''St. Vincent's Court'' is the fourth studio album by

Kim Carnes Kim Carnes (; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a sess ...

, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). The album's single, "It Hurts So Bad", which peaked at #56 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Pop Singles chart.

Track listing

# "What Am I Gonna Do" (Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson) – 2:58 # "Jamaica Sunday Morning" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 4:23 # "Stay Away" (Carnes) – 4:00 # "Lookin' for a Big Night" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:54 # "Paris Without You (St. Vincent's Court)" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 5:15 # "It Hurts So Bad" (Carnes) – 3:02 # "Lose in Love" (Carnes) – 3:45 # "Skeptical Shuffle" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:30 # "Take Me Home to Where My Heart Is" (Daniel Moore) – 3:13 # "Blinded by Love" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:00 # "Goodnight Moon" (Carnes, Ellingson) – 3:37

Personnel

* Kim Carnes – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 8, 10),

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usua ...

(1), rhythm track arrangements * Bill Cuomo – acoustic piano (1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11), keyboards (2, 8), electric piano (4), clavinet (4), Fender Rhodes (5), ARP String Ensemble (5),

ARP String Synthesizer The Solina String Synthesizer, also erroneously known as the ARP Solina String Synthesizer or sometimes the ARP String Synthesizer, is a combination of a string synthesizer and synthesizer. It is a hybrid model which combined both the Solina ...

(7), additional string arrangements (7) * Daniel Moore – melodica (1), backing vocals (1, 4, 9), harmony vocals (7), rhythm track arrangements * Ron Barron – organ (6) * Jim W. Gordon – organ (9), synthesizers (9) * Dave Ellingson – rhythm guitars (1), banjo (1), melodica (1), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 8-11), sound effects (2), guitars (11), rhythm track arrangements * Steve Geyer – electric guitars (1), mandolin (1, 2), guitar (2, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (10) * John Beland – dobro (1), acoustic guitars (6), mandolin (6), rhythm guitar (7) * Bobby Cochram – guitar (3, 4, 5, 9), electric guitars (6, 10) * Dominic Genova – bass (1, 2, 7, 8, 10) *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

– bass (3, 4, 5, 11) * Reine Press – bass (6) * David Jackson – bass (9) * Matt Betton – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11) *

Richie Hayward Richard "Richie" Hayward (February 6, 1946 – August 12, 2010) was an American drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player. Hayward also joined ...

– drums (6, 9) * Larry Hirsch – percussion (1, 6), sound effects (2) *

Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...

–

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

(2), percussion (2), congas (8, 10),

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

(8, 10) *

Bobbye Hall Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early career, work for Motown and move to ...

– percussion (4, 5) * Gary Montgomery – harmonica (1) * Jerry Peterson – saxophone (2, 5, 8, 10) *

Tim Weisberg Jules Timothy Weisberg (born January 1, 1943) is an American flutist, vocalist, and record producer. Career In school he wanted to play drums, but instruments were chosen in order of the students' last names, and when Weisberg got his chance, hi ...

– flutes (5) *

Darrell Leonard Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles-based, trumpet player, composer and arranger. He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973. He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom ...

– trumpet (11) *

Jim Ed Norman Jim Ed Norman is an American musician, multi-platinum record producer, arranger and label-head. As an arranger and producer, he was one of the principal architects of the distinctive sound of West Coast 1970s pop and country rock. He was Preside ...

– string arrangements and conductor * Danny Timms – backing vocals (4, 11) * Etan McElroy – backing vocals (4, 11) * Matthew Moore – backing vocals (9) * Brian Cadd – backing vocals (11)

Production

* Nancy Andrews – inner sleeve photography * Stanford Blum – management (Image Management, Inc.) * Ron Borawski – second engineer * Kim Carnes – producer * Michael Carnevale – second engineer (Track 6) * Dave Ellingson – producer * Steve Escallier – additional engineer * John Golden – mastering *

Wally Heider Wally Heider (''né'' Wallace Beck Heider; 20 May 1922 Sheridan, Oregon – 22 March 1989) was an American recording engineer and recording studio owner who refined and advanced the art of studio and remote recording and was instrumental in recor ...

– additional recording engineer (Track 6) * Larry Hirsch – engineer, mixdown engineer * Beverly Jones – additional engineer *

John Kosh John Kosh, known simply as Kosh, is an English art director, album cover designer, graphic artist, and documentary producer/director. He was born in London, England and rose to prominence in the mid-1960s while designing for the Royal Ballet a ...

– art direction and design * Gary Lubow – second engineer * Daniel Moore – producer, recording engineer (Track 9) * Jim Shea – cover photography * Jim Sintetos – mastering * Linda Tyler – second engineer * Stewart Whitmore – second engineer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Vincent's Court 1979 albums Kim Carnes albums EMI Records albums