After her rise to fame as a Page 3 girl, Samantha Fox wanted to get something off her chest: her desire for a career as a pop star.
Despite little support in the popular media, Fox's 1986 debut was buoyed by bouncy production and tight arrangements that showcased Fox's best asset -- her cheeky sexuality.
The lead single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic; while gobs of reverb fleshed out Fox's average voice, she sold the track with a pinup delivery that was at once crass and cooing.
"Like a tramp in the night, I was begging for you/To treat my body like you wanted to," she sings.
But during the chorus a second later, she sounds genuinely needy in her pleas for touch.
It's a fabulous pop trick, and one that sold a collection of wispy dance-pop tracks successfully flashing the same set of tricks over and over again.
The hysterical synths of "Wild Kinda Love" seem influenced by Cyndi Lauper, while "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" could be a hair metal anthem if its cloying keys were replaced by a buzz-saw guitar.
Touch Me tends to sag toward its middle and end, but it's nevertheless a solid debut for the resilient Fox.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm All You Need | Samantha Fox | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Suzie, Don't Leave Me With Your Boyfriend | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | Wild Kinda Love | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Hold on TightJohn David | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Baby I'm Lost for Words | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | He's Got Sex | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Touch Me | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Da Ya Do Ya | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | It's Only Love | Samantha Fox | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 206 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Astrop | Composer |
| 2 | Mike Bissell | Composer |
| 3 | John David | Composer |
| 4 | Samantha Fox | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | Pete Harris | Composer |
| 6 | Mark Shreeve | Composer |
| 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). |