Bread (album)

Bread
Studio album by Bread
Released September, 1969
Recorded Elektra Sound Recorders
Genre Soft Rock
Length 35:29
Label Elektra
Producer Bread
Bread chronology

Bread
(1969)		 On the Waters
(1970)
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Bread is the self-titled debut album by soft rock band Bread, released in 1969.

Bread peaked at #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The 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

  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, Royer) - 3:54

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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" Hot 100 10