Universal Songs: The A&M, EMI America & MCA Years

'No question about the voice: it's worn, aged, soulful, defiant, utterly lacking smooth edges, an enormously compelling instrument to anyone enamoured of blue-eyed soul' - David McGee, Rolling Stone. 'Universal Songs' marks the first time Kim Carnes has been compiled into a box set and it covers all the albums she recorded for A&M, EMI America and MCA from 1975-1988. This 10-disc set comes in a rigid slipcase, with discs housed in top opening digisleeves including the original album sleeves. A 24pp booklet includes a forward written by Kim and an extensive essay by Christian John Wikane completes the package. Compiled in conjunction and with the full cooperation of Kim, 'Universal Songs' also features a number of 12-inch dance mixes that have never been released on CD before, which will delight fans across the world. It also includes a handful of bonus tracks including her duets with Barbra Streisand and Kenny Rogers as well as the three new songs that were recorded for her 'Gypsy Honeymoon' Best of released in 1993. Although best known for her worldwide smash hit 'Bette Davis Eyes' Kim Carnes already had a body of work under her belt. A multifaceted singer and in-demand songwriter she had already released four acclaimed albums and had chart success. Mostly notably in 1980 with a cover version of 'Warm Love', originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles in 1967. But also, with the duet with Gene Coton 'You're a Part of Me' in 1978. But it was with the worldwide smash hit 'Bette Davis Eyes' that the Kim hit the big time. It won a Grammy for 'best record of the year' and the accompanying album 'Mistaken Identity' was also nominated for 'best album of the year'. 'Bette Davis Eyes' is one of the key tracks of the 1980s and loved still to this day. The follow up album 'Voyeur' was released in 1982 and the lead single 'Voyeur' reached number 29 on the US charts and again was nominated for a Grammy. Kim won another Grammy in 1984 when the OST for Flashdance won. Her contribution, the melancholy and hauntingly beautiful 'I'll Be Here Where the Heart is' playing during a pivotal scene in the movie and was included on her next album 'Café Racers'. A single from that album, 'Invisible Hands' provided her with another Grammy nomination. Further chart success followed in 1985 with the single 'Crazy in the Night' which reached number 15 in the US. This was followed by the album 'Barking At Airplanes' which reached a respectable 48 in the US charts. Two further acclaimed albums, 'Lighthouse' and 'View From the House' followed, both of which contain some of the best songs of her career.

Disc 1
1: You're a Part of Me
2: Bad Seed
3: And Still Be Loving You
4: Hang On to Your Airplane (Honeymoon)
5: Do You Love Her
6: Somewhere in the Night
7: Nothing Makes Me Feel As Good As a Love Song
8: It Could Have Been Better
9: Waiting for the Pain to Go Away
10: What Good Is Love (Later On the Equator)
11: Good Old Days
12: You're a Part of Me (Duet With Gene Coton)

Disc 2
1: The Best of You (Has Got the Best of Me)
2: Warm Love
3: All He Did Was Tell Me Lies (To Try to Woo Me)
4: He'll Come Home
5: Sailin'
6: It's Not the Spotlight
7: Last Thing You Ever Wanted to Do
8: Let Your Love Come Easy
9: Tubin'
10: Love Comes from Unexpected Places

Disc 3
1: What Am I Gonna Do
2: Jamaica Sunday Morning
3: Stay Away
4: Lookin' for a Big Night
5: Paris Without You (St. Vincent's Court)
6: It Hurts So Bad
7: Lose in Love
8: Skeptical Shuffle
9: Take Me Home to Where My Heart Is
10: Blinded By Love
11: Goodnight Moon

Disc 4
1: Swept Me Off My Feet (The Part of a Fool)
2: Cry Like a Baby
3: Will You Remember Me
4: Tear Me Apart
5: Changin'
6: More Love
7: In the Chill of the Night
8: Where Is Your Heart
9: And Still Be Loving You
10: Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer

Disc 5
1: Bette Davis Eyes
2: Hit and Run
3: Mistaken Identity
4: When I'm Away from You
5: Draw of the Cards
6: Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)
7: Still Hold On
8: Don't Call It Love
9: Miss You Tonight
10: My Old Pals
11: Draw of the Cards (Single Version)
12: Draw of the Cards (Special Long Version)
13: Bette Davis Eyes (OPM Poppy Club Mix)
14: Bette Davis Eyes (OPM All About Kim Mix)

Disc 6
1: Voyeur
2: Looker
3: Say You Don't Know Me
4: Does It Make You Remember
5: Breakin' Away from Sanity
6: Undertow
7: Merc Man
8: The Arrangement
9: The Thrill of the Grill
10: Take It On the Chin
11: Voyeur (12" Version)

Disc 7
1: You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)
2: Young Love
3: Met You at the Wrong Time of My Life
4: Hurricane
5: The Universal Song
6: Invisible Hands
7: I Pretend
8: Hangin' On By a Thread (A Sad Affair of the Heart)
9: A Kick in the Heart
10: I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is
11: You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters) [dance Mix]
12: You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters) [instrumental Mix]
13: Hurricane (Extended Vocal Version)
14: Hurricane (12" Instrumental Version)
15: Invisible Hands (Dance Mix)

Disc 8
1: Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)
2: One Kiss
3: Begging for Favors (Learning How Things Work)
4: He Makes the Sun Rise (Orpheus)
5: Bon Voyage
6: Don't Pick Up the Phone (Pick Up the Phone)
7: Rough Edges
8: Abadabadango
9: Touch and Go
10: Oliver (Voice On the Radio)
11: Crazy in the Night (12" Dance Mix)
12: Barking at Airplanes (Part II)
13: Abadabadango (Extended Version)
14: Abadabadango (12" Red Mix)
15: Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Solo Version)
16: Make No Mistake, He's Mine (Duet With Barbra Streisand)
17: What About Me? (With Kenny Rogers & James Ingram)

Disc 9
1: Divided Hearts
2: I'd Lie to You for Your Love
3: Black and White
4: Piece of the Sky
5: You Say You Love Me (But I Know You Don't)
6: Dancin' at the Lighthouse
7: Love Me Like You Never Did Before
8: Along With the Radio
9: Only Lonely Love
10: That's Where the Trouble Lies
11: Divided Hearts (Club Mix)
12: Divided Hearts (Dub Mix)
13: Invitation to Dance (7" Version)
14: Invitation to Dance (Vocal Dance Mix)
15: Invitation to Dance (Instrumental Dance Mix)

Disc 10
1: Brass & Batons
2: Just to Spend Tonight With You
3: Heartbreak Radio
4: Crazy in Love
5: If You Don't Want My Love
6: Willie and the Hand Jive
7: Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
8: Blood from the Bandit
9: Fantastic Fire of Love
10: Crimes of the Heart
11: Chain Letter
12: Gypsy Honeymoon
13: Don't Cry Now

Number of Discs: 10

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