Café Racers

Café Racers
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released	October 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop rock
Length	43:10
Label	EMI
Producer	Keith Olsen
Kim Carnes chronology
Voyeur (1982) Café Racers (1983) Barking at Airplanes (1985)
Singles from Café Racers
"Invisible Hands" Released: 1983 "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)" Released: 1984 "I Pretend" Released: 1984

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Café Racers is the eighth studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

The album spawned three chart singles in the United States, "Invisible Hands", "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)", and "I Pretend" which charted on various Billboard charts. "The Universal Song" was also released as a single in West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

The song "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is" was included on the chart-topping, six times Platinum Flashdance soundtrack which received a Grammy Award for Best Album Of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at 26th Annual Grammy Awards. It was also released as a single in Germany, Netherlands, Spain and France.

Kim's album, meanwhile, was a commercial failure, running out of steam at #97 on the Billboard album chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Martin Page, Brian Fairweather	4:35
2.	"Young Love"	Gary O´Connor	4:14
3.	"Met You at the Wrong Time of My Life"	Paul Wilson, B.P. Hurding	5:21
4.	"Hurricane"	Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo	4:30
5.	"The Universal Song"	Bill Cuomo, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson	3:52
6.	"Invisible Hands"	Martin Page, Brian Fairweather	3:12
7.	"I Pretend"	Martin Page, Brian Fairweather	5:20
8.	"Hangin' On by a Thread (A Sad Affair of the Heart)"	Kim Carnes	2:51
9.	"A Kick in the Heart"	Mark Goldenberg	4:32
10.	"I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is"	Kim Carnes, Craig Krampf, Duane Hitchings	4:43

2001 re-issue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters) (Extended version)"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Martin Page, Brian Fairweather	6:07
12.	"Hurricane (Extended vocal version)"	Kim Carnes, Bill Cuomo	5:13
13.	"Invitation To Dance (Vocal Dance Mix)"	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Martin Page, Brian Fairweather	6:30

Personnel

• Kim Carnes – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Bill Cuomo – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-10), synthesizer (3), keyboard solo (6)
• Steve Porcaro – keyboards (2)
• David Paich – acoustic piano (3), keyboard bass (6)
• Duane Hitchings – keyboards (10)
• Chas Sandford – guitar (1, 4, 5), backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Steve Lukather – guitar solo (1), guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar (2, 3, 10), backing vocals (2)
• Mark Andes – bass (2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
• Dennis Carmassi – drums (1-7, 9, 10)
• Brian Fairweather – Simmons drums (6), backing vocals (5, 6, 7)
• Craig Krampf – drums (8)
• Keith Olsen – percussion (3)
• Jerry Peterson – saxophone (3, 4, 7)
• Martin Page – backing vocals (5, 6, 7), Roland Jupiter 8 (6)
• Kevin Chalfant – backing vocals (7)
• John Waite – backing vocals (8)
• Daniel Moore – backging vocals (10)
• Dave Ellingson – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Robert Blakeman – cover photography
• Michael Brokaw (Kragen & Co.) – direction
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Ron Larson – art direction, design
• Susan McGonigle – production coordinator
• Keith Olsen – producer, engineer
• Dennis Sager – engineer
• Jackie Sallow – sleeve photography
  • Recorded at Goodnight LA Studios (Van Nuys, CA).