# Touch Up

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{{about|the music album|other uses|Touch Up (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|2007 album by Mother Mother}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Touch Up
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Mother Mother](/source/Mother_Mother)
| cover      = Mother Mother - Touch Up cover art.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 27, 2007<ref name=Spin>{{cite magazine |title=Artist of the Day - Mother Mother |url=https://www.spin.com/2007/03/mother-mother/ |magazine=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)) |date=March 7, 2007 |accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)
| length     = 39:43
| label      = [Last Gang](/source/Last_Gang_Records)<ref name=Spin/>
| producer   = [Howard Redekopp](/source/Howard_Redekopp)
| prev_title = [Mother](/source/Mother_(Mother_Mother_Album))
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [O My Heart](/source/O_My_Heart)
| next_year  = 2008
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [Pitchfork Media](/source/Pitchfork_Media)
|rev1score = (6.6/10)<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10001-touch-up/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
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'''''Touch Up''''' is the official debut album by indie rock band [Mother Mother](/source/Mother_Mother), released on February 27, 2007, through [Last Gang Records](/source/Last_Gang_Records). The album is a 'touched up' re-release of their 2005 album [''Mother''](/source/Mother_(Mother_Mother_album)).<ref name=Straight>{{Cite news |last=Conner |first=Shawn |title=Mother Mother nurtures its quirks |url=https://www.straight.com/article-72059/mother-mother-nurtures-its-quirks |newspaper=[The Georgia Straight](/source/The_Georgia_Straight) |location=Vancouver |date=February 22, 2007 |accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref> Two extra tracks have been added that were not on ''Mother''; "Legs Away" and "Touch Up", but four tracks were also removed: "Fat Kids", "Babies", "Mamma Told Me" and "Home Recording".

== Track listing ==
All songs are written by [Ryan Guldemond](/source/Ryan_Guldemond), except where noted.
{{Tracklist
| collapsed       = 
| headline        = 
| total_length    = 38:34
| writing_credits = 
| extra_column    = 
| title1          = Dirty Town
| length1         = 2:30
| title2          = Polynesia
| length2         = 2:19
| title3          = Angry Sea
| length3         = 3:05
| title4          = Oh Ana
| length4         = 3:17
| title5          = Legs Away
| length5         = 3:53
| writer5         = R. Guldemond, Molly Guldemond
| title6          = Love and Truth
| length6         = 3:32
| title7          = Train of Thought
| length7         = 2:39
| title8          = Verbatim
| length8         = 2:46
| title9          = Neighbour
| length9         = 4:36
| title10         = Ball Cap
| length10        = 3:20
| title11         = Tic Toc
| length11        = 1:29
| title12         = Touch Up
| length12        = 3:49
| title13         = Little Hands
| length13        = 2:27
}}

== Personnel ==
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of "Touch Up".<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Touch Up |date=February 27, 2007 |publisher=Last Gang |access-date=}}</ref>

=== Mother Mother ===
* [Ryan Guldemond](/source/Ryan_Guldemond) – [vocals](/source/Singing), [guitar](/source/Guitar), [synth](/source/Synthesizer), [percussion](/source/Percussion)
* Molly Guldemond – vocals
* Debra-Jean Creelman – vocals, [piano](/source/Piano)
* Jeremy Page – [bass](/source/Bass_guitar), [clarinet](/source/Clarinet), [tenor sax](/source/Tenor_saxophone), [alto sax](/source/Alto_saxophone)
* Kenton Loewen – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

=== Additional Personnel ===
* Kurt Dahle – drums (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9)
* David Spidel – bass (track 2), [double bass](/source/Double_bass) (tracks 7, 9, 10)
* Phil Comparelli – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet) (track 6)
* [Howard Redekopp](/source/Howard_Redekopp) – bass (track 8)
* Issah Contractor – drums (track 8)

=== Production ===
* [Mother Mother](/source/Mother_Mother) – audio Production
* Howard Redekopp – [production](/source/Record_Producer), [engineering](/source/Recording_Engineer), [mixing](/source/Mixing_Engineer)
* Craig Waddell – mastering
* Shawn Penner – additional engineering
* Molly Guldemond – artwork & design
* Jeremy Page – artwork & design

== References ==
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{{Mother Mother}}

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Category:Mother Mother albums
Category:2007 albums

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