title: Sailin'
text: # Sailin'
  
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  Sailin' is the third studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). The record was recorded, in part, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Although this album hasn't been released on CD, all of the album's songs can be found on the European CD "Kim Carnes - Master Series" released by A&M in 1999.
  
  ## Background
  
  Sailin' was recorded at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, with producers Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. Carnes and Ellingson received the Professional Grand Prize at the American Song Festival and Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival for "Love Comes from the Most Unexpected Places" in 1976. Barbra Streisand later covered the song on her album Superman, released in the following year. Streisand had offered the song to film director Richard Brooks for the opening credits of Looking for Mr. Goodbar, but he declined.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Billboard described Sailin' as "an outstanding effort" from Carnes, showing "strength with lyrics and melodies" a voice that "reflects white gospel roots". Cashbox described "Let Your Love Come Easy" as having "good chorus hooks and snappy instrumentation".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from the album liner notes.
  
  * Kim Carnes – all vocals; writer (tracks: 1, 3–5, 7–10); acoustic piano (tracks: 4, 9); backing vocals
  * Jerry Wexler – producer
  * Barry Beckett – producer, keyboards; horn arrangements (track 2)
  * Jack Adams – engineer
  * Steve Gursky – assistant engineer
  * Jim Skiathigis – set-up man
  * David Hood – bass guitar
  * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion
  * Pete Carr – lead guitar, acoustic guitars, dobro
  * Jimmy Johnson – acoustic guitars, rhythm electric guitar
  * Tom Roady – percussion
  * David Grisman – mandolin (tracks: 3, 5); backing vocals (track 3)
  * Julia Tillman – backing vocals
  * Maxine Willard – backing vocals
  * Dave Ellingson – writer (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 10); backing vocals (track 3)
  * Blackie Shackner – harmonica (track 9)
  * Harrison Calloway – horns (track 2); horn arrangements (track 2)
  * Harvey Thompson – horns (track 2)
  * Charles Rose – horns (track 2)
  * Ron Eades – horns (track 2)
  * Bill Cuomo – acoustic piano (track 10); string arrangements (track 10)
  * Bob Wilber – horn arrangements, soprano saxophone (track 9)
  * Mike Lewis – string arrangements (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 10)
  * Robert Basso – concertmaster
  * Chris Colclesser – flute solo (track 8)
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Roland Young – art direction
  * Chuck Beeson – album design
  * Lisa Powers – photography (front cover)
  * Jim Mayfield – photography (back cover)
  
  ## Release history
  
  Release formats for Sailin' :
  
  | Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
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  | Various | 1976 | Vinyl | A&M |
  | Canada | 1981 | Vinyl | A&M |
  | Brazil | 1996 | CD | A&M |
  | Various | October 29, 2021 | Digital downloadstreaming | UMG Recordings, Inc. |
  