Bread (album)

Bread
Bread
Studio album by Bread
Released	September 1969
Recorded	1969
Studio	Elektra, Hollywood, California
Genre	Soft rock
Length	35:29
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bread
Bread chronology
Singles from Bread
	"Dismal Day"; Released: August 1968; "It Don't Matter to Me"; Released: September 1970;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[2]
The Village Voice	C−^[3]

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

Bread peaked at #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. A re-recorded version of "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.

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

Side one

"Dismal Day" (Gates) – 2:21
"London Bridge" (Gates) – 2:32
"Could I" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:31
"Look at Me" (Gates) – 2:43
"The Last Time" (Griffin, Royer) – 4:10
"Any Way You Want Me" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:16

Side two

"Move Over" (Griffin) – 2:36
"Don't Shut Me Out" (Gates) – 2:39
"You Can't Measure the Cost" (Gates) – 3:22
"Family Doctor" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:15
"It Don't Matter to Me" (Gates) – 2:41
"Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Hallinan, Royer) – 3:54

Personnel

Bread

David Gates – lead vocals, guitars, bass, organ, piano, RMI electric piano, Moog synthesizer, violin, viola, percussion
James Griffin – lead vocals, guitars, percussion
Robb Royer – backing vocals, guitar, bass, RMI electric piano, piano, flute, recorder, percussion

Additional personnel

Jim Gordon – drums
Ron Edgar – 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

Chart (1969)	Position
US Pop Albums	127

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Thomas Erlewine, Steven. "Bread: Bread". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
^ Bangs, Lester (6 September 1969). "Bread". Rolling Stone (41). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 29. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ Christgau, Robert (September 18, 1969). "Consumer Guide (4)". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

[1] Thomas Erlewine, Steven. "Bread: Bread". allmusic.com. Allmusic.

[2] Bangs, Lester (6 September 1969). "Bread". Rolling Stone (41). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 29. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[3] Christgau, Robert (September 18, 1969). "Consumer Guide (4)". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

[AustraliaBreadBreadalbumCertRef-4] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

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v t e 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" "Diary" "The Guitar Man" "Sweet Surrender" "Aubrey" "Lost Without Your Love" "Hooked on You"
Other songs	"Hold Tight"