Checkin' Out the Ghosts explained
| Checkin' Out the Ghosts |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kim Carnes |
| Cover: | Kim_Carnes_-_Checkin'_Out_the_Ghosts.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1991 |
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| Label: | Zebrazone |
| Prev Title: | View from the House |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
is the twelfth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released exclusively in Japan on March 21, 1991, via Zebrazone.[1] 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, .[2] 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.
Production
- Joey Carbone – producer, arrangements
- Kim Carnes – producer (1-6, 8, 9, 10), arrangements (1-6, 8, 9, 10)
- Fumihiro Ishikawa – executive producer
- 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, 9, 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)
Notes and References
- Web site: 愛のゴースト キム・カーンズ . Ghost of Love Kim Carnes . . Japanese . November 17, 2018.
- Where the Heart Is An Interview With Multi-Grammy Winner Kim Carnes, Part Two. Wikane. Christian John. PopMatters. April 23, 2017. October 30, 2022.
