Barking at Airplanes

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Barking at Airplanes is the ninth studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

Despite strong critical reviews, the album stopped short of the Top 50 on Billboard's album chart and sold less than 200,000 copies.

The album spawned two hit singles, "Crazy in the Night (Barking At Airplanes)" and "Abadabadango", which peaked at #15 and #67 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100, respectively. The 2001 reissue includes the Horn/Downes penned track "I Am a Camera", which was previously recorded by YES on their 1980 "Drama" album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)"	Kim Carnes	3:35
2.	"One Kiss"	Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo, M. Paul	3:32
3.	"Begging for Favors (Learning How Things Work)"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson	4:52
4.	"He Makes the Sun Rise (Orpheus)"	Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo, Chas Sandford	4:28
5.	"Bon Voyage"	Kim Carnes, Craig Krampf	4:44
6.	"Don't Pick Up the Phone (Pick Up the Phone)"	Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo	4:19
7.	"Rough Edges"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson	4:44
8.	"Abadabadango"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Duane Hitchings	3:58
9.	"Touch and Go"	Clive Gregson	4:48
10.	"Oliver (Voice on the Radio)"	Kim Carnes	3:46
Total length:			42:46

2001 re-issue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Am a Camera"	Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes	5:11
12.	"Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Solo version)"	Kim Carnes	4:13
13.	"Forever"	Johnny Van Zant	3:58
Total length:			55:39

Critical reception

Barking At Airplanes received a fairly positive retrospective review from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. He described the album as a "cohesive and consistent album" and the "best she made since "Mistaken Identity", but states that it is more akin to the standard of Carnes' 1982 album, "Voyeur". Although he said the album meets a mainstream 1980s adult audience, he justified the quality of the album by arguing that "it fits Carnes very well, not just because her great voice sounds ideal in this setting, but because she does this music very well."

Personnel

• Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (1,3,4,8,9), drum programming (2), Rhodes Chroma (5), Kurzweil K250 (10), Yamaha DX7 (10), Roland JX-3P (10), co-producer (1-7,9,10)
• Chas Sandford – guitar (4)
• Craig Hull – background vocals, guitar (3,9,10)
• Craig Krampf – drum programming (1,2,6), background vocals (1,6), drums (3,9,10), Oberheim DMX (3,9)
• Daniel Moore – background vocals (1,4,6,8), vocal duet (8)
• Dave Ellingson – background vocals (1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10)
• David Egerton – second engineer
• David Jackson – bass (4)
• Denny Densmore – second engineer
• Duane Seykora – additional second engineer
• Duanne Hitchings – synthesizers & DMX programming (8), co-producer (8)
• Eric Blum – back cover photography
• Eric Scott – bass (3,6,7,9)
• Gary Mallaber – drums (4)
• George Marino – mastering
• Greg Gorman – cover photography
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• Ian Taylor – mixer (7)
• James Ingram – background vocals (7)
• Jerry Peterson – saxophone (3,4,8,9)
• Judy Clapp – second engineer
• Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals (4,5,7,8,9,10)
• Kim Carnes – lead vocals, background vocals (1-,5, 7-10), co-producer
• Leland Sklar – bass (5,10)
• Lindsey Buckingham – background vocals (3), guitar (3)
• Mark Ettel – recording engineer
• Martha Davis – background vocals (7)
• Matthew Rolston – inner sleeve photography
• Maxine Waters Willard – background vocals (4,5,7,8,9,10)
• Michael Brokaw (Kragen & Co.) – sirection
• Michael Rogers – steel drums (4)
• Mike Shipley – mixer (6)
• Niko Bolas – background vocals (6), additional engineer
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2,4,5,9)
• Richard Bosworth – additional second engineer
• Ry Cooder – guitar (7)
• Sabrina Bucharek – second engineer
• Steve MacMillan – second engineer
• Sue McGonigle – project coordinator
• Tony Chiappa – second engineer
• Vigon Seireeni – design
• Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (1), background vocals (1,6), guitar (2,6,8)