Let's Touch the Sky

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Let's Touch the Sky
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2010
Studio
  • Castle Oaks Studio (Calabasas, California)
  • Mason Sound (North Hollywood, California)
  • G Studio Digital (Studio City, California)
  • KFP Studios (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length62:32
Label Heads Up
Producer Fourplay
Fourplay chronology
Energy
(2008)
Let's Touch the Sky
(2010)
Esprit De Four
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Let's Touch the Sky is the 11th studio album (12th overall) of the jazz group Fourplay, released in 2010. It is the first Fourplay album with Chuck Loeb, who replaced Larry Carlton on the guitar.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Touch the Sky" Bob James 5:22
2."3rd Degree" Chuck Loeb 5:07
3."More Than a Dream" Harvey Mason 5:03
4."Pineapple Getaway"Mason5:52
5."I'll Still Be Lovin' You" (featuring Nathan East) Nathan East 5:18
6."Gentle Giant (for Hank)"James5:59
7."A Night in Rio"East, Tom Keane5:56
8."Love TKO" (featuring Ruben Studdard) Cecil Womack, Linda Womack, Gip Noble4:30
9."Above and Beyond"Loeb6:30
10."Golden Faders"James7:08
11."You're My Thrill" (featuring Anita Baker) Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare 5:47
Total length:62:32

Personnel

Fourplay

Additional Personnel

Production

Reception

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. Fourplay: Let's Touch the Sky > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  2. "Let's Touch the Sky (Advance Review)". 18 October 2010.