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Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, bass); Sam Moore, Bobby King, Bobby Hatfield (vocals); Tim Pierce (guitar); Mark Isham (trumpet); Ian McLagen (piano); David Sancious (organ); Roy Bittan (keyboards); Randy Jackson (bass); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Kurt Wortman (drums); Michael Fisher (percussion); Patti Scialfa (background vocals). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan. Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Bobby "Blanco" King, Bobby King (vocals, background vocals); Patti Scialfa, Sam Moore (vocals); Tim Pierce (guitar); Mark Isham (trumpet); Ian McLagan (piano); David Sancious (organ); Roy Bittan (keyboards); Kurt Wortman (drums, dumbek); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Michael Fisher (percussion). Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain. Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Oceanway Studios; Record Plant; Record Point; Soundworks West; Westlake. Editors: Dave Collins ; Scott Hull. Photographers: Harvy Gruyaert; Pamela Springsteen; Annie Leibovitz; Barbara Carr; David Rose. Arranger: Bruce Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen has always been steeped in mainstream pop/rock music, using it as a vocabulary for what he wanted to say about weightier matters. He has always written generic pop as well, but Human Touch was the first album to consist entirely of this kind of minor genre material, which he seems capable of turning out endlessly and effortlessly. Having largely jettisoned the E Street Band, Springsteen enlisted some sturdy minor talent to play and sing, among them ace studio drummer Jeff Porcaro, Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, and Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers. It's pleasant enough stuff, and easy to listen to, but it is not the kind of record Springsteen had conditioned his audience to expect, and its release brought considerable disappointment. Though at nearly 59 minutes it was the longest single-disc album of his career, and though it contained several songs that could have been big hits -- the "Tunnel of Love" soundalike title track, which actually made the Top 40, "Roll of the Dice," an AOR radio favorite, and "Man's Job" -- Human Touch was an uninspired Springsteen album, his first that didn't at least aspire to greatness. ~ William Ruhlmann Bruce Springsteen has always been steeped in mainstream pop/rock music, using it as a vocabulary for what he wanted to say about weightier matters. And he has always written generic pop as well, though he's usually given the results away to performers like Southside Johnny and Gary U.S. Bonds. Sometimes, those songs have been hits -- think of the Pointer Sisters' "Fire" or Bonds's "This Little Girl Is Mine." Occasionally, Springsteen has used such material here and there on his own albums; some of it can be found on The River, for example. But Human Touch was the first Bruce Springsteen album to consist entirely of this kind of minor genre material, material he seems capable of turning out endlessly and effortlessly -- the point of "I Wish I Were Blind" is that the singer doesn't want to see, now that his baby has left him; "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" is about TV; "Real Man" finds the singer declaring that, while he may not be an action hero like Rambo, he feels like a real man in his baby's arms. And Springsteen, having largely jettisoned the E Street Band (keyboardist Roy Bittan remained), enlisted some sturdy minor talent to play and sing, among them ace studio drummer Jeff Porcaro (one of his final recording sessions), Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, and Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers. It's pleasant enough stuff, and easy to listen to, but it is not the kind of record Springsteen had conditioned his audience to expect, and its release brought considerable disappointment. The reaction was exacerbated by the drawn-out release schedule that by 1992 had become common to superstarsRolling Stone (4/30/92, p.56) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...his guitar playing is plentiful and gripping....the fascinating progress of one of the most compelling artists of our time....Beginning with the pulsing title track, which stands among Springsteen's best work, the fourteen songs on HUMAN TOUCH explore the movement from disenchanted isolation to a willingness to risk love and its attendant traumas again..." Q (1/93, p.73) - Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992. Q (5/92, p.87) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...Springsteen navigates a classical landscape of the heart, as mythical and ghostly as the blasted topography of gospel music..." Musician (5/92, p.87) - "...the songs seem at once personal and universal....fascinating for the fresh musical ground it covers..." Human Touch Music | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.99) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 1992 | | All Time Sales Rank | 17754  | | CD Universe Part number | 1087587 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 18, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Toby Scott | | Personnel | Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar, bass Randy Jackson - bass Tim Pierce - guitar Ian McLagan - piano Michael Fisher - percussion Kurt Wortman - drums
Also: Jeff Porcaro, Roy Bittan, David Sancious, Mark Isham, Patti Scialfa, Sam Moore, Bobby King, Bobby Hatfield |
Bruce Springsteen Human Touch Songs Human Touch Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   DESCOMUNAL Como siempre Submitted by www.graficel (Santos Lugares. Buenos Aires, Argentina) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.
underrated. only 3 songs i don't like on this record so why is this record so underrated? Submitted by charlie (blacktown,n.s.w,australia.) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
except for some except for some tacks this is not a very good album.
We're talking about the boss, so we expect always a very high level, but here we have a too much forced sound, and some songs have no stength.
I'd rather like Lucky town, surely this is one of his worst. Submitted by Daniele (Venice, Italy) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
The Song Human Touch I love the song Human Touch great lyrics
i feel were bruce is come for on this one. Submitted by ERNIE (Charlottetown P.E.I CANADA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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