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''Touch Sensitive'' is the debut solo studio album by the English rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Bruce Foxton. It was originally released in 1984, by the record label Arista. Two tracks, "It Makes Me Wonder" and "Trying To Forget You (Vocal Mix)" were co-written by Foxton and Pete Glenister. The remainder of the songs are credited solely to Foxton himself. In March of the same year, fellow Jam counterpart Paul Weller released his first official studio album with the band The Style Council, titled "Café Bleu". The album was notably his last recording of original material for twenty-eight years, until he released'' Back in the Room'' in 2012. Keen to establish himself as a solo artist, after the breakup of The Jam Foxton enlisted the multiple-award winning producer Steve Lillywhite to give the album a contemporary sound. On release, ''Touch Sensitive'' received a mixed critical reception on release and retrospectively, which have included criticism that it was too commercial in contrast to his work with The Jam. The album peaked at number 68 on the UK albums chart.〔http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bruce%20foxton/〕 Three singles were issued from ''Touch Sensitive'': "Freak", "This is the Way", and "It Makes Me Wonder". The album's lead single, "Freak" was a minor success, peaking at number 23 in the UK. It also provided Foxton with his only Top 40 hit. The album was re-released on 20 August 2001 on Cherry Red Records featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a CD with the original album digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes; the bonus content consists of three associated B-sides, including cover versions of the songs "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago and "Get Ready" by The Temptations, as well as the song "Sign of the Times", an out-take written by Foxton. ==Background== When the Jam split in 1982, Foxton's confidence was very low, and he didn't know what to do. His publisher phoned him and gave him some confidence and so he had a go at writing some songs. His publisher then got a band together for him, and they recorded the album. Some of the musicians working with Foxton were Andy Duncan, Stan Shaw, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Roddy Lorimer, Adrian Lillywhite, and Judd Lander. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Touch Sensitive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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