Romance Dance
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Romance Dance is the fifth studio album by Kim Carnes, released in June, 1980 (see 1980 in music). It followed Carnes' recent duet hit with Kenny Rogers, "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer".
The album spawned two singles, "More Love" and "Cry Like a Baby", which peaked at #10 and #44 on Billboard magazine's Pop Singles chart, respectively.
It was soon overshadowed by her next album, Mistaken Identity, released the following year and containing her biggest hit, "Bette Davis Eyes".
The album was produced by George Tobin in association with Mike Piccirillo.
George Tobin would become the manager and producer of teen star Tiffany later in the 1980s.
Track listing
- "Swept Me Off My Feet" (The Part of the Fool) (Kim Carnes) – 3:21
- "Cry Like a Baby" (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham) – 3:05
- "Will You Remember Me" (Carnes) – 4:42
- "Tear Me Apart" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:31 (Originally performed by Suzi Quatro in 1976.)
- "Changin'" (Carnes, Dave Ellingson) – 3:54
- "More Love" (William Robinson) – 3:38
- "In the Chill of the Night" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 4:22
- "Where Is Your Heart" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:45
- "And Still Be Loving You" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:42
Personnel
- Kim Carnes – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7, 8), acoustic piano (5)
- Bill Cuomo – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 6-9), organ (1, 7), ARP String Ensemble (6, 9)
- Mike Thompson – keyboards (4)
- Mike Piccirillo – guitars (1, 2, 4, 6), mandolin (1), arrangements (2, 4, 6), backing vocals (2, 4, 8), electric guitar (3, 7), percussion (4), acoustic guitar (7)
- Steve Geyer – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (7)
- John Beland – mandolin (5), dobro (5)
- Eric Nelson – bass (1, 3, 4, 7)
- Scott Edwards – bass (2, 6, 8, 9)
- David Hungate – bass (5)
- Craig Krampf – drums (1, 2, 3, 6-9)
- Joel Peskin – saxophone
- Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone (6)
- Jim Ed Norman – string arrangement (5)
- Julia Waters Tillman – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
- Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
- Patrick Bolen – backing vocals (2, 4)
- Dave Ellingson – backing vocals (2, 8)
- Herb Peterson – backing vocals (5)
- Kin Vassy – backing vocals (5)
- Darlene Love – backing vocals (6)
- Edna Wright – backing vocals (6)
Production
- Michael Brokaw – manager (Kragen and Company)
- Bill Burks – art direction and design
- Ron Evans – second engineer
- Stan Evenson – lettering
- Val Garay – mixing
- Gary Goetzman – production manager for George Tobin Productions
- Larry Hirsch – engineer (Track 5)
- Ken Kragen – manager (Kragen and Company)
- Lisa Marie – session coordinator
- Daniel Moore – producer (Track 5)
- Mike Piccirillo – producer (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
- Mike Reese – mastering
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Norman Seeff – photography
- George Tobin – producer (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9)
- Ryan Ulyate – engineer
- Howard Wolen – engineer
- Mark Wolfson – engineer