Restless Nights (Karla Bonoff album)
1979 studio album by Karla Bonoff
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Restless Nights is the second album by singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff. The album peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard albums chart[1] and number 66 on the Australian Kent Music Report.[2]
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| Released | September 1979 | |||
| Studios | The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genres | Pop, MOR | |||
| Length | 37:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Kenny Edwards | |||
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Reception
', December 13, 1979, p. 86.</ref> The New York Times called Restless Nights "one of the most lovely albums of the year," writing that the songs "are sung with elegance, and their instrumental support is similarly pristine."[4]
AllMusic's William Ruhlmann retrospectively called "Trouble Again" "a gem (as Linda Ronstadt proved when she recorded it)" but concluded that the album "did not represent the leap that would have been required to vault Bonoff into the ranks of her star friends."[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Trouble Again" | Bonoff, Kenny Edwards | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Restless Nights" | 5:18 | |
| 3. | "The Letter" | 2:47 | |
| 4. | "When You Walk in the Room" | Jackie DeShannon | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Only a Fool" | 6:07 | |
| 6. | "Baby Don't Go" | Bonoff, Kenny Edwards | 3:19 |
| 7. | "Never Stop Her Heart" | 4:49 | |
| 8. | "Loving You" | 3:26 | |
| 9. | "The Water Is Wide" | Traditional | 4:56 |
Personnel
- Karla Bonoff – vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4–7, 9), acoustic piano (8)
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (1, 4), electric piano (3, 5)
- Andrew Gold – electric piano (2), electric guitar (6, 7), percussion (6), backing vocals (6)
- Garth Hudson – accordion (9)
- Dan Dugmore – electric guitar (1, 4)
- Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (1, 4, 6, 7)
- Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar (2, 8)
- David Lindley – acoustic guitar (5)
- Ed Black – electric guitar (8)
- James Taylor – acoustic guitar (9), backing vocals (9)
- Kenny Edwards – bass guitar (1, 2, 4–9), backing vocals (1, 6, 8)
- Russ Kunkel – drums (1, 4, 5)
- Rick Marotta – drums (2, 6–8)
- Steve Forman – percussion (1, 7)
- David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor
- Don Henley – backing vocals (2)
- JD Souther – backing vocals (2, 9)
- Jackie DeShannon – backing vocals (4)
- Wendy Waldman – backing vocals (7)
Production
- Kenny Edwards – producer
- Greg Ladanyi – recording, mixing
- Jim Nipar – recording
- Ernie Sheesley – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Melanie McDowell – production assistant
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Aaron Rapoport – photography