Chasin' Wild Trains is a studio album

Studio album

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 by Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes

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, released in 2004

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. It was Carnes' first full-length album since 1991's Checkin' Out the Ghosts

Checkin' out the Ghosts

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and her first to be released both in the U.S. and internationally since 1988's View from the House

View from the House

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. Chasin' Wild Trains was originally released by the Sparky Dawg Music label in the U.S. and later re-issued internationally by Dutch label Corazong with two bonus tracks.
The comeback album received overall positive reviews; The woman that has somehow straddled the country and rock worlds better than most sounds like a female version of The Eagles going acoustic —- and that's a compliment. (Allmusic)

Track listing

1. "One Beat at a Time" (Kim Carnes, Mark Jordan) – 3:52
2. "Just to See You Smile" (Carnes, Angelo, Chuck Prophet
   Chuck Prophet
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   ) – 4:18
3. "Where Is the Boy (Chris' Song)" (Carnes) – 4:04
4. "Goodnight Angel" (Carnes) – 4:53
5. "Lucid Dreams" (Carnes, Angelo, Prophet) – 4:02
6. "All About Time" (Carnes, Greg Barnhill) – 3:53
7. "Runaway" (Carnes, Anders Osborne) – 4:57
8. "You Made My Skin Burn" (Carnes, John Goodwin, Billy Panda) – 4:12
9. "Still Warmed by the Thrill" (Carnes, Barnhill) – 4:03
10. "If I Was an Angel" (Carnes, Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:46
11. "Too Far Gone" (Carnes, Kim Richey) – 2:58
12. "Stepped Right in It" (Carnes, Al Anderson
    Al Anderson (NRBQ)
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    , Jeffrey Steele) – 3:31
13. "Bette Davis Eyes
    Bette Davis Eyes
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    " (Acoustic version) (Jackie DeShannon
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    , Donna Weiss) – 3:41 (Bonus track)
14. "Just to See You Smile" (Acoustic version) (Angelo, Carnes, Prophet) – 4:00 (Bonus track)

Personnel

• Adam Beard – Assistant Engineer
• Al Anderson
  Al Anderson (NRBQ)
  Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
  
   – Background vocal (12), Guitars acoustic & solo (12)
• Allison Prestwood – Bass (3, 4, 6, 8)
• Anders Osborne – Background vocal (7), Guitar (7), Drum (7)
• Angelo (Kings of Leon) – Co-producer (5), Background vocal (4), Guitar (2, 5)
• Billy Panda – Guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11), Acoustic guitar (4), Electric guitar (12), Background vocals (8), Ebow (2), Bass (2)
• Byron House – Bass (9, 11)
• Chuck Prophet
  Chuck Prophet
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   – Co-producer (5), Background vocal (5), Guitar (5), Bass (5), Drums (5)
• Craig Krampf
  Craig Krampf
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   – Drums (2, 8)
• Dave Ellingson – Percussion (6, 12)
• Don Bailey (Latocky Team Creative) – Design
• Erik Jaskowiak – Assistant Engineer
• Gary Burnette – Guitar (9, 11)
• Glen Rose – Photo of Kim
• Greg Barnhill – Background Vocal (6, 9), Guitar (6)
• Greg Morrow – Drums (1, 9, 11)
• Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – Slide guitar (10)
• Jeffrey Steele – Bass (12)
• Jim DeMain – Master
• John Catchings – Cello (7)
• Jonathan Yudkin – Strings (9)
• Josh Muncy – Assistant Engineer
• Kim Carnes – Vocals, Keyboard (5, 7), Producer
• Kim Richey – Background Vocal (11)
• Matraca Berg – Co-producer (10), Background vocal (10, 11)
• Reid Furniss – Live photo of Kim
• Scott Baggett – Recorder and Mixer
• Richard Bennett
  Richard Bennett (guitarist)
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  – Guitar (3, 6, 8)
• Tammy Rogers-King – Viola & Violin (7)
• Tim Lauer – Keyboard (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10), Accordion (6, 11), Organ (12)
• Tom Bukovac – Electric guitars (4)
• Tommy Harden – Drums (3, 6, 12)