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)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Pop Albums	127

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"It Don't Matter To Me"	Adult Contemporary	2
1970	"It Don't Matter To Me"	Hot 100	10

References

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