Number of Discs1
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly (12/17/99, p.87) - "...[Her] sensitive songwriting and aching, crystalline singing consistently transcends her '70s soft-rock milieu..." - Rating: B+
Additional informationPersonnel includes: Karla Bonoff (vocals); Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Wendy Waldman (vocals); Leland Sklar, Danny Korchmar, Garth Hudson, Glenn Frey, Victor Feldman, Andrew Gold, Emory Gordy, Jr, Don Henley, Jai Winding, Russ Kunkel, J.D. Souther, Waddy Wachtel, Peter Frampton. Producers: Kenny Edwards, Mark Goldenberg, Josh Leo, Bryndle. Compilation producers: Karla Bonoff, Tom Vickers. Includes liner notes by Timothy White and Karla Bonoff. Digitally remastered by David Mitson & Michael Boshears (Sony Music Studios, Santa Monica, California). This is a best-of collection of tracks recorded by the singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff. Japanese version has two extra cuts. CD contains 2 bonus tracks. Bonoff was so closely tied to Linda Ronstadt during the '70s singer/songwriting movement that many of her albums were tucked away in cut-out bins while her more famous interpreter made bundles of cash off her songs. Still, it's a testament to Bonoff's skill that she is tied to them at all. This 16-track career retrospective gathers the cozy and often slight highlights from an 11-year, five-album pool of intimate, L.A.-based recordings. It's missing a few core recordings, but the best of them here ("I Can't Hold On," "Baby Don't Go," and "Personally") characterize the era's/region's singer/songwriter society in all its warm-hearted, occasionally pleasant tedium. ~ Michael Gallucci
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