Checkin' out the Ghosts

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Checkin' Out The Ghosts
Checkin' Out The Ghosts cover
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released 1991
Recorded 1991
Genre Adult Contemporary
Label Teichiku Records (Japan)
Producer Kim Carnes & Joey Carbone
Kim Carnes chronology
View From The House
(1988)
Checkin' Out The Ghosts
(1991)
Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
(1993)

Checkin' Out The Ghosts is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in Japan only (1991) (see 1991 in music).

Two years later, in 1993, the song "Gypsy Honeymoon" would be re-recorded and released as a single in Europe only. The track would be included on and become the title of an internationally released hits compilation, Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tears Edge" (Kim Carnes & Donna Weiss) - 4:40
  2. "River Of Memories" (Kim Carnes, Collin Ellingson & Donna Weiss) - 5:06
  3. "Gypsy Honeymoon" (Kim Carnes & Collin Ellingson) - 4:15
  4. "Hangin' On By A Thread" (Kim Carnes) - 3:11
  5. "Look Through Children's Eyes" (Kim Carnes & Donna Weiss) - 4:34
  6. "Nothin' Better Than Love" (Joey Carbone, Dennis Belfield & Donna Weiss) - 4:02
  7. "Independent Girl" (Michelle Hart - words, Joey Carbone & Dennis Belfield - music) - 3:26
  8. "Checkin' Out The Ghost" (Kim Carnes) - 3:42
  9. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell & Linda Creed) - 3:28
  10. "Get Busy" (Kim Carnes, Joey Carbone & Dennis Belfield) - 3:26

[edit] Personnel

  • Andrea Robinson Backing Vocal (1)
  • Arnold McCuller Backing Vocal (2,9)
  • Bill Champlin (Chicago) Backing Vocal (6,10)
  • Bill Smith Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Carlos Vega Drums (1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10)
  • Chris Fuhrman Assistant Engineer
  • Collin Ellingson Programming (2), Keyboard (3), Guitar *Programming (3)
  • Crossroads Chamber Chorus (Carole Keiser, Director) Backing Vocals (5)
  • Dave Ellingson Backing Vocal (1)
  • David Lasley Backing Vocal (2,9)
  • Dennis Befield Bass (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10)
  • Donna Weiss Backing Vocal (5)
  • Fumihiro Jshikawa (Soundship Corporation) Executive Producer
  • George Hawkins Backing Vocal (6,10)
  • Henry Diltz Photography
  • Joey Carbone Tambourine (1,2,3,4,5), Keyboards (7), Backing Vocal (1,10), Co-producer (1-6,8-10), Producer (7)
  • Joseph Williams Backing Vocal (4,6,10)
  • Julia Waters Backing Vocal (3,6,7)
  • Kim Carnes Vocals, Backing Vocal (2,3,5,6,9), Co-producer (1-6,8-10)
  • Leslie Ann Jones Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey Backing Vocal (1)
  • Mark Hagen Assistant Engineer
  • Matt Hyde Mixing Engineer
  • Maxine Waters Backing Vocal (3,6,7)
  • Michele Hart (Sweet Hart Productions) Production Coordination
  • Michael Thompson Guitar (1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10)
  • Mike Tavera Keyboards & Programming (7)
  • Mitch Zelezny Recording Engineer
  • Myrna Matthews Backing Vocal (7)
  • Norman Moore Design
  • Precision Mastering Studio
  • Ray Blair Assistant Engineer
  • Roger Lebow Cello (4)
  • Scott Blockland Assistant Engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen Mestering Engineer
  • Steve Goldstein Keyboard (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10)
  • Steve Madaio Trumpet (8)
  • Tampa Lann Backing Vocal (1)
  • Tom Biener Assistant Engineer
  • Troy Dexter Guitar (8)