Karla Bonoff (album)

Karla Bonoff
Studio album by Karla Bonoff
Released 1977
Recorded The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre Folk rock, pop rock,
easy listening, adult contemporary
Length 37:36
Label Columbia
Producer Kenny Edwards
Karla Bonoff chronology
Karla Bonoff
(1977)
Restless Nights
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Karla Bonoff is the first album by singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff. It includes several of Bonoff's compositions which had previously been prominently recorded: three by Linda Ronstadt ("Lose Again", "If He's Ever Near", "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me") and one by Bonnie Raitt ("Home").

Track listing

All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me"   4:06
2. "I Can't Hold On"   3:15
3. "Lose Again"   3:42
4. "Home"   4:19
5. "Faces in the Wind" (Craig Safan) 3:07
6. "Isn't It Always Love"   3:08
7. "If He's Ever Near"   3:17
8. "Flying High" (Steve Ferguson) 3:29
9. "Falling Star"   4:30
10. "Rose in the Garden"   4:43

Reception

Rolling Stone's Stephen Holder called the album an impressive debut marred only by comparisons to Linda Ronstadt. Saying "Bonoff's approach is softer, plainer and more tentative." But concluding, "[t]he consistency of the material confirms a major writing talent; the performances show a promising singer."[2]

AllMusic's William Ruhlmann noted retrospectively that "despite Bonoff's competent singing, which actually better accentuated the lyrics of her songs than Ronstadt's, it was hard for her to get out from under the shadow of the members of her peer group who had preceded her."[1]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Karla Bonoff (album) at AllMusic
  2. Holder, Stephen. "Karla Bonoff", Rolling Stone, October 20, 1977, p. 90.
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