Best of Karla Bonoff: All My Life [Import]

Product Description
Japanese edition of the 70's singer/songwriter's 1999 compilation includes two exclusive bonus tracks 'When You Walk In The Room' & 'Trouble Again'.

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Average customer rating: Very Good A great easy listening companion... great compilation of a great, expressive artist One of the best "Best-of" CDs you'll ever hear! True Talent, little hype

All My Life: The Best of Karla Bonoff Karla Bonoff Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson Karla Bonoff Restless Nights A Tribute to Nicolette Larson: Lotta Lova Concert In the Nick of Time ASIN: B00000K4HG Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

1. Someone To Lay Down Beside Me
2. If He's Ever Near
3. I Can't Hold On
4. Lose Again
5. Home
6. Wild Heart Of The Young
7. Tell Me Why
8. Goodbye My Friend
9. Isn't It Always Love
10. Restless Nights
11. Baby Don't Go
12. Daddy's Little Girl
13. All My Life
14. Falling Star
15. Personally
16. The Water Is Wide

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2007-03-18

Listening to this CD brought back many memories of the typical angst of young love, loneliness, and growing pains. (Glad those days are over!) But, Karla Bonoff is a true poet and I look forward to hearing new middle-age material from her someday.

A great easy listening companion..........2006-07-03

I'm only 27, so I didn't grow up with this or even come to this until I was around 21, so I'm not an expert. However, after having her song 'Goodbye My Friend' played as a farewell song at a camp, and hearing it in an episode of 'The Wonder Years', I was sold. I kept that song in my head, not knowing who it was or the title, though I had a good idea. In the end, a search on the old 'Napster' for the title of that song came up with the one I was looking for. I saw the CD at Borders and bought it immediately. After reading the liner notes, she mentions that the aforementioned song was written for a cat she had that she lost. Although it's cheesy, I've always thought it was a perfect song for any wonderful pet. I hoped that when my favorite pet passed on, I'd be able to play it for him. Just yesterday, he passed, and I was lucky enough to share it with him. It's a great memory, a great song, and the entire album is great easy listening. I'll take her over Linda Ronstadt any day...

great compilation of a great, expressive artist.......2004-09-26

Listening to this terrific compilation, it really seems Karla Bonoff had a magic touch. Her songwriting on track after track is incredible, & her singing is beautiful & complements the material perfectly. If you have records in your collection with her name on it, but don't have any of her own recorded work, then for goodness sake this is a terrific CD to get! Granted, it's not that hard to compile a Karla compilation in the sense that, as of 1999 when this came out, she had only put out 4 solo albums, along with one album as a member of the group Bryndle (they have since released the album "House of Silence" in 2003). Her lone solo composition from Bryndle's self-titled 1995 album is here, but otherwise everything's from her solo albums. Of the 16 tracks included here, there's very little to complain about. Her greatness is on full display all over the place--the haunting "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me"; easy riding, ultra catchy tunes like "I Can't Hold On", "Baby Don't Go", "Tell My Why" (clearly superior to the carbon copy Wynonna Judd version), & "Isn't It Always Love"; & moving love ballads like "If He's Ever Near", "Lose Again", "Falling Star", "Restless Nights", & "Wild Heart of the Young". I do feel it was an unwise move to place the bouncy "Isn't It Always Love" after the mournful "Goodbye My Friend"--it's a jolting transition, & not pleasantly so, even though each of those individual tracks are great. Having "Restless Nights" & "Isn't It Always Love" simply trade places in the track listing would have helped the flow, but they're great tracks all the same. There are a couple of losers in the track listing that put the impersonal, unsatisfying version of Karla Bonoff on full display, & as far as I'm concerned, these tracks are not the REAL Karla--they feel like they come from a completely different "artist". Thankfully though, it's just two tunes. Karla admits in her liner notes that the dull, sappy "All My Life" wasn't a personal song, & that it was initially written for a movie, & it sure sounds like it. Then, there's the inescapable inclusion of "Personally", however, I give Karla thumbs up for burying this annoying hit at track 15, the second to last song on the CD. The disc ends with the traditional "The Water Is Wide" which features James Taylor--there is other essential Karla material missing that easily surpasses "The Water Is Wide"--it's okay, though, & it seems to be a fan favorite, & it's a respectable way to close the album--it's certainly a heck of a lot better than "Personally", & there's some nice accordian on it. As another reviewer pointed out, Karla did do some songs that weren't on her albums, like "Somebody's Eyes", which is a fine tune (although she didn't write it) that's on the "Footloose" soundtrack--it would have been nice to have on here in place of "All My Life". However, the lion's share of what you do get on this disc is the REAL, sincere Karla & is mostly marvelous. 7 tracks are from her 1977 self-titled debut--a handful of essential songs from her second album, 1979's "Restless Nights", are missing, but the album is still well-represented by its title track & "Baby Don't Go". If you're a big fan of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne, you simply can't go wrong with this CD. With great sound quality, & cool liner notes including Karla's self-written comments for each track, this is a terrific CD that any fan of Karla will be delighted to have in their collections!

