Hold Me (Laura Branigan album)

Hold Me
Hold Me
Studio album by Laura Branigan
Released	July 15, 1985
Studio	Image Recording (Hollywood, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Westlake (West Hollywood, California); Bodifications (Los Angeles, California); Preferred Sound (Woodland Hills, California);
Genre	Pop rock; dance-pop; synth-pop;
Length	39:47
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jack White; Harold Faltermeyer; Mark Spiro;
Laura Branigan chronology
Singles from Hold Me
	"Spanish Eddie"; Released: 1985; "Hold Me"; Released: 1985; "Maybe Tonight"; Released: 1985; "I Found Someone"; Released: February 1986;

Hold Me is the fourth studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released on July 15, 1985, by Atlantic Records.[2] The album peaked at number 71 on the US Billboard 200, though it fared better internationally, reaching the top 10 in Sweden and Switzerland, and the top 15 in Norway.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album's lead single, "Spanish Eddie", earned Branigan her sixth top-40 entry in two and a half years, peaking at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] and was moderately successful outside the United States.[4] Subsequent singles "Hold Me" and "I Found Someone" failed to make an impact, peaking at numbers 82 and 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Nevertheless, "Hold Me" reached number 39 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart,[5] while "I Found Someone" reached number 25 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.[6]

The track "When the Heat Hits the Streets" was used in a television advertising campaign for the Chrysler Laser, with Chrysler serving as a sponsor for Branigan's 1985–1986 Hold Me tour (a Chrysler Laser was prominently displayed in the "Spanish Eddie" music video).

According to Branigan, she said "the album is such a growth from my other albums. I really feel it’s the direction I want to go. My voice is definitely stronger and the material is just incredible. I honestly don't feel there are any fillers."[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hold Me"	Beth Andersen Bill Bodine	Jack White Harold Faltermeyer	4:43
2.	"Maybe Tonight"	White Mark Spiro	White Spiro^[a]	3:37
3.	"Foolish Lullaby"	White Spiro	White Spiro^[a]	4:18
4.	"Spanish Eddie"	David Palmer Chuck Cochran	White	4:08
5.	"Forever Young"	Marian Gold Frank Mertens Bernhard Lloyd	White	3:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"When I'm with You"	White Spiro Faltermeyer	White Spiro^[a]	4:12
7.	"I Found Someone"	Michael Bolton Mark Mangold	White Faltermeyer	4:00
8.	"Sanctuary"	Gary Usher Tom Kelly	White	3:32
9.	"Tenderness"	White Spiro Laura Branigan	White Spiro^[a]	3:42
10.	"When the Heat Hits the Streets"	Linda Schreyer Cappy Capossela	Spiro	3:43
Total length:				39:47

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies an associate producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hold Me.[8]

Musicians

Laura Branigan – vocals
Harold Faltermeyer – arrangements (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
Mark Spiro – arrangements (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 10); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass), background vocals
Eddie Arkin – arrangements (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
Tom Keane – arrangements (track 5)
Gary Usher – arrangements (track 8)
Jerry Hey – horn arrangement, horn (track 9); flugelhorn (track 6)
Dann Huff, Michael Landau, Craig T. Cooper – guitars
Gary Herbig, Marc Russo – saxophone solos
Gary Grant, Larry Williams, Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (track 9)
Nathan Alford Jr. – percussion
Brian Malouf – percussion, all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
Nathan East, Larry Ball – bass
Bo Tomlyn, Michael Boddicker, Alan J. Pasqua, Steve Williams, Richard Ruttenberg, Michael Egizi, Michael Mason – all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
James Ingram, Jon Joyce, Richard Page, Joe Pizzulo, Jim Haas, Tom Kelly, Phillip Ingram, Beth Andersen, Maxine Anderson, Leslie Spiro, Kelly Bruss, Edie Lehmann, Andrea Robinson, Rod Burton, Kevin Dorsey, Tommy Funderburk, Kyle Henderson, George Merrill, Susan Boyd, Rosemary Butler, Jill Colucci, Angie Jaree – background vocals

Technical

Jürgen Koppers, Brian Malouf, John Kovarek, Brian Reeves, John Van Nest, Ed Thacker, Dave Concors, Tom Whitlock, David Devore – engineering
Steve Krause, Rick Butz, Peggy McAffee, Samii Taylor – engineering assistance
Jürgen Koppers – mixing[lower-alpha 1]
Brian Gardner – mastering[lower-alpha 2]
Jack White – production (tracks 1–9)
Harold Faltermeyer – production (tracks 1, 7)
Mark Spiro – associate production (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9); production (track 10)

Artwork

Aaron Rapoport – photography
Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Hold Me*
Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[9]	37
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10]	43
European Albums (Music & Media)[11]	26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12]	22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	31
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14]	75
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	10
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	64
US Billboard 200[19]	71
US Cash Box Top 200 Albums[20]	65

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Hold Me*
Chart (1985)	Position
Norwegian Summer Period Albums (VG-lista)[21]	17

Notes

Mixed at Image Recording (Hollywood, California)
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)

References

Ruhlmann, William. "Hold Me – Laura Branigan". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"For the Record". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 28. July 13, 1985. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books. Laura Branigan's 'Hold Me' album will be marketed July 15...
"Laura Branigan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Laura Branigan – Spanish Eddie". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Laura Branigan Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Laura Branigan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Laura Branigan" (PDF). Cash Box. July 27, 1985. p. LB. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via World Radio History.
Hold Me (liner notes). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1985. 81265-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 45. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"Top RPM Albums: Issue 0578". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
"European Top 100 Albums". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 35. September 2, 1985. p. 18. OCLC 29800226.
Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Laura Branigan". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 37. ISBN 978-9-5274-6001-6.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Laura Branigan – Hold Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
"Norwegiancharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Swedishcharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Swisscharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Laura Branigan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Cash Box Top 100 Albums". Cash Box. Vol. XLIX, no. 14. September 21, 1985. p. 22. ISSN 0008-7289.
"Topp 40 Album Sommer 1985" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

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[9] Mixed at Image Recording (Hollywood, California)

[10] Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)

[1] Ruhlmann, William. "Hold Me – Laura Branigan". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[2] "For the Record". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 28. July 13, 1985. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books. Laura Branigan's 'Hold Me' album will be marketed July 15...

[hot-100-3] "Laura Branigan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[4] "Laura Branigan – Spanish Eddie". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[5] "Laura Branigan Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[6] "Laura Branigan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[7] "Laura Branigan" (PDF). Cash Box. July 27, 1985. p. LB. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via World Radio History.

[8] Hold Me (liner notes). Laura Branigan. Atlantic Records. 1985. 81265-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[11] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 45. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[group=-12] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0578". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[13] "European Top 100 Albums". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 35. September 2, 1985. p. 18. OCLC 29800226.

[14] Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Laura Branigan". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 37. ISBN 978-9-5274-6001-6.

[ac_Germany4_Laura_Branigan-15] "Offiziellecharts.de – Laura Branigan – Hold Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[16] Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[ac_Norway_Laura_Branigan-17] "Norwegiancharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[ac_Sweden_Laura_Branigan-18] "Swedishcharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Laura_Branigan-19] "Swisscharts.com – Laura Branigan – Hold Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[ac_UK2_-20] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[ac_Billboard200_Laura_Branigan-21] "Laura Branigan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[22] "Cash Box Top 100 Albums". Cash Box. Vol. XLIX, no. 14. September 21, 1985. p. 22. ISSN 0008-7289.

[23] "Topp 40 Album Sommer 1985" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

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Laura Branigan
Discography Songs
Studio albums	Branigan Branigan 2 Self Control Hold Me Touch Laura Branigan Over My Heart
Compilations	The Best of Laura Branigan The Very Best of Laura Branigan The Best of Branigan The Essentials The Platinum Collection Shine On: The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Looking Out for Number One" "Tell Him" "All Night with Me" "Gloria" "Solitaire" "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" "Deep in the Dark" "Self Control" "The Lucky One" "Ti Amo" "Satisfaction" "Spanish Eddie" "Hold Me" "I Found Someone" "Shattered Glass" "Power of Love" "Cry Wolf" "Name Game" "Come into My Life" "Moonlight on Water" "Never in a Million Years" "Turn the Beat Around" "It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You" "How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye" "Dim All the Lights"
Other songs	"Mama" "Foolish Lullaby"