''Wild Heart of the Young'' is the third album by singer/songwriter

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. The album includes Bonoff's only Top 40 hit, " Personally", which peaked at No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart.Whitburn, Joel (2000). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition'', p. 76. Billboard Books, New York. It is unusual in that it was not written by Bonoff.

Track listing

All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted.

Reception

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s Stephen Holden notes that with this album Bonoff "has finally stopped playing the role of the passive loser…" and "strengthened her style to the point that she no longer sounds like an all-too-willing victim of love." He relates that " her finest performance, she turns Paul Kelly's " Personally,"… into a sly tour de force of sexual tease." And concludes of the album that "at its best it says goodbye to the smoggy, posh romanticism of Seventies L.A. with a confident kick of the heels."

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's William Ruhlmann retrospectively describes "Personally" as "a coy and catchy pop song utterly uncharacteristic of Bonoff's other work." He opines that "Bonoff's original songs, which made up the bulk of the album, simply were not up to the standard set by her debut, and ''Wild Heart Of The Young'' was the weakest of her three Columbia Records albums."

Charts

Weekly charts

Year End Charts

Charting singles

Sound track

"Wild Heart of the Young" is the sound track in the season five episode of ''The Wonder Years'' "Broken Hearts and Burgers," even though the episode itself was set in the summer of 1972, exactly ten years before the song was released. It was also used in an episode of the mid-1980s soap opera ''

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Personnel

*Karla Bonoff – lead vocals,

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, acoustic guitar,

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, backing vocals *

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– drums,

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–

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, electric guitar *

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– electric guitar, electric piano, organ, percussion, backing vocals *

Danny Kortchmar Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, Gr ...

- electric guitar *

Kenny Edwards Kenneth Michael Edwards (February 10, 1946 – August 18, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, mandolinist, and session musician. He was a founding member of the Stone Poneys and Bryndle and a long-time collaborator wi ...

– electric guitar, backing vocals *

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– organ, electric piano, synthesizer * Bill Payne – synthesizer, organ *Steve Forman – percussion *Ira Ingber – electric guitar *

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– electric guitar *

Waddy Wachtel Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy ...

– electric guitar *

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*Mark Jordan – organ *Phil Kenzie – saxophone * Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, J. D. Souther,

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, Brock Walsh – backing vocals

References

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