One of the best "Best-of" CDs you'll ever hear!.......2004-03-19

Frequently, compilation CDs are an uneven offering of commercially successful tracks layered with choice cuts from the recording artist; however, Karla's Bonoff's "All My Life" CD represents her solo recording career without any such burdon--primarily because she had only one big hit!

The Top-20 hit "Personally" is included, of course, but lesser-known hits such as "Somebody's Eyes" (from the film "Footloose") and "Standing Right Next To Me" (from the film "8 Seconds") are omitted in favor of vastly superior material, such as the delicious "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" and the heart-breaking "Goodbye My Friend"--both written by Bonoff's expert hand.

Through and through, this CD features exemplary pop music that is produced with respect for both the song and the listener. I have exposed many of my friends to Karla Bonoff's music...and they are invariably impressed. This is due to the fact that she is a termedously gifted somngwriter with a smooth, expressive voice. Order this CD today! You will be grateful you did!!!

True Talent, little hype.......2003-12-30

Karla Bonoff has not gotten the huge media hype that many female singers have gotten, but she is as good if not better than the more famous of her genre.
I recommend this CD in particular because just about every song is a beauty. Karla is a gifted musician and lyricist. Her songs are achingly beautiful and she has a lovely, soft voice. If you are looking for a musical talent which is unspoiled by commercialism and marketing, this is the artist to look into. You will not be disappointed!

Average customer rating:

Best of Karla Bonoff: All My Life Karla Bonoff Manufacturer: Sony/CBS ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Voyage Little Miss Sunshine The Devil Wears Prada (Widescreen Edition) The Departed (Two-Disc Special Edition) Casino Royale (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B0009V92N6 Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
2. If He's Ever Near
3. I Can't Hold On
4. Lose Again
5. Home
6. Wild Heart of the Young
7. Tell Me Why
8. Goodbye My Friend
9. Isn't It Always Love
10. Restless Nights
11. Baby Don't Go
12. Daddy's Little Girl
13. All My Life
14. Falling Star
15. Personally
16. Water Is Wide
17. When You Walk in the Room
18. Trouble Again

Album Description

Digitally remastered Japanese pressing of 2005 Best Of with 2 exclusive bonus tracks TBA. 2005.

Album Details

Includes the Bonus Tracks "When You Walk Into the Room" and "Trouble Again", which Don't Appear on the Us Edition.

Average customer rating:

Best of Karla Bonoff: All My Life Karla Bonoff Manufacturer: Sony Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005V4F5 Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

1. Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
2. If He's Ever Near
3. I Can't Hold On
4. Lose Again
5. Home
6. Wild Heart of the Young
7. Tell Me Why
8. Goodbye My Friend
9. Isn't It Always Love
10. Restless Nights
11. Baby Don't Go
12. Daddy's Little Girl
13. All My Life
14. Falling Star
15. Personally
16. Water Is Wide
17. When You Walk in the Room
18. Trouble Again

Album Description

Japanese edition of the 70's singer/songwriter's 1999 compilation includes two exclusive bonus tracks 'When You Walk In The Room' & 'Trouble Again'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of her Years on Epic Records with all the Best Hit Songs She Has Written and have Been Performed by Others Like Linda Ronstadt and Warren Zevon. The Japanese Edition features Two Bonus Tracks: 'when You Walk in the Room' and 'trouble Again'.

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