Touch (Con Funk Shun album)

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Touch
Touch album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1980 at The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre Funk, soul
Label Mercury Records
Producer Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun chronology
Spirit of Love
(1980)
Touch
(1980)
Con Funk Shun 7
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Touch is the seventh album by the Vallejo, California musical group Con Funk Shun. It was released in late 1980 on the Mercury Records label.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Too Tight" (M. Cooper) 6:17
  2. "Lady's Wild" (F. Pilate, G. Jackson, M. Cooper) 4:53
  3. "Give Your Love To Me" (C. Martin) 4:58
  4. "Pride And Glory" (F. Pilate, K. Fuller) 4:29
  5. "Kidnapped!" (D. Thomas, M. Poole) 3:24
  6. "Welcome Back To Love" (L. L. McCall, L. McCall, P. M. Allen) 3:55
  7. "Touch" (F. Pilate, G. Jackson) 4:31
  8. "Can't Say Goodbye" (F. Pilate) 4:19
  9. "Play Widit" (F. Pilate, P. Harrell, P. W. Harrell) 4:18

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Billboard Top LPs & Tapes [2] 51
Billboard Top Soul LPs 7

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1981"Lady's Wild"42
"Too Tight"40825

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r33765/review
  2. "Con Funk Shun US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  3. "Con Funk Shun US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-14.