New World

Karla Bonoff | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Masters Jazz
• ASIN: B000000FPR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. How Long

2. New World

3. Tell Me Why

4. All My Life

5. Goodbye My Friend

6. Way of the Heart

7. The Best Part of You

8. Oh Mary

9. All Walk Alone

10. Still Be Getting Over You

11. Standing Right Next to Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Class of the Show, July 18, 2001

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David A. Marks "norcalidave" (Paradise, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New World (Audio CD)

I have had Karla's New World CD for a couple of years and didn't realize that other examples of her work were available, so now I've ordered three more Bonoff CD's.

The simplest way to say it is that Karla Bonoff is in a class by herself.....she IS the top of the class! One other reviewer noted here that Linda Ronstadt was in a sense the mouthpiece for Bonoff's great writing.

The truth is that Karla Bonoff's songwriting AND singing together are beyond any level I've ever heard! Her voice is similar to Ronstadt's, but Bonoff's is much clearer, cleaner, and so totally......AWESOME!

This New World CD is a 10 on a scale of 1 to 5, and if any of the other three Bonoff CD's I've just ordered are half as good as New World, I'll be extremely pleased...

I can't imagine anyone listening to Karla Bonoff without being overwhelmed by her beautiful voice and incredible song-writing. She reminds me of Kate Wolf, the talented folk singer who is no longer with us. Both are beyond comparison and yet neither has the wide audience they (and the audience) deserve....

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ....her last, and best!, October 22, 2000

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J. Bilby "littlebibs" (Kingston, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New World (Audio CD)

This is the last studio project Karla did as a solo performer in the late 80's and I believe her best. Just listening to all these songs year after year its hard to believe this project hardly even got noticed, but its well worth checking out. Karla has a "Reserved Parking" spot for anyone who searches out insightful lyrics and her melancholy voice and delivery no one can touch all these years into her career. Its no wonder so many top women recording stars (Bonnie, Linda, Wynonna) have chosen to cover Karla's songs, it just makes their album collections deeper with her words. Very under-rated artist and hopefully she will be back. Its nice they've included "Standin right next to me", an adult contemporary hit during the 90's and "Nothing love can do", a sample of work with her side project recording group "Bryndle". Nice percussion work from Deborah Dobkin (Bonnie Raitt) and Mark Goldenberg (multi-instramentalist), even Peter Frampton guest solo's on the "Tell me why" (hit for Wynonna) This project should have been a transfussion for all those out there who love great songwriting, a time when Tracy Chapman, Toni Childs, Sinead O'Conner, even Bonnie Raitt soon blasted off, but Karla's great music got left behind. Highlights on this "Mary", "Standing right next to me", "How Long", "Way of the Heart", "Still be getting over you". A nice remixed "NEW WORLD" with some extras!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exemplary pop singer-songwriter!, March 18, 2004

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Invisiboy2001 "invisiboy2001" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New World (Audio CD)

I first discovered this album (on vinyl, nonetheless!) in a bargain bin in the late '80s, back when I was a starving college kid. I bought it for the song "Goodbye My Friend"--which is a masterpiece--but I never dreamed that this album would become a vital part of my music collection. Fourteen years after purchasing the album for the first time, the CD is still on regular rotation in my stereo.

Karla Bonoff is best known for her early '80s hit "Personally," but her songs have been recorded by the likes of Linda Ronstadt ("All My Life," "Trouble Again," "Goodbye My Friend," "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me") and Wynona Judd ("Tell Me Why"), but Bonoff's recordings are the real deal--always brimming with deliciate expressiveness, eloquence, and respect for the listener.

On this CD, Bonoff's songwriting is invariably intelligent and expressive, and her voice is smooth and engaging (and she interprets others' songs with admirable panache). This is an excellent CD by a truly underrated, albeit supremely talented, performer! From the rhythmic pop of "Oh Mary" to the fragile heartache of "All Walk Alone," this CD is a thoroughly satisfying pop music experience. Add this CD to your collection today--you will be grateful!!!