Touch is an R&B album, which musically differs from Amerie's neo-soul debut. The label continued to refuse to release "1 Thing" in Amerie's words, "People just weren't getting it". Each time they submitted a new version to the label, Columbia told them that the song sounded unfinished, but was unable to specify what should be changed. Harrison and Amerie returned to the studio several times to rework the track. They recommended that more music be added to the percussion-focused beat, but Harrison and Amerie replied that adding more to the beat would overpower the song. When executives at Amerie's label, Columbia/ Sony Urban Music, heard "1 Thing", they felt that the song's choruses needed to be "bigger". Īmerie's manager, Len Nicholson, felt the song was " the single" to release. According to Harrison, they wrote and finished the song in two to three hours. Harrison said he loved the work of the Meters, especially Modeliste, commenting, "Ziggy, he's crazy." He processed the way the breakdown could be "flipped", added a bongo drum, a cowbell, and a ride cymbal, and sent it to Amerie. In May 2004, Harrison heard " Oh, Calcutta!" for the first time and began working on the beat accompanying the ten-second back-and-forth breakdown between Meters drummer Ziggy Modeliste and guitarist Leo Nocentelli. In 2004, when working on her second album, Amerie enlisted the services of Harrison, who had helped produce and write her first album. She also assumed more creative control over the visual imagery accompanying the album, such as videos and artwork-"I feel like when you do a record, you have a vision in your mind and you want to carry it across-and it doesn't end with the studio", she has said. Unlike on her first album, Amerie co-wrote every track but one, "Come with Me", which Harrison wrote. As with All I Have, the album was co-written and produced by mentor Harrison, who contributed seven (new) tracks to the record additional productions came from Lil Jon, Bryce Wilson, Red Spyda, and Dre & Vidal. Shortly after her acting debut, Amerie began work on her second studio album.Īmerie began work on the album in early 2004. In 2004, Amerie earned her first acting role, portraying the role of Mia Thompson, a college student who rooms with the president's daughter, in the film First Daughter, alongside actress Katie Holmes.
It debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, selling 89,000 copies in its first week of release the album has since been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and had sold 657,000 copies as of June 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Amerie's debut album, All I Have, was released in July 2002 to generally positive reviews. The song was followed by the release of the less successful singles " Touch" and " Talkin' About".įollowing Amerie's meeting with producer Rich Harrison and signing to a record deal with Harrison's Richcraft Entertainment, in partnership with Columbia Records, she released her debut album. The album spawned three singles, including the lead single " 1 Thing" which became Amerie's most commercially successful song to date, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album also fared well elsewhere peaking within the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart. The album received numerous accolades, including two Grammy Award nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards including Best Contemporary R&B Album.Ĭommercially, the album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 124,000 copies and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold over 500,000 copies in the United States. Upon release, Touch received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Amerie's vocals and Harrison's production. Its songs feature pulses, funky percussion, pumping energy, go-go beats with an organic core built around horns and electric pianos. Touch is an R&B album with a diverse musical style, marking a transition from Amerie's neo-soul debut. Unlike her debut, Amerie co-wrote every track but one, and assumed more creative control over the visual imagery accompanying the album, such as music videos and artwork. As with All I Have, the album was co-written and produced by mentor Rich Harrison, with contributions from additional productions. Following the release of her debut album, All I Have (2002), and her first acting role (in the 2004 film First Daughter), Amerie began work on her second studio album. Touch is the second studio album by American singer Amerie, released on April 26, 2005, by Richcraft Records, Sony Urban Music, and Columbia Records.
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