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Restless Nights (Karla Bonoff album)

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Restless Nights
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
StudioThe Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop, MOR
Length37:19
LabelColumbia
ProducerKenny Edwards
Karla Bonoff chronology
Karla Bonoff
(1977)
Restless Nights
(1979)
Wild Heart of the Young
(1982)

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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

Rolling Stone's Don Shewey dismissed Bonoff's work as "sappy, MOR schlock," but noted that "Trouble Again" and "Baby Don't Go" are "fast, fun and disposable — i.e., everything a pop single should be... The remainder of Restless Nights is insufferable sludge."[4] 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."[5]

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

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All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Trouble Again"Bonoff, Kenny Edwards3:37
2."Restless Nights" 5:18
3."The Letter" 2:47
4."When You Walk in the Room"Jackie DeShannon3:00
5."Only a Fool" 6:07
6."Baby Don't Go"Bonoff, Kenny Edwards3:19
7."Never Stop Her Heart" 4:49
8."Loving You" 3:26
9."The Water Is Wide"Traditional4:56

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd Edition, p. 41. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7631-8
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b Restless Nights at AllMusic
  4. ^ Shewey, Don. "Restless Nights", Rolling Stone, December 13, 1979, p. 86.
  5. ^ Rockwell, John (7 Sep 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C19.