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Checkin' Out the Ghosts

is the twelfth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released exclusively in Japan on March 21, 1991, via Zebrazone. 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, '. 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

Production

  • 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

  • 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