The Best of Bread
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The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum
compilation album
by the band Bread
released in 1973 by Elektra Records
. Later re-issues have additional tracks including several from 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2
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LP
side A:
LP side B:
Additional tracks added to the 2001 CD
re-issue:
RIAA certification
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compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by the band Bread
Bread (band)
Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock....
released in 1973 by Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
. Later re-issues have additional tracks including several from 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2
The Best of Bread, Volume 2
The Best of Bread, Volume 2 is a 1974 compilation album by the band Bread.- Track listing :All songs written by David Gates except as noted.LP Side A# "Sweet Surrender" – 2:35# "Fancy Dancer" – 3:31# "The Guitar Man" – 3:55...
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Track listing
- All songs written by David Gates except as noted.
LP
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
side A:
- "Make It with YouMake It with You"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop/rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member.The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album On the Waters...
" - 3:11 - "Everything I OwnEverything I Own"Everything I Own" is a song written by David Gates. Originally recorded by Gates's band Bread for their 1972 album Baby, I'm a Want You, the single was recorded by The Connells, Jack Jones, Ken Boothe, Olivia Newton-John, Georgie Fame, Boy George, *NSYNC, Jude, Rod Stewart, Crystal Gayle, Nicole...
" - 3:05 - "Diary" - 3:05
- "Baby I'm-a Want YouBaby I'm-a Want You (song)"Baby I'm-a Want You" is the title of a popular song by the American pop-rock band Bread. The single was released in October 1971 . It became the title track for the album of the same name, released in January 1972....
" - 2:26 - "It Don't Matter to Me" - 2:46
- "IfIf (Bread song)"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, the song charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart...
" - 2:32
LP side B:
- "Mother Freedom" - 2:31
- "Down on My Knees" (David Gates, James Griffin) - 2:42
- "Too Much Love" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) - 2:43
- "Let Your Love Go"- 2:20
- "Look What You've Done" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) - 3:09
- "Truckin'" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) - 2:30
Additional tracks added to the 2001 CD
Compact Disc
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re-issue:
- "The Guitar ManThe Guitar Man"The Guitar Man" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. It first appeared on Bread's 1972 album, Guitar Man. The song is a mixture of the sounds of soft rock, including strings and acoustic guitar, and the addition of a...
" - 3:42 - "AubreyAubrey (song)"Aubrey" is a song written and composed by David Gates, and originally recorded by the Pop/Rock group Bread, of which Gates was the leader and primary music producer...
" - 3:36 - "The Last Time" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) - 4:06
- "Sweet SurrenderSweet Surrender (David Gates song)"Sweet Surrender" is a song written by David Gates and performed by Bread. The single was the second release from the album Guitar Man and was the last of four number ones for Bread on the US Easy Listening chart. "Sweet Surrender" spent two weeks at number one on the chart, while on the Billboard...
" - 2:33 - "He's a Good Lad" - 2:53
- "Daughter" - 3:17
- "Friends and Lovers" (James Griffin, Robb Royer, Tim Hallinan) - 3:50
- "Lost Without Your Love" - 2:52
- Tracks 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 appeared on 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2The Best of Bread, Volume 2The Best of Bread, Volume 2 is a 1974 compilation album by the band Bread.- Track listing :All songs written by David Gates except as noted.LP Side A# "Sweet Surrender" – 2:35# "Fancy Dancer" – 3:31# "The Guitar Man" – 3:55...
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