Checkin' Out the Ghosts
1991 studio album by Kim Carnes
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Checkin' Out the Ghosts (愛のゴースト, Ghost of Love) is the twelfth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released exclusively in Japan on March 21, 1991, via Zebrazone.[2] Carnes co-produced the album with Joey Carbone.
ReleasedMarch 21, 1991
Recorded1991
Studios
- Studio Ultimo and Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
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| Released | March 21, 1991 | |||
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| Length | 39:34 | |||
| Label | Zebrazone | |||
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Two years after the album was released, Carnes re-recorded the track "Gypsy Honeymoon" for her 1993 compilation album, Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes.[3] Checkin' Out the Ghosts includes a re-recording of "Hangin' On by a Thread (A Sad Affair of the Heart)", which first appeared on Carnes' album Café Racers (1983). "Independent Girl" was released as the album's only single in 1991.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tears Edge" | 4:38 | |
| 2. | "River of Memories" |
| 5:04 |
| 3. | "Gypsy Honeymoon" |
| 4:14 |
| 4. | "Hangin' on by a Thread" | Carnes | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Look Through Children's Eyes" |
| 4:30 |
| 6. | "Nothin' Better Than Love" |
| 4:01 |
| 7. | "Independent Girl" |
| 4:01 |
| 8. | "Checkin' Out the Ghosts" | Carnes | 3:39 |
| 9. | "You Are Everything" | 3:28 | |
| 10. | "Get Busy" |
| 3:27 |
Production
- Fumihiro Ishikawa – executive producer
- Joey Carbone – producer, arrangements
- Kim Carnes – producer (1–6, 8–10), arrangements (1–6, 8–10)
- Leslie Ann Jones – recording, mixing
- Bill Smith – recording, mixing
- Mitch Zelezny – recording
- Matt Hyde – mixing
- Tom Biener – assistant engineer
- Ray Blair – assistant engineer
- Scott Blockland – assistant engineer
- Chris Fuhrman – assistant engineer
- Mark Hagen – assistant engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Michelle Hart – production coordinator
- Norman Moore – design
- Henry Diltz – photography
Personnel
- Kim Carnes – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
- Steve Goldstein – keyboards (1–6, 10), synthesizers (8, 9)
- Collin Ellingson – programming (2), keyboard programming (3), guitar programming (3)
- Mike Tavera – keyboards (7), programming (7)
- Michael Thompson – guitars (1–6, 9, 10)
- Troy Dexter – guitars (7)
- Dennis Belfield – bass (1–6, 8–10)
- Carlos Vega – drums (1–6, 9, 10)
- Joey Carbone – tambourine (1–5), backing vocals (1, 10), keyboards (7)
- Roger Lebow – cello (4)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet (8)
- Dave Ellingson – backing vocals (1)
- Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals (1)
- Tampa Lann – backing vocals (1)
- Andrea Robinson – backing vocals (1)
- David Lasley – backing vocals (2, 9)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (2, 9)
- Julie Waters – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
- Joseph Williams – backing vocals (4, 6, 10)
- Donna Weiss – backing vocals (5)
- Crossroads Chamber Chorus – backing vocals (5)
- Carole Keiser – chorus director (5)
- Bill Champlin – backing vocals (6, 10)
- George Hawkins – backing vocals (6, 10)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (7)