Bread is the self-titled debut album

Album

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 by soft rock

Soft rock

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 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 1969

1969 in music

-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...

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Bread peaked at #127 on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart. A remake of "It Don't Matter to Me" charted in 1970 (see 1970 in music

1970 in music

- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....

) 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

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, refers to contemporary slang

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 equating "bread" to money

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Track listing

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
7. "Move Over" (Griffin) - 2:36
8. "Don't Shut Me Out" (Gates) - 2:39
9. "You Can't Measure the Cost" (Gates) - 3:22
10. "Family Doctor" (Griffin, Royer) - 2:15
11. "It Don't Matter to Me" (Gates) - 2:51
12. "Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Hallinan, Royer) - 3:54

Personnel

• David Gates
  David Gates
  David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
  
   - organ
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  , bass
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  , guitar
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  , percussion
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  , piano
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  , fiddle
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  , keyboards
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  , electric piano
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  , viola
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  , Vocals
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  , Moog synthesizer
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• James Griffin
  Jimmy Griffin
  James Arthur Griffin was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the 1970s rock band Bread.-Early life:An Academy Award winning songwriter, Griffin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons...
  
   - guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Robb Royer
  Robb Royer
  Robert Wilson "Robb" Royer was the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter with Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a #5 UK/#1 US hit single with "Make It With You"...
  
   - bass, flute
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  , guitar, percussion, piano, electric piano, recorder
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  , vocals

Additional personnel

• Ron Edgar - drums
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• Jim Gordon
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   - drums

Production

• Producer: Bread
• Engineer: Bruce Botnick
  Bruce Botnick
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• Production supervisor: Jac Holzman
  Jac Holzman
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• 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 (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Pop Albums	127

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"It Don't Matter To Me"	Adult Contemporary	2
1970	"It Don't Matter To Me"	Pop Singles	10