Bread (album)

Bread
Studio album by Bread
Released	September 1969
Recorded	Elektra Sound Recorders
Genre	Soft rock
Length	35:29
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bread
Bread chronology
Bread (1969) On the Waters (1970)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[1]

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

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
David Gates Jimmy Griffin Robb Royer Mike Botts Larry Knechtel
Studio albums	Bread On the Waters Manna Baby I'm-a Want You Guitar Man Lost Without Your Love
Compilation albums	The Best of Bread The Best of Bread, Volume 2 The Sound of Bread Anthology of Bread
Hit singles	"Make It with You" "It Don't Matter to Me" "If" "Baby I'm-a Want You" "Everything I Own" "The Guitar Man" "Sweet Surrender" "Aubrey" "Lost Without Your Love"
Related articles	Discography Elektra Records Rhino Records Warner Music Group
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