (tracks 5, 11)
 * Julie Ann Gigante, Ralph D. Morrison III, Clayton Haslop, Alexander Horvath, R.F. Peterson, Arthur Zadinsky, Michael Nowak, Raymond J. Tischer II, Margot MacLaine, Armen Ksjikian, Dennis Karmazyn, Michael Matthews – strings (tracks 5, 11)
 * John O'Hara – keyboards (tracks 6, 7)
 * Mike Stock – keyboards, Linn programming, background vocals (tracks 6, 7)
 * Matt Aitken – keyboards, Linn programming, guitars (tracks 6, 7)
 * A. Linn – drums (tracks 6, 7)
 * Dee Lewis – background vocals (tracks 6, 7)
 * Coral Gordon – background vocals (tracks 6, 7)
 * Jeff Lorber – arrangements, keyboards, drum programming (track 9)
 * Students from St. Finbar School – background vocals (track 9)
 * Carlos Vega – drums (track 11)
 * John Nelson – guitars (track 11)
 * David J. Holman – PPG programming (tracks 2–11)

Technical

 * David Kershenbaum – production (tracks 1–5, 8–11)
 * Stock Aitken Waterman – production (tracks 6, 7)
 * Albert Cabrera – additional production, mix (track 9)
 * Tony Moran – additional production, mix (track 9)
 * John Guess – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4)
 * David J. Holman – additional engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 10); mixing (tracks 1–5, 8–11); engineering (tracks 3, 5, 8, 9, 11)
 * Cliff Jones – additional engineering (track 2)
 * Troy Krueger – additional engineering (track 4); engineering (track 10); second engineer
 * Mark McGuire – engineering (tracks 6, 7)
 * Peter Hammond – mixing (tracks 6, 7)
 * Ray Leonard – second engineer
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering

Artwork

 * Janis Wilkins – art direction, design
 * Victoria Pearson – photography