Voyeur (Kim Carnes album)

Voyeur
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released September 1982
Recorded March 9, 1982 - July 13, 1982[1]
Genre Synthpop, Rock
Label EMI
Producer Val Garay
Kim Carnes chronology
Mistaken Identity
(1981)		 Voyeur
(1982)		 Café Racers
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Voyeur is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, released in September 1982 through EMI Records. Carnes began writing material for Voyeur while touring her previous album Mistaken Identity (1981).

Voyeur is a synthpop album which Carnes described as "more consistent" than its predecessor. It received mixed reviews, with some critics in favour of the album while others remarked that it failed to live up to the standard of Mistaken Identity.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic retrospectively gave the album two out of five stars, stating that "the problem with success is following it." He suggested that it would have been difficult to match the success of Carnes' previous album Mistaken Identity, describing the situation as "a shocking performance for an artist that seemed poised for superstar status" after the album stalled in the charts. He opined that the album followed the same formula as Mistaken Identity, stating that it is hard to say why Voyeur did not achieve more than it did.[2]

Track listing

Voyeur — Standard version
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Voyeur"  
 3:59
2. "Looker"  
  • Barry DeVorzon
  • Michael Towers
 5:35
3. "Say You Don't Know Me"  Carnes 4:11
4. "Does It Make You Remember"  
  • Carnes
  • Ellingson
 5:11
5. "Breakin' Away from Sanity"  
 2:53
6. "Undertow"  
  • Carnes
  • Hitchings
 4:10
7. "Merc Man"  
  • Carnes
  • Ellingson
  • Hitchings
  • Krampf
 3:33
8. "The Arrangement"  Dennis Polen 3:47
9. "Thrill of the Grill"  Carnes 3:24
10. "Take It on the Chin"  Carnes 4:38

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[3] 37
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 26
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 59
US Billboard 200 (AllMusic)[8] 49

Personnel

  • Aaron Rapoport – photography
  • Adam Rue – children/background vocals (5)
  • Betty Joyce – children/background vocals (5)
  • Bill Cuomo – Prophet-5 & Oberheim OB-X synthesizer (1,7,10), synthesizers (2,3,4), piano (5), Prophet-5 synthesizer (9), background vocal (2)
  • Brian Stillwell – children/background vocals (5)
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass (2,3,4,8,9), background vocal (2,9)
  • Collin Ellingson – children/background vocals (5)
  • Craig Hull – electric guitars (2,3,4,9), background vocal (2,9), guitar solo (4,8)
  • Craig Krampf – Oberheim DMX drum programming (1,7,10), background vocal (1,9), drums (2,3,8,9), tambourine & hand saw (4)
  • Daniel Moore – background vocal (1,2,3,4,7,9)
  • Dave Ellingson – background vocal (1,2,3,4,7,9,10)
  • Donna Delory – children/background vocals (5)
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Duane Hitchings – ARP & Prophet-5 synthesizers (1,7), background vocal (1), all instruments (6)
  • Emilie De Azevedo – children/background vocals (5)
  • F. Bob Getter – string bass (2), background vocal (2)
  • Faith Wong – children/background vocals (5)
  • Jeannette Clinger – children/background vocals (5)
  • Jerry Peterson – sax (3,4,9)
  • Jimmie Haskell – children's background vocals arrangement (5)
  • Josh Leo – electric guitars (1,2,3,4), background vocal (2,9), guitar solo (9)
  • Kim Carnes – lead vocals, background harmony (8), ARP synthesizer (10)
  • Kosh – design, art direction
  • Lexy De Azevedo – children/background vocals (5)
  • Lisa Whitman – children/background vocals (5)
  • Lu Anne Ponce – children/background vocals (5)
  • M.L. Benoit – percussion (2,3,9)
  • Martha Davis – background harmony (8)
  • Melissa Beaton – children/background vocals (5)
  • Michael Brokaw (Kragen & Co.) – management
  • Niko Bolas – assistant recording engineer
  • Peter Wade – children/background vocals (5)
  • Rachel De Azevedo – children/background vocals (5)
  • Richard Bosworth – assistant to Niko
  • Richard Hamilton – children/background vocals (5)
  • Ron Larson – design, art direction
  • Steve Luczy – children/background vocals (5)
  • Steve Goldstein – keyboards (2,3,4,7,9,10), organ (8), background vocal (2)
  • Tim Lamb – children/background vocals (5)
  • Val Garay – producer
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitars (1,7,8,9,10), six string bass (1), background vocal (1,9)

References

  1. ↑ "Voyeur – Kim Carnes". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kim Carnes Voyeur review". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Kim Carnes – Voyeur" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Kim Carnes – Voyeur". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Kim Carnes – Voyeur". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Kim Carnes – Voyeur". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Rocks and Honey". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Voyeur – Kim Carnes – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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