catchy and seamless, easy and moving
5
By KeithJamesAtown
All through the 70's I kept hearing about Karla Bonoff, and then forgetting her name, but knowing that I liked her, but not sure why cause hadn't heard her except for Ronstadt's covers of her work. I knew that she was an "industry artist", loved by artists in the know, though maybe not by the general public. I finally bought New World, quite a while ago in the early 90's. Loved this album always; so well put together, catchy, delightful and at times moving. But I still didn't have this work in perspective of any of her other work. I finally just listened to all the samples on iTunes from her first three albums and read the reviews. Her first album with just a listen to the samples is an instant hit for me. So I was hesitant to believe the critical views leveled at the two middle albums, but after listening to the samples I kind of heard the cautioning points of the reviews on iTunes for those albums. Now for me, the long loved fourth album, New World, in this context is a major comeback in quality and arrival to a maturity; maybe because she stopped worrying about trying to establish a succesful solo star career. She'd already arrived at a succesful career as song writer and recording artist, whether a mega star or not. The result in New World is relaxed, self knowing, uplifting, and beautiful.
