He Touched Me (album)

He Touched Me
Studio album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedApril 1972
RecordedMarch–June 1971 [1]
StudioRCA Victor, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreGospel, contemporary Christian
Length30:50
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerFelton Jarvis
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis Now
(1972) 		He Touched Me
(1972) 		As Recorded at Madison Square Garden
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
MusicHound[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Rough Guides[6]

He Touched Me is the seventeenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in April 1972. A contemporary gospel music album,[7] it earned him his second of three Grammy Awards. The album was his third and final studio gospel album, and the most contemporary of the three.[7] He Touched Me was certified Gold on March 27, 1992 and Platinum on July 15, 1999 by the RIAA.[8]

  1. ^ "Elvis Discography".
  2. ^ He Touched Me at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 147. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
  7. ^ a b Bush, John. "He Touched Me". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  8. ^ "Searchable Database". RIAA. 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015. Note: Go to "Advanced Search" and type "Presley, Elvis" into the artist section and "He Touched Me" into the album name section.