Checkin' Out the Ghosts

Checkin' Out the Ghosts (愛のゴースト) 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, Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes. 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.

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)