Barking at Airplanes

Barking at Airplanes
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released May 1985
Recorded 1985 at Ocean Way Recording, Galaxy Studios and Larabee Studios (Hollywood, CA); Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA).
Genre Pop rock
Length 42:46 (original)
56:08 (reissue)
Label EMI
Producer Kim Carnes & Bill Cuomo ("Abadabadango" produced by Kim Carnes & Duane Hitchings)
Kim Carnes chronology
Café Racers
(1983)Café Racers1983		 Barking at Airplanes
(1985)		 Light House
(1986)Light House1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Barking at Airplanes is the ninth studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

Despite strong critical reviews, the album stopped short of the Top 50 on Billboard's album chart and sold less than 200,000 copies.

The album spawned two hit singles, "Crazy in the Night (Barking At Airplanes)" and "Abadabadango", which peaked at #15 and #67 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100, respectively. The 2001 reissue includes the Horn/Downes penned track "I Am a Camera", which was previously recorded by YES on their 1980 "Drama" album and by Downes and Horn themselves on the final Buggles album, Adventures in Modern Recording.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)"Kim Carnes3:35
2."One Kiss"Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo, M. Paul3:32
3."Begging for Favors (Learning How Things Work)"Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson4:52
4."He Makes the Sun Rise (Orpheus)"Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo, Chas Sandford4:28
5."Bon Voyage"Kim Carnes, Craig Krampf4:44
6."Don't Pick Up the Phone (Pick Up the Phone)"Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo4:19
7."Rough Edges"Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson4:44
8."Abadabadango"Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Duane Hitchings3:58
9."Touch and Go"Clive Gregson4:48
10."Oliver (Voice on the Radio)"Kim Carnes3:46
Total length:42:46
2001 re-issue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I Am a Camera"Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes5:11
12."Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Solo version)"Kim Carnes4:13
13."Forever"Johnny Van Zant3:58
Total length:55:39

Critical reception

Barking At Airplanes received a fairly positive retrospective review from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. He described the album as a "cohesive and consistent album" and the "best she made since "Mistaken Identity", but states that it is more akin to the standard of Carnes' 1982 album, "Voyeur". Although he said the album meets a mainstream 1980s adult audience, he justified the quality of the album by arguing that "it fits Carnes very well, not just because her great voice sounds ideal in this setting, but because she does this music very well."[2]

Personnel

  • Bill Cuomo – co-producer (1-7, 9, 10), synthesizers (1, 3, 4, 8, 9), drum programming (2), Rhodes Chroma (5), Kurzweil K250 (5, 10), Yamaha DX7 (10), Roland JX-3P (10)
  • Chas Sandford – guitar (4)
  • Craig Hull – background vocals, guitar (3, 9, 10)
  • Craig Krampf – drum programming (1, 2, 6), background vocals (1, 6), drums (3, 9, 10), Oberheim DMX (3, 9)
  • Daniel Moore – background vocals (1, 4, 6, 8), vocal duet (8)
  • Dave Ellingson – background vocals (1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10)
  • David Egerton – second engineer
  • David Jackson – bass (4)
  • Denny Densmore – second engineer
  • Duane Seykora – additional second engineer
  • Duanne Hitchings – synthesizers & DMX programming (8), co-producer (8)
  • Eric Blum – back cover photography
  • Eric Scott – bass (3, 6, 7, 9)
  • Gary Mallaber – drums (4)
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York).
  • Greg Gorman – cover photography
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Ian Taylor – mixer (6, 7)
  • James Ingram – background vocals (7)
  • Jerry Peterson – saxophone (3, 4, 8, 9)
  • Judy Clapp – second engineer
  • Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals (4, 5, 7-10)
  • Kim Carnes – lead vocals, background vocals (1-5, 7-10), co-producer
  • Leland Sklar – bass (5, 10)
  • Lindsey Buckingham – background vocals (3), guitar (3)
  • Mark Ettel – recording engineer
  • Martha Davis – background vocals (7)
  • Matthew Rolston – inner sleeve photography
  • Maxine Waters Willard – background vocals (4, 5, 7-10)
  • Michael Brokaw (Kragen & Co.) – direction
  • Michael Rogers – steel drums (4)
  • Mike Shipley – mixer (1-5, 8, 9, 10)
  • Niko Bolas – background vocals (6), additional engineer
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 4, 5, 9)
  • Richard Bosworth – additional second engineer
  • Ry Cooder – guitar (7)
  • Sabrina Bucharek – second engineer
  • Steve MacMillan – second engineer
  • Sue McGonigle – project coordinator
  • Tony Chiappa – second engineer
  • Vigon Seireeni – design
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (1), background vocals (1, 6), guitar (2, 6, 8)

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r187711
  2. ↑ Album review, Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Retrieved 10 April 2013
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