Touch Me in the Morning [Shanachie]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

What you see on the cover is exactly what you get. Touch Me in the Morning features readings of baby-makers from soul music's yesteryear. The players and vocalists include Will Downing, Kim Waters, Pamela Williams, Chris Davis, Wayne Bruce, Vanessa Williams, Eddie Baccus, and others. Whether it's Michael Masser and Ronald Dean Miller's title track, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's "Me & Mrs. Jones" and "Close the Door," or Thom Bell's "Betcha by Golly Wow," the effect is the same: seamless, flawlessly executed, and dreamy. This is pillow-talk music, made not for paying attention to, but for providing that certain backdrop for other activities, and as such, it delivers, but the cover art is worse than cheesy. Points off for it. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Touch Me in the Morning	Michael Masser	Chris "Big Dog" Davis	(4:59)
Always and Forever	Rod Temperton	Kim Waters	(6:30)
All This Love	El DeBarge	Chris "Big Dog" Davis	(5:36)
Close the Door	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff	Pamela Williams	(4:49)
Ooo Baby Baby	Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore	Chris "Big Dog" Davis	(4:20)
Always	W. Michael Lewis, D. Richard Lewis	Chris "Big Dog" Davis	(4:27)
Me & Mrs. Jones	G. Antonio Gilbert	Pamela Williams	(5:06)
Shining Star		Chris "Big Dog" Davis	(4:37)
Betcha by Golly Wow	T.D. Bell	Pamela Williams	(5:02)

Credits

Kim Waters (Producer), Will Downing (Vocals), Kim Waters (Guest Appearance), Kim Waters (Programming), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Mixing), Kim Waters (Multi Instruments), Rohn Lawrence (Guitar), Pamela Williams (Audio Production), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Multi Instruments), Will Downing (Guest Appearance), Danny Weiss (Executive Producer), Pamela Williams (Flute), Kim Waters (Audio Production), Pamela Williams (Keyboards), Pamela Williams (Engineer), Jessica Williams (Vocals), Pamela Williams (Vocals), Wayne Bruce (Guitar), Eddie Baccus, Jr. (Guest Appearance), Kim Waters (Various), Kevin Levy (Guest Appearance), Pamela Williams (Guest Appearance), Robert Legrand (Guitar), Eddie Baccus, Jr. (Saxophone), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Guest Appearance), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Producer), Anthony Barboza (Photography), Pamela Williams (Drum Programming), Pamela Williams (Sax (Alto)), Precious Iglesias (Vocals), Michael Sims (Guitar), Pamela Williams (Sax (Soprano)), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Audio Production), Pamela Williams (Producer), Leon Bisquera (Keyboards), Kevin Levy (Saxophone), John Wujcik (Package Design), Chris "Big Dog" Davis (Various), Davy D. (Mixing), Michael Sims (Keyboards), Tracy Hamlin (Vocals), Michael Sims (Drum Programming), Iceman Clemens (Vocals), Rohn Lawrence (Guest Appearance)