Checkin' Out the Ghosts

Checkin' Out the Ghosts (愛のゴースト, Ghost of Love) is the twelfth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released exclusively in Japan on March 21, 1991, via Zebrazone.^[2] Carnes co-produced the album with Joey Carbone.

Checkin' Out the Ghosts
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released	March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21)
Recorded	1991
Studio	Studio Ultimo, Los Angeles; Capitol Studios, Hollywood; Studio 55, Los Angeles; Westlake, West Hollywood
Length	39:34
Label	Zebrazone
Producer	Joey Carbone Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes chronology
View from the House (1988) Checkin' Out the Ghosts (1991) Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes (1993)
Singles from Checkin' Out the Ghosts
"Independent Girl" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]

Two years after the album was released, Carnes re-recorded the track "Gypsy Honeymoon" for her 1993 compilation album, Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes.^[3] 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tears Edge"	Kim Carnes Donna Weiss	4:38
2.	"River of Memories"	Carnes Collin Ellingson Weiss	5:04
3.	"Gypsy Honeymoon"	Carnes Ellingson	4:14
4.	"Hangin' on by a Thread"	Carnes	3:09
5.	"Look Through Children's Eyes"	Carnes Weiss	4:30
6.	"Nothin' Better Than Love"	Carnes Dennis Belfield Weiss	4:01
7.	"Independent Girl"	Michelle Hart Joey Carbone Belfield	4:01
8.	"Checkin' Out the Ghosts"	Carnes	3:39
9.	"You Are Everything"	Thom Bell Linda Creed	3:28
10.	"Get Busy"	Carnes Carbone Belfield	3:27

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)

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
2. "愛のゴースト | キム・カーンズ" [Ghost of Love | Kim Carnes] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
3. Wikane, Christian John (April 23, 2017). "Where the Heart Is An Interview With Multi-Grammy Winner Kim Carnes, Part Two". PopMatters. Retrieved October 30, 2022.