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 is the RIAA Gold-certified 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").

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B–[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	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."[3]

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

Karla Bonoff – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Kenny Edwards – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, background vocals
Andrew Gold – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, clavinet, harmonium, background vocals
Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Mike Botts – drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Linda Ronstadt – background vocals
Wendy Waldman – background vocals
Glenn Frey – background vocals
J. D. Souther – background vocals
Brock Walsh – background vocals
Jai Winding – piano
Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
John Ware – drums

References

Karla Bonoff at AllMusic
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
Holder, Stephen. "Karla Bonoff", Rolling Stone, October 20, 1977, p. 90.

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[allmusic-1] Karla Bonoff at AllMusic

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Holder, Stephen. "Karla Bonoff", Rolling Stone, October 20, 1977, p. 90.