Please Don't Touch!

Please Don't Touch!
Studio album by Steve Hackett
Released	April 1978
Recorded	November 1977–February 1978
Studio	Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, California) Kingsway Studios (Wembley, London) Record Plant (New York City, New York) De Lane Lea Studios (Soho, London)
Genre	Progressive rock, art rock
Length	38:35
Label	Charisma (UK, Europe & Japan) Chrysalis (United States)
Producer	John Acock Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett chronology
Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) Please Don't Touch! (1978) Spectral Mornings (1979)

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Please Don't Touch! is the second studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett. It was released in April 1978 on Charisma Records, and it is his first album released after leaving the progressive rock band Genesis in 1977. Hackett had released Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) during his time in Genesis. For his next solo release he recorded in the United States and hired various guest artists, including singers Randy Crawford, Richie Havens, and Steve Walsh,^[2] drummers Phil Ehart and Chester Thompson, bassist Tom Fowler, with Van der Graaf Generator violinist Graham Smith.

Following its release, the album reached No. 38 in the United Kingdom and No. 103 in the United States. To promote the album, Hackett assembled a band and completed his first concert tour as a solo artist in 1978. A remastered edition of the album was released in 2005 on Hackett's label Camino Records with bonus tracks. A 5.1 surround mix by Steven Wilson was included on the Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975–1983 in 2015.