Laura Branigan began to falter in her quest to be the white, '80s Donna Summer with her fourth album, which failed to scale the sales heights of her first three, despite another clutch of dramatic, heavily produced Eurodisco tracks, three of which found their way onto the singles charts.
The closest thing to a hit was "Spanish Eddie" (this album's remake of her first smash, "Gloria"), a song with an odd street-life lyric that made reference to Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row." Indeed, the ghost of Bob seemed to be haunting this album, which featured yet another song called "Forever Young." Elsewhere, Branigan again turned to songwriter Michael Bolton for "I Found Someone," and as she had with "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You," did it much better than its author, for what it's worth.
But on the whole, Hold Me found The Branigan formula growing stale.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold Me | Laura Branigan | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Maybe Tonight | Laura Branigan | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | Foolish Lullaby | Laura Branigan | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | Spanish Eddie | Laura Branigan | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Forever Young | Laura Branigan | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 6 | When I'm with You | Laura Branigan | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | I Found Someone | Laura Branigan | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Sanctuary | Laura Branigan | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | Tenderness | Laura Branigan | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | When The Heart Hits The Streets | Laura Branigan | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 40 mins | 91 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 245 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Alford, Jr. | Percussion |
| 2 | Beth Andersen | Vocals |
| 3 | Maxine Anderson | Vocals |
| 4 | Eddie Arkin | Keyboards |
| 5 | Larry Ball | Bass |
| 6 | Michael Boddicker | Keyboards |
| 7 | Susan Boyd | Vocals |
| 8 | Laura Branigan | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Kelly Bruss | Vocals |
| 10 | Rod Burton | Vocals |
| 11 | Rosemary Butler | Vocals |
| 12 | Jill Colucci | Vocals |
| 13 | Craig T. Cooper | Guitar |
| 14 | Kevin Dorsey | Vocals |
| 15 | Nathan East | Bass |
| 16 | Michael Egizi | Keyboards |
| 17 | Harold Faltermeyer | Synthesizer |
| 18 | Tommy Funderburk | Vocals |
| 19 | Gary Grant | Horn |
| 20 | Kyle Henderson | Vocals |
| 21 | Gary Herbig | Saxophone |
| 22 | Jerry Hey | Horn |
| 23 | Dann Huff | Guitar |
| 24 | Kim Hutchcroft | Horn |
| 25 | James Ingram | Vocals |
| 26 | Phillip Ingram | Vocals |
| 27 | Angie Jaree | Vocals |
| 28 | Jon Joyce | Vocals |
| 29 | Michael Landau | Guitar |
| 30 | Edie Lehmann | Vocals |
| 31 | Brian Malouf | Keyboards, Percussion |
| 32 | Michael Mason | Keyboards |
| 33 | George Merrill | Vocals |
| 34 | Richard Page | Vocals |
| 35 | Alan Pasqua | Keyboards |
| 36 | William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. | Horn |
| 37 | Andrea Robinson | Vocals |
| 38 | Marc Russo | Saxophone |
| 39 | Richard Ruttenberg | Keyboards |
| 40 | Leslie Spiro | Vocals |
| 41 | Mark Spiro | Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals |
| 42 | Bo Tomlyn | Keyboards |
| 43 | Jack White | Producer |
| 44 | Larry Williams | Saxophone |
| 45 | Steve Williams | Keyboards |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |