Bread Albums Ranked
Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977. The band was fronted by David Gates (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), with Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion) and Robb Royer (bass guitar, guitar, flute, keyboards, percussion, recorder, backing vocals). On their first album session musicians, Ron Edgar played drums and Jim Gordon played drums, percussion, and piano. Mike Botts became their permanent drummer when he joined in the summer of 1969, and Larry Knechtel replaced Royer in 1971, playing keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, and harmonica. Here are all of the Bread albums ranked.
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7. On The Waters(1970)
“Of all Bread’s albums, this is the one than represents what the group wanted to be, and meant to be before the radio programmers and label heads took control. It’s a shame that Bread didn’t make more albums like On the Waters. They might have been given more respect as a band.”
6. Manna (1971)
“Not one weak song on here. It opens with two songs, that give a false impression, this might be a heavier album. ‘Let your love go’ is one of their best rockers, showing Gates could do other styles, not just ballads. ‘Take comfort’ goes from really bluesy bits to ballady bits in the middle and it really works, showing Griffin and Royer were as talented as the genius Gates.”
5. Guitar Man (1972)
“This album is one prime example of why. David has consistently provided beautiful melodies with easy, sensitive lyrics. His last album was a country album called “Love Is Always Seventeen,” which was a genre-crossing mix of pop and country, co-produced and performed with Billy Dean. But back to this gem. “Guitar Man,” and “Aubrey” were the big hits off of this album, and they still stand the test of time.”
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4. Bread (1969)
“The sound quality on this atmospheric, nostalgic collection does the group’s excellent musicianship justice. There are hints of CSNY swirling around and some Beatles influence also. Many of the tracks are surprisingly upbeat and rhythmic, gently rocking. It is not all contemplative romantic material.”
3. The Best Of Bread (1973)
” There are some memories to be had here and all of these songs were popular. It is not hard to forget the plaintive, “Everything I Own” or the wistful, “If”. There are few tear-jerkers more successful than, “Diary”. However, “Bread” proves to be a rocker band as well, with cuts like, “Mother Freedom” and “Down On My Knees”. But “Bread” will be remembered mostly for their ballads. The other collection, “Anthology” also has twenty songs but changed four of them.”
2. Baby I’m-A Want You (1972)
“This album brings together some of Bread’s best ballads and a few strong rock songs too. They often seem to start an album with a rocky song, and ‘Mother freedom’ is arguably the heaviest song they have ever done. It is also excellent and catchy, and I don’t really like this sort of music, so that is saying something! ‘Down on my knees’ is also fairly upbeat and catchy, but not as good.”
1. The Sound Of Bread: Their 20 Finest Songs (1977)
“I think ‘Bread’ was the best band of this genre. This is a very good selection. The sound is great. Once in a while, I just love to listen to it and let my mind drift back to when I was a much younger man. It brings back good memories. The bad ones I simply sweep aside. If you like ’70s soft rock, this is the one to have. Really.”