The Best of Bread
Greatest hits album by
Bread
ReleasedMarch 1973
GenreSoft rock
Length33:25
60:14 (2001 re-issue)
LabelElektra
ProducerDavid Gates
Bread chronology
Guitar Man
(1972) 		The Best of Bread
(1973) 		The Best of Bread, Volume 2
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. The original album contains 12 songs that were first released between 1969 and 1972.

Release history

In addition to the usual 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Elektra in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1973. The quadraphonic version was released on LP record, 8-track tape and reel-to-reel tape. The quadraphonic LP was encoded using the Quadradisc system.

The 2001 CD re-issue by Rhino has eight additional tracks including several from the 1974 album The Best of Bread, Volume 2, along with the November 1976 single Lost Without Your Love.

In 2015 Audio Fidelity released the 12 song album on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Track listing

All songs written by David Gates except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Make It with You" – 3:15
  2. "Everything I Own" – 3:06
  3. "Diary" – 3:05
  4. "Baby I'm-a Want You" – 2:25
  5. "It Don't Matter to Me" – 2:41
  6. "If" – 2:33

Side two

  2. "Mother Freedom" – 2:55
  3. "Down on My Knees" (Gates, James Griffin) – 2:44
  4. "Too Much Love" (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 2:45
  5. "Let Your Love Go" – 2:25
  6. "Look What You've Done" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10
  7. "Truckin'" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:31

Additional tracks (2001 re-issue)

  2. "The Guitar Man" – 3:42
  3. "Aubrey" – 3:36
  4. "The Last Time" (Griffin, Royer) – 4:06
  5. "Sweet Surrender" – 2:33
  6. "He's a Good Lad" – 2:53
  7. "Daughter" – 3:17
  8. "Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Royer, Tim Hallinan) – 3:50
  9. "Lost Without Your Love" – 2:52
Tracks 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 appeared on 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Best of Bread
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "The Best of Bread". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Bread: The Best of Bread". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-03
  4. ^ "charts.nz Bread – The Best of Bread" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Bread Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1973". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  8. ^ "Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1974". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  9. ^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. ^ "Gold Downunder" (PDF). Cash Box. June 4, 1977. p. 58. Retrieved November 25, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – Bread – Best of Bread". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2012-03-03.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Best of Bread in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Bread – Best of Bread". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-03-03.


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