CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE

KARLA BONOFF (Columbia):: I like this woman, who strikes me as sexy and Sensible and almost as wise as she wants to be. But there's something self-pitying and slightly sheeplike in her voice that turns me off. And even though I've been humming "I Can't Hold On" for three days and enjoying the rest of side one when it comes on (forget side two—Lady Wimp), I suspect I'll be going to Fleetwood Mac when I want that sort of buzz in the future.