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Bread (album)

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Released
  
September 1969

Length
  
35:29

Producer
  
Bread

Genre
  
Soft rock

Label
  
Elektra

Recorded
  
Elektra Sound Recorders

Bread is the self-titled debut album by soft rock band Bread, released in 1969.

Contents

Bread peaked at #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The re-recorded track "It Don't Matter to Me" was issued as a single after the release of Bread's second album, On the Waters, and the #1 success of "Make It with You" in the summer of 1970. "It Don't Matter to Me" peaked at #2 and #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and Pop Singles charts, respectively.

The album's cover, with whimsical depictions of the band members photos on paper currency, refers to contemporary slang equating "bread" to money.

Track listing

  1. "Dismal Day" (Gates) - 2:21
  2. "London Bridge" (Gates) - 2:32
  3. "Could I" (Griffin, Royer) - 3:31
  4. "Look at Me" (Gates) - 2:43
  5. "The Last Time" (Griffin, Royer) - 4:10
  6. "Any Way You Want Me" (Griffin, Royer) - 3:16
  7. "Move Over" (Griffin) - 2:36
  8. "Don't Shut Me Out" (Gates) - 2:39
  9. "You Can't Measure the Cost" (Gates) - 3:22
  10. "Family Doctor" (Griffin, Royer) - 2:15
  11. "It Don't Matter to Me" (Gates) - 2:51
  12. "Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Royer) - 3:54

Personnel

  • David Gates - Hammond organ, bass, guitars, percussion, piano, violin, keyboards, RMI electric piano, viola, vocals, Moog synthesizer
  • James Griffin - vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards
  • Robb Royer - guitar, percussion, piano, RMI electric piano, recorder, flute, bass, backing vocals

    • Additional personnel

  • Ron Edgar - drums
  • Jim Gordon - drums

    • Production

  • Producer: Bread
  • Engineer: Bruce Botnick
  • Production supervisor: Jac Holzman
  • Art direction: William S. Harvey, Coco Shinomiya
  • Cover art concept: William S. Harvey
  • Cover art: Abe Gurvin
  • Design: Bryan Rackleff
  • Photography: Ed Caraeff
  • Liner Notes: Barry Alfonso

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    References

    Bread (album) Wikipedia
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