The Touch (album)
# The Touch (album)

Professional ratings :

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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |

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.

## 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 | Peak positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | 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. |||
