Café Racers (album)

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Café Racers
Café Racers cover
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released 1983
Recorded 1983
Genre Pop
Length 43:10
Label EMI
Producer Keith Olsen
Professional reviews

All Music Guide [1]
Kim Carnes chronology
Voyeur
(1982)		 Café Racers
(1983)		 Barking at Airplanes
(1985)

Café Racers is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

The album spawned four singles, "Invisible Hands", "You Make My Heart Beat Faster", "I Pretend" and "Hurricane" which charted on various Billboard charts. "The Universal Song" was also released as a single in West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

The song "I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is" was included on the "Flashdance" soundtrack which received a Grammy for Best Album Of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at 26th Annual Grammy Awards.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)" (Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Martin Page & Brian Fairweather) - 4:32
  2. "Young Love" (Gary O´Connor) - 4:30
  3. "Met You At The Wrong Time Of My Life" (Paul Wilson & B.P. Hurding) - 5:18
  4. "Hurricane" (Kim Carnes & Bill Cuomo) - 4:28
  5. "The Universal Song" (Bill Cuomo, Kim Carnes & Dave Ellingson) - 3:52
  6. "Invisible Hands" (Martin Page & Brian Fairweather) - 3:10
  7. "I Pretend" (Martin Page & Brian Fairweather) - 5:18
  8. "Hangin' On By A Thread (A Sad Affair Of The Heart)" (Kim Carnes) - 2:50
  9. "A Kick In The Heart" (Mark Goldenberg) - 4:30
  10. "I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is" (Kim Carnes, Craig Krampf & Duane Hitchings) - 4:42

[edit] Personnel

  • Bill cuomo - Keyboards (1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10), Synthesizer (3), Keyboard Solo (6)
  • Brian Fairweather - Background Vocals (5,6,7), Simmons (6)
  • Chas Sandford - Guitar (1,4,5), Background Vocals (1,4,5)
  • Craig Krampf - Drums (8)
  • Daniel Moore - Background Vocals (10)
  • Dave Ellingson - Background Vocal (10)
  • David Paich (Toto) - Piano (3), Keyboard Bass (6)
  • Denny Carmassi - Drums
  • Dennis Sager - Engineer
  • Duane Hitchings - Keyboard (10)
  • Greg Fulginiti - Mastering
  • Jackie Sallow - Sleeve Photography
  • Jerry Peterson - Saxophone (3,7), Sax (4)
  • John Waite - Background Vocals (8)
  • Keith Olsen - Percussion (3), Engineer, Producer
  • Kevin Chalfant - Background Vocals (7)
  • Kim Carnes - Vocals, Background Vocals (3,6,7,9,10)
  • Kosh - Art Direction & Design
  • Mark Andes - Bass (2,3,6,7,9)
  • Martin Page - Background Vocals (5,6,7), Jupiter 8 (6)
  • Michael Brokaw (Kragen & Co.) - Direction
  • Robert Blakeman - Cover Photography
  • Ron Larson - Art Direction & Design
  • Steve Lukather (Toto) - Guitar Solo (1), Guitar (2,3,6,7,9)
  • Steve Porcaro (Toto) - Keyboard (2)
  • Susan McGonigle - Production Coordinator
  • Waddy Wachtel - Guitar (2,3,10), Background Vocals (2)