Checkin' Out the Ghosts

Checkin' Out the Ghosts
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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Andrea Robinson – Backing Vocal (1)
• Arnold McCuller – Backing Vocal (2,9)
• Bill Champlin – 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)