Bread (album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Bread
| Cover = BreadBread.jpg
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
| Released = 1969
| Recorded = Elektra Sound Recorders
| Genre = [[Soft Rock]]
| Length = 35:29
| Label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| Producer = [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uya9kett7q7z~T1 link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bread/albums/album/90587/review/5946037/bread link]
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Bread''''' <br /> (1969)
| Next album = ''[[On the Waters]]'' <br /> (1970)
}}
'''''Bread''''' is the self-titled debut [[album]] by [[soft rock]] band [[Bread (band)|Bread]], released in [[1969]] (see [[1969 in music]]).
''Bread'' peaked at #127 on [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]]'s (North America) Pop Albums chart. The single "It Don't Matter to Me" charted in [[1970]] (see [[1970 in music]]) after the release of Bread's second album. It 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==
#"Dismal Day" (Gates) - 2:21
#"London Bridge" (Gates) - 2:32
#"Could I" (Griffin, Royer) - 3:31
#"Look at Me" (Gates) - 2:43
#"The Last Time" (Griffin, Royer) - 4:10
#"Any Way You Want Me" (Griffin, Royer) - 3:16
#"Move Over" (Griffin) - 2:36
#"Don't Shut Me Out" (Gates) - 2:39
#"You Can't Measure the Cost" (Gates) - 3:22
#"Family Doctor" (Griffin, Royer) - 2:15
#"It Don't Matter to Me" (Gates) - 2:51
#"Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Hallinan, Royer) - 3:54
==Personnel==
*[[David Gates]] - [[organ (music)|organ]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[guitar]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[piano]], [[fiddle]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[electric piano]], [[viola]], [[vocals]], [[Moog synthesizer]]
*James Griffin - guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
*Robb Royer - bass, [[flute]], guitar, percussion, piano, electric piano, [[recorder]], 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 magazine|Billboard]] (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1969
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|127
|-
|}
'''Singles''' - Billboard (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1970
|align="left"|"It Don't Matter To Me"
|align="left"|Adult Contemporary
|align="left"|2
|-
|align="left"|1970
|align="left"|"It Don't Matter To Me"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|10
|-
|}
[[Category:Bread albums]]
[[Category:1969 albums]]
[[Category:Debut albums]]
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