Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes album)

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Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedDecember 15, 1980 - January 12, 1981
Studio Record One (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length40:13
Label EMI America
Producer Val Garay
Kim Carnes chronology
Romance Dance
(1980)
Mistaken Identity
(1981)
Voyeur
(1982)
Alternative cover
Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (international).png
International cover
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bette Davis Eyes"3:47
2."Hit and Run"
  • Weiss
  • DeShannon
3:17
3."Mistaken Identity" Kim Carnes 4:49
4."When I'm Away from You" Frankie Miller 3:36
5."Draw of the Cards"
4:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)"
3:17
7."Still Hold On"
4:39
8."Don't Call It Love"3:09
9."Miss You Tonite"Carnes5:12
10."My Old Pals"Richard Stekol3:19
1999 remastered reissue bonus tracks (The Mistaken Identity Collection) [16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."More Love" William Robinson Jr. 3:35
12."Invisible Hands" (Dance Mix)
5:08
13."Voyeur"
  • Carnes
  • Ellingson
  • Duane Hitchings
3:56
14."Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)"Carnes3:36
15."I Pretend"
  • Page
  • Fairweather
5:20
16."Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kenny Rogers)
  • Carnes
  • Ellingson
3:39

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mistaken Identity. [17]

Musicians

  • Kim Carnes – lead vocals (all tracks); piano (track 10)
  • Bill Cuomo – arrangements (tracks 1, 3); Prophet
  • Steve Goldstein – keyboards
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass, background vocals
  • Craig Krampf – drums, background vocals
  • Craig Hull – electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
  • Josh Leo – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals
  • M. L. Benoit – percussion
  • Jerry Peterson – saxophone
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (track 1); acoustic guitar (track 2); harmony vocals (track 6); background vocals
  • Danny Kortchmar – acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 7)
  • Don Francisco – percussion (tracks 6, 9)
  • Dave Ellingson – harmony vocals (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8); background vocals
  • Daniel Moore – harmony vocals (tracks 2, 4, 8, 10); background vocals
  • Wendy Waldman – harmony vocals (track 7)
  • Maxine Willard Waters – harmony vocals (track 4)
  • Julia Tillman Waters – harmony vocals (track 4)

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Mistaken Identity
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia95,000 [34]
Canada (Music Canada) [35] 3× Platinum300,000^
France (SNEP) [36] Gold100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [37] Gold7,500^
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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