Rest on Me
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rest on Me
| type = Album
| artist = Kim Carnes
| cover = Kim Carnes - Rest on Me.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 1971{{cite magazine |author= |title=MCA Signs Walker |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-12-04.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page= 16 |location=United States |publisher=George Albert |date=December 4, 1971 |access-date=July 19, 2021}}
| recorded = 1971
| venue =
| studio = Hollywood Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 33:36
| label = Amos
| producer = Jimmy Bowen
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Kim Carnes
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rest on Me
| type = studio
| single1 = To Love
| single1date = November 1971
| single2 = To Love Somebody
| single2date = 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.{{cite magazine |author= |title=West Coast Girl of the Week |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1972/Cash-Box-1972-01-08.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page= 19 |location=United States |publisher=George Albert |date=January 8, 1972 |access-date=July 19, 2021}} 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.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Singles Reviews – Newcomer Picks |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1972/Cash-Box-1972-03-11.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page= 18 |location=United States |publisher=George Albert |date=March 11, 1972 |access-date=July 19, 2021}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rest-on-me-mw0000241442|title=Rest on Me – Kim Carnes |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 7, 2022}}
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
}}
Cash Box described "To Love" as "an interesting up tempo tune in a highly commercial vein", and a "fine performance" by Carnes.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Singles Reviews – Choice Programming |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-11-06.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page= 20 |location=United States |publisher=George Albert |date=November 6, 1971 |access-date=July 19, 2021}} They described Rest on Me as a "fabulous album", noting Carnes' ability to interpret songs well.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Album Reviews – Pop Best Bits |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-12-25.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page= 102 |location=United States |publisher=George Albert |date=December 25, 1971 |access-date=July 19, 2021}} 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".{{cite magazine |author= |title= Album Reviews |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-12-11.pdf |magazine= Billboard |volume= 83 |issue= 50 |page= 62 |date= December 11, 1971 |access-date= July 19, 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = It Takes Time
| writer1 = Shirley Eikhard
| length1 = 2:45
| title2 = Sweet Love Song to My Soul
| writer2= Daniel Moore
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = Everything Has Got to Be Free
| writer3 = Carnes
| length3 = 2:54
| title4 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| writer4 = Bobby Freeman
| length4 = 2:46
| title5 = I Won't Call You Back
| writer5 = Kim Carnes
| length5 = 2:58
| title6 = To Love
| writer6 = {{hlist|Gerry Goffin|Carole King}}
| length6 = 2:54
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| total_length = 33:36
| title7 = To Love Somebody
| writer7 = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb}}
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Fell in Love with a Poet
| writer8 = Carnes
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = One More River to Cross
| writer9 = Moore
| length9 = 2:23
| title10 = You Can Do It to Me Anytime
| writer10 = Baker Knight
| length10 = 2:59
| title11 = Rest on Me
| writer11 = Michael McGinnis
| length11 = 4:37
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Rest on Me|type=liner notes|others=Kim Carnes|year=1971|publisher=Amos Records}}
{{Div col}}
- Kim Carnes – lead vocals
- Larry Muhoberac – piano, organ, arrangements
- Larry Carlton – guitar
- Mike Deasy – guitar
- James Burton – guitar
- Bill Perry – bass
- Reinie Press – bass
- Ed Greene – drums
- Dennis St. John – drums
- Dave Ellingson – backing vocals
- Etham Goya – backing vocals
- Brooks Hunnicutt – backing vocals
- Danny Jimms – backing vocals
- Peter Morse – backing vocals
- Mike Settle – backing vocals
- Glen Hardin – piano {{small|(track 3)}}
- Gil Rogers – guitar {{small|(track 3)}}
{{div col end}}
=Technical=
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
- John Guess – engineer
=Design=
- Bruce Hinton – art direction
- Ken Kim – graphics, photography
- Kim Carnes – liner notes
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release formats for Rest on Me |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label |
|---|
| United States
| rowspan="2" | December 1971 | rowspan="2" | LP | rowspan="2" | Amos |
| Canada |
| United States
| rowspan="2" | 1984 | rowspan="2" | {{flatlist|
}} | rowspan="2" | MCA |
| Canada |
| rowspan=2" | Germany
| 2011 | rowspan="2" | Essential Media Group |
| 2013
| CD |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Kim Carnes}}