Checkin' Out the Ghosts

Checkin' Out the Ghosts
Studio album by
Kim Carnes
ReleasedMarch 21, 1991 (1991-03-21)
Recorded1991
Studio
Genre
Length39:34
LabelZebrazone
Producer
  • Joey Carbone
  • Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes chronology
View from the House
(1988) 		Checkin' Out the Ghosts
(1991) 		Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
(1993)
Singles from Checkin' Out the Ghosts
  1. "Independent Girl"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

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.

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tears Edge"
4:38
2."River of Memories"
  • Carnes
  • Collin Ellingson
  • Weiss
5:04
3."Gypsy Honeymoon"
  • Carnes
  • Ellingson
4:14
4."Hangin' on by a Thread"Carnes3:09
5."Look Through Children's Eyes"
  • Carnes
  • Weiss
4:30
6."Nothin' Better Than Love"
  • Carnes
  • Dennis Belfield
  • Weiss
4:01
7."Independent Girl"
  • Michelle Hart
  • Joey Carbone
  • Belfield
4:01
8."Checkin' Out the Ghosts"Carnes3:39
9."You Are Everything"
3:28
10."Get Busy"
  • Carnes
  • Carbone
  • Belfield
3:27

Production

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  • 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

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  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  2. ^ "愛のゴースト | キム・カーンズ" [Ghost of Love | Kim Carnes] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  3. ^ Wikane, Christian John (April 23, 2017). "Where the Heart Is An Interview With Multi-Grammy Winner Kim Carnes, Part Two". PopMatters. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
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