Café Racers

Café Racers is the eighth studio album by American singer Kim Carnes, released in October 1983 by EMI.

Café Racers
Studio album by
Kim Carnes
ReleasedOctober 1983
Recorded1983
GenrePop rock
Length43:10
LabelEMI
ProducerKeith Olsen
Kim Carnes chronology
Voyeur
(1982)		 Café Racers
(1983)		 Barking at Airplanes
(1985)
Singles from Café Racers
  1. "Invisible Hands"
    Released: October 1983
  2. "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)"
    Released: January 1984
  3. "The Universal Song"
    Released: January 1984
  4. "I Pretend"
    Released: May 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The album spawned three chart singles in the United States, "Invisible Hands", "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)", and "I Pretend" which charted on various Billboard charts. "The Universal Song" was also released as a single in West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

The song "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is" was included on the chart-topping, six times Platinum Flashdance soundtrack which received a Grammy Award for Best Album Of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at 26th Annual Grammy Awards. It was also released as a single in Germany, Netherlands, Spain and France.

The album was not as successful as Mistaken Identity (1981) or Voyeur (1982), peaking at No. 97 on the Billboard 200 chart.

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