Bread
Studio album by
Bread
ReleasedSeptember 1969
RecordedElektra Sound Recorders, 1969, Hollywood, California
GenreSoft rock
Length35:29
LabelElektra
ProducerBread
Bread chronology
Bread
(1969) 		On the Waters
(1970)
Singles from Bread
  1. "Dismal Day"
    Released: August 1968
  2. "It Don't Matter to Me"
    Released: September 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[2]
The Village VoiceC−[3]

Bread is the 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

Side one

  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

Side two

  1. "Move Over" (Griffin) – 2:36
  2. "Don't Shut Me Out" (Gates) – 2:39
  3. "You Can't Measure the Cost" (Gates) – 3:22
  4. "Family Doctor" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:15
  5. "It Don't Matter to Me" (Gates) – 2:51
  6. "Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Hallinan, Royer) – 3:54

Personnel

Bread

Additional personnel

Production

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

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