Hold Me (Laura Branigan album)
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Hold Me is the fourth studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in 1985 on Atlantic Records.
The lead single from Branigan's fourth album, "Spanish Eddie", was her sixth top 40 hit in two and a half years, although it failed to enter the top 20. A splashy video featuring a newly svelte Branigan was a hit on the various music video programs of the day (NBC's Friday Night Videos, TBS' Night Tracks and USA's Night Flight among the biggest), but it was not picked up by MTV. The following single release, "Hold Me", was a top 40 dance hit and her introduction of the rock ballad "I Found Someone" (co-written by Michael Bolton) reached even higher on the AC chart, but neither song was supported by a music video, and they stayed in the lower reaches of the pop charts.
The track "When the Heat Hits the Streets" was heard in a television advertising campaign for the Chrysler Laser, Chrysler being a sponsor for Branigan's 1985-86 "Hold Me" tour (a Chrysler Laser was prominently displayed in the "Spanish Eddie" video). Despite the weak sales, the album has many of her fan-favourite songs. Not only did she continue to perform "Spanish Eddie" in concerts throughout her career, but she began a lifelong tradition of closing every show with an encore of "Forever Young", the ballad that was made a cult hit by German band Alphaville.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Hold Me" | Beth Andersen, Bill Bodine |
4:46 |
| 2. |
"Maybe Tonight" | Jack White, Mark Spiro |
3:40 |
| 3. |
"Foolish Lullaby" | White, Spiro |
4:18 |
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"Spanish Eddie" | David Palmer, Chuck Cochran |
4:10 |
| 5. |
"Forever Young" | Marian Gold, Frank Mertens, Bernhard Lloyd |
3:57 |
| 6. |
"When I'm with You" | White, Spiro, Harold Faltermeyer |
4:15 |
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"I Found Someone" | Michael Bolton, Mark Mangold |
4:01 |
| 8. |
"Sanctuary" | Gary Usher, Tom Kelly |
3:33 |
| 9. |
"Tenderness" | Laura Branigan, White, Spiro |
3:46 |
| 10. |
"When the Heat Hits the Streets" | Linda Schreyer, Cappy Capossela |
3:44 |
Chart performance
| Chart (1985) |
Peak
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| Canadian Albums Chart[2] |
43 |
| German Albums Chart[3] |
31 |
| Japanese Albums Chart |
75 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[4] |
12 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[5] |
7 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[6] |
10 |
| UK Albums Chart[7] |
64 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[8] |
71 |
Personnel
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- Dann Huff - guitar
- Kim Hutchcroft - saxophone
- James Ingram - backing vocals
- Phillip Ingram - backing vocals
- Angie Jaree - backing vocals
- Jon Joyce - backing vocals
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Edie Lehmann - backing vocals
- Brian Malouf - percussion, keyboards
- Michael Mason - keyboards
- George Merrill - backing vocals
- Richard Page - backing vocals
- Alan Pasqua - keyboards
- Bill Reichenbach Jr.- trombone
- Andrea Robinson - backing vocals
- Marc Russo - saxophone
- Richard Ruttenberg - keyboards
- Leslie Spiro - backing vocals
- Mark Spiro - percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
- Bo Tomlyn - keyboards
- Larry Williams - saxophone
- Steve Williams - keyboards
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Production
- Producer: Jack White, Harold Faltermeyer
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