Bette Davis Eyes [Import]

Kim Carnes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Disky Records
• ASIN: B000006XGR
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,911 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Adult Contemporary

Track Listings

1. Bette Davis Eyes

2. Divided Hearts

3. Invisible Hands

4. Mistaken Identity

5. Abadabadango

6. More Love

7. Bon Voyage

8. You Make My Heart Beat Faster

9. Cry Like A Baby

10. Does It Make You Remember

11. I Pretend

12. Young Love

13. Invitation To Dance

14. Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)

Editorial Reviews

14 track retrospective featuring her smash 'Bette DavisEyes', plus 'Divided Hearts', 'Invisible Hands', 'MistakenIdentity', 'Abadafandango', 'More Love', 'Bon Voyage' and'You Make My Heart Beat Faster'. 1996 Disky release.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Essential" Hits plus a few bonuses, April 13, 2000

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J. Collins "Paradise Bar & Grill" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bette Davis Eyes (Audio CD)

Though no one has yet released a truly comprehensive collection of Kim's work (as a performer AND songwriter), this import collection is fairly impressive. It does skimp a bit on her rock material ("Thrill Of The Grill," "Dancin' At The Light House" are two notable omissions) and completely ignores her pre- and post-EMI material, which is what keeps this collection from being truly definitive. But given that it gives a nice "rounded" look at her "hit years," it's likely that most of Kim's latter-day fans will be pleased. It should be noted that all of the tracks included here actually DO appear on other CDs by Kim, but those discs are either expensive (and out of print) import CDs from Japan and Austrailia, or domestic compilations that are still available. If you're looking for a fairly inexpensive way to complement your copies of "Mistaken Identity Collection" and the "Gypsy Honeymoon" best-of, this compilation is a great way to do it.

-Mic

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 12 tracks charted on Billboard Magazine, August 28, 2005

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Guilherme Corrêa (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bette Davis Eyes (Audio CD)

If you like the synthesizer sound of the 80's and you are a hit collector, you should buy this album.

Kim Carnes is Grammy Award winner for 2 times! One in 1981 for "Bette Davis Eyes" (from "Mistaken Identity") and the other in 1983 for "I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is" (from "Café Racers") from the motion picture Flashdance.

She has had 25 hits on Billboard's charts, between 1976-1992.

This is a compilation from her EMI albums "Romance Dance" (1980), "Mistaken Identity" (1981), "Voyeur" (1982), "Café Racers" (1983), "Barking At Airplanes" (1985) and "Lighthouse" (1986). Also includes 1 track from "That's Dancin'!" soundtrack: "Invitation To Dance".

Lyric sheet / booklet is no enclosed.

12 tracks charted on Billboard Magazine:

1.More Love (W. Robinson) - Pop Singles #10 (05/31/1980),
Adult Contemporary #6 (05/31/1980);
2.Cry Like A Baby (D. Penn/S. Oldham) - Pop Singles #44 (10/04/1980);
3.Bette Davis Eyes (Donna Weiss/Jackie De Shannon) - Pop Singles #1 (03/28/1981), UK #10, Adult Contemporary #15 (04/18/1981)
Mainstream Rock #5 (05/02/1981);
4.Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes) - Pop Singles #60 (10/24/1981);
5.Does It Make You Remember (Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson) - Pop Singles #36 (11/06/1982);
6.Invisible Hands (M. Page/B.Fairweather) - Pop Singles #40 (08/21/1983), The Billboard Hot 100 #40 (08/21/1983), The Billboard Hot 100 #97 (1984);
7.You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters) (K. Carnes/D.Ellingson/M. Page/ B.Fairweather) - Hot Dance Music/Club Play #15 (01/21/1984) - The Billboard Hot 100 #54
(1984);
8.I Pretend (M. Page/B.Fairweather) - The Billboard Hot 100 #74 (05/19/1984), Adult Contemporary #9 (04/21/1984);
9.Invitation To Dance (K. Carnes/D.Ellingson/M.Page/B.Fairweather) - Hot Dance Music/Club Play #13 (01/19/1985), Hot Dance Music /Maxi-Singles #13
The Billboard Hot 100 #68;
10.Crazy In The Night (Kim Carnes) - The Billboard Hot 100 #15 (05/11/1985) - Hot Dance Music/Club Play #24;
11.Abadabadango (K.Carnes/D.Ellingson/D.Hitchings) - The Billboard Hot 100 #67 (08/03/1985);
12.Divided Hearts (K.Carnes/C.Ellingson/D.Weiss/K.Kurasch) - The Billboard Hot 100 #79 (05/05/1986).

"Young Love" charted in Canada.

This is not a ultimate collection. Kim has released 3 excellent albums since she left EMI-America.

Inside information about Kim: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/orchestra/550/index.html

SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 * CHASIN' WILD TRAINS * Kim Carnes will release her latest album, Chasin' Wild Trains, to retail outlets on Sept. 16th. The album was previously released online in 2004 by Spark Dawg Music. The new label is CoraZong Records (Soulfood Music) from The Netherlands.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the eyes have it!, May 16, 1999

By 

johntaylor "johntaylor" (lynn, ma. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bette Davis Eyes (Audio CD)

a great retropective album w/14 killer cuts from hits to some lesser known classics. a must have!