''Touching You, Touching Me'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time. He has written and ...

. It was the first one since 1966 to feature renditions of other people's material as well as his own. It included a major hit that had already charted, "

Holly Holy "Holly Holy" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond with instrumental backing provided by the American Sound Studio house band in Memphis. Released as a single on October 13, 1969, it was a successful follow up to "Sweet Caroline", reachin ...

" (#6), and a minor one, " Until It's Time for You to Go" (#53). The album itself reached #30 on the ''Billboard'' album chart and was certified gold.

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. An 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and o ...

was the arranger and conductor. Despite its title coming from lyrics for the hit song "

Sweet Caroline "Sweet Caroline" (also titled "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)") is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released as a single in May 1969. It was arranged by Charles Calello, and recorded at Americ ...

", that track was not included on the US version as it was already on the previous '' Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show'' album. On the UK edition, "

" was included as the last track on Side A.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Diamond, except where noted.

Charts

Certifications

References

1969 albums Neil Diamond albums Uni Records albums Albums produced by Tommy Cogbill Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums conducted by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Tom Catalano {{1960s-pop-album-stub