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Rest on Me
Rest on Me
Studio album by Kim Carnes
Released	December 1971
Recorded	1971
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
Genre	Pop rock
Length	33:36
Label	Amos
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Kim Carnes chronology
Singles from Rest on Me
	"To Love"; Released: November 1971; "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
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Takes Time"	Shirley Eikhard	2:45
2.	"Sweet Love Song to My Soul"	Daniel Moore	2:49
3.	"Everything Has Got to Be Free"	Carnes	2:54
4.	"Do You Wanna Dance?"	Bobby Freeman	2:46
5.	"I Won't Call You Back"	Kim Carnes	2:58
6.	"To Love"	Gerry Goffin Carole King	2:54

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"To Love Somebody"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	3:25
8.	"Fell in Love with a Poet"	Carnes	3:06
9.	"One More River to Cross"	Moore	2:23
10.	"You Can Do It to Me Anytime"	Baker Knight	2:59
11.	"Rest on Me"	Michael McGinnis	4:37
Total length:			33:36

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[9]

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 (track 3)
Gil Rogers – guitar (track 3)

Technical

Jimmy Bowen – producer
John Guess – engineer

Design

Bruce Hinton – art direction
Ken Kim – graphics, photography
Kim Carnes – liner notes

Release history

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

References

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