Rest on Me
Studio album by
Kim Carnes
ReleasedDecember 1971[1]
Recorded1971
StudioHollywood Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
GenrePop rock
Length33:36
LabelAmos
ProducerJimmy Bowen
Kim Carnes chronology
Rest on Me
(1971) 		Kim Carnes
(1975)
Singles from Rest on Me
  1. "To Love"
    Released: November 1971
  2. "To Love Somebody"
    Released: February 1972

Rest on Me is the first studio album by Kim Carnes. It was released in 1971 (see 1971 in music) on Amos Records and reissued on A&M Records in the late 1970s. The album (minus the opening song) was also released on CD on many European budget labels in the early 1990s - but with all tracks remixed and, rather curiously, running at a markedly low speed. Most tracks were also lengthened, simply by repeating parts of the tracks. In 2012, the original album was re-mastered and made available, complete and at the correct speed, as an internet download in 2012 and on CD on the Essential Media Group label the following year.

Background

Carnes began her recording career with The New Christy Minstrels. After meeting producer Jimmy Bowen in 1971, she signed a recording contract with Amos Records.[2] Following the album's release, Carnes and her husband David Ellingson issued a standalone single titled "It's Love That Keeps It All Together", also produced by Bowen.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Cash Box described "To Love" as "an interesting up tempo tune in a highly commercial vein", and a "fine performance" by Carnes.[6] They described Rest on Me as a "fabulous album", noting Carnes' ability to interpret songs well.[7] Billboard noted the album's similarities with artists including Carole King, Carly Simon and Gayle McCormick, adding that Carnes is "distinctive in her own right".[8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Takes Time"Shirley Eikhard2:45
2."Sweet Love Song to My Soul"Daniel Moore2:49
3."Everything Has Got to Be Free"Carnes2:54
4."Do You Wanna Dance?"Bobby Freeman2:46
5."I Won't Call You Back"Kim Carnes2:58
6."To Love"
2:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."To Love Somebody"
3:25
8."Fell in Love with a Poet"Carnes3:06
9."One More River to Cross"Moore2:23
10."You Can Do It to Me Anytime"Baker Knight2:59
11."Rest on Me"Michael McGinnis4:37
Total length:33:36

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.[9]

Technical

Design

Release history

Release formats for Rest on Me
Region Date Format(s) Label
United States December 1971 LP Amos
Canada
United States 1984
MCA
Canada
Germany 2011 Digital download Essential Media Group
2013 CD

References

  1. ^ "MCA Signs Walker" (PDF). Cash Box. United States: George Albert. December 4, 1971. p. 16. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "West Coast Girl of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box. United States: George Albert. January 8, 1972. p. 19. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Singles Reviews – Newcomer Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. United States: George Albert. March 11, 1972. p. 18. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rest on Me – Kim Carnes". AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ "Singles Reviews – Choice Programming" (PDF). Cash Box. United States: George Albert. November 6, 1971. p. 20. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Album Reviews – Pop Best Bits" (PDF). Cash Box. United States: George Albert. December 25, 1971. p. 102. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 50. December 11, 1971. p. 62. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  9. ^ Rest on Me (liner notes). Kim Carnes. Amos Records. 1971.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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