Kim Carnes is a studio album

Album

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 by Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice....

, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music

1975 in music

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"You're a Part of Me" (solo version) peaked Adult Contemporary #32 (1976) on Billboard charts. It was the very first Kim Carnes hit. Although this album hasn't been released on CD, eight of the album's eleven songs can be found on the European CD "Master Series".

Track listing

1. "You're a Part of Me" (Kim Carnes) – 3:32
2. "Bad Seed" (Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Mentor Williams
   Mentor Williams
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   , Eddie Reeves) – 4:30
3. "And Still Be Loving You" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 4:45
4. "Hang On to Your Airplane (Honeymoon)" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:00
5. "Do You Love Her" (Carnes) – 3:48
6. "Somewhere in the Night" (Will Jennings
   Will Jennings
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   , Richard Kerr
   Richard Kerr (songwriter)
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   ) – 3:40
7. "Nothing Makes Me Feel as Good as a Love Song" (Carnes) – 2:55
8. "It Could Have Been Better" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 2:28
9. "Waiting for the Pain to Go Away" (Stephen H. Dorff, Milton L. Brown) – 3:10
10. "What Good Is Love (Later on the Equator)" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:22
11. "Good Old Days" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:00

Personnel

• Bernie Grundman – Mastering Engineer
• Chuck Beeson – Album Design
• Chuck Trammel – Second Engineer
• Dave Ellingson – Background Vocals
• David Briggs
  David Briggs (American musician)
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   – String Arranger (1-8,10,11)
• David Foster
  David Foster
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   – Piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
• Dean Parks
  Dean Parks
  Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
  
   – Guitars
• Jim Keltner
  Jim Keltner
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   – Drums
• Julia Tilman – Background Vocals
• Kim Carnes – Vocals, Background Vocals, Fender Rhodes (11)
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
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   – Bass
• Maxine Willard – Background Vocals
• Mentor Williams
  Mentor Williams
  Mentor Williams is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973. He is the brother of famed songwriter Paul Williams.-Background:...
  
   – Background Vocals, Producer
• Michael Utley
  Michael Utley
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  – Organ and Moog Synthesizer
• Rick Porter – Engineer
• Roland Young – Art Direction and Photography
• Stephen Dorff – String Arranger (9)
• Steve Forman – Percussion