Please Don't Touch! is the second solo album by English guitarist Steve Hackett, and his first after leaving Genesis in 1977.
The album featured several guests including R&B singer Randy Crawford on "Hoping Love Will Last", American folk icon Richie Havens on two songs, the drummer and vocalist for the progressive rock band Kansas (Phil Ehart and Steve Walsh respectively), Frank Zappa alumnus Tom Fowler, Genesis concert drummer Chester Thompson (also a Zappa alumnus), and Van der Graaf Generator violinist Graham Smith.
This was also Hackett's first album to feature his pioneering use of the Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer.
In 2005, Please Don't Touch! was remastered and re-released by Hackett's Camino Records label. The new edition features updated liner notes and three bonus tracks. A new 5.1 surround mix of the album by Steven Wilson is included in Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975-1983 [10-CD/4-DVD Boxed Set] (2015).
Track listing
All tracks written by Steve Hackett.
- "Narnia" – 4:05
- "Carry On Up the Vicarage" – 3:11
- "Racing in A" – 5:07
- "Kim" – 2:13
- "How Can I?" – 4:38
- "Hoping Love Will Last" – 4:23 – featuring Randy Crawford
- "Land of a Thousand Autumns" – 1:38
- "Please Don't Touch" – 3:39
- "The Voice of Necam" – 3:11
- "Icarus Ascending" – 6:27
Personnel
- Steve Hackett – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer, vocals (2), backing vocals (1, 3, 9, 10), keyboards, percussion
- John Hackett – flute, piccolo, bass pedals, keyboards
- John Acock – keyboards, engineer
- James Bradley – percussion
- Phil Ehart – drums, percussion
- Tom Fowler – bass
- Richie Havens – vocals (5, 10), percussion
- Dave Lebolt – keyboards
- Hugh Malloy – cello
- Graham Smith – violin
- Chester Thompson – drums, percussion
- Steve Walsh – vocals (1, 3)
- Maria Bonvino – guest female soprano (6)
- Randy Crawford – vocals (6)
- Feydor – vocals on "The Voice of Necam"
- Dan Owen, Dale Newman – guest vocals on "Icarus Ascending"
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