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Bread: James Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); David Gates (vocals, guitar, bass); Robb Royer (guitar, flute, keyboards); Mike Botts (drums).
Producers: David Gates, James Griffin, Robb Royer.
Recorded at Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California. Originally released on Elektra (74076). Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.
Bread broke big with their second album, thanks to David Gates' sentimental soft pop classic, "Make It With You" -- the song that set the standard for sensitive mellow pop ballads for the '70s and for years to come. Its pull is strong, but it's a bit misleading, since the group hardly just turns out a series of these lovely, luxurious pop tunes throughout the record. In fact, with the considerable assistance of Robb Royer and James Griffin, the group actually rocks it harder than Crosby Stills & Nash (if not CSNY, true enough), and they continue to show that the diversity and range of material they demonstrated on their debut was no fluke. If anything, "Make It With You" doesn't set the pace for the rest of the record, since even the softer moments, such as "Look What You've Done," isn't as lushly mellow as that -- there is more coloring through the guitars, and the songwriting has more edge and melody than that. Of course, this is hardly a hard rock record, but it's a first-class Californian pop record, one that is as blissful as a sunset when it lays back, and as incandescent as a day at the beach when the tempo is sprightly. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Bread's second album was its commercial breakthrough, and for good reason. The Los Angeles foursome created its signature commercially accessible sound with this album and refined it over its next several releases. Starting with ON THE WATERS, Bread became Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young without the rough edges.
The commercial brilliance of this subtle shift is obvious; Bread was one of the first bands with some rock credibility to be acceptable to the emerging adult-pop demographic that made the Carpenters megastars. ON THE WATERS contains the breakthrough hit "Make it With You," possibly the group's best single, and 11 other soft rock gems, including the lovely "Call on Me." On The Waters Music Review Purchase On The Waters CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Bread Guitar Man CD (1972)
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Personnel: David Gates (vocals, guitar, violin, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); James Griffin (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); Larry Knechtel (guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, keyboards); Michael Botts (drums, percussion).
Recording information: Elektra Sound recorders, Los Angeles, CA.
Illustrator: Bob Ziering.
Photographer: Frank Bez.
Arranger: David Gates.
Guitar Man is a classy album from Bread which provided David Gates with reason enough to go solo. Just listen to "Aubrey" to hear how the producer/singer/songwriter could create a strong track with little or no help from his fellow musicians. On the other hand, two of his strongest songs, "Sweet Surrender" and "The Guitar Man," are totally products ...
| | Bread Baby I'm-A Want You CD (1972)
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Baby I'm-A Want You is Bread's best album, showcasing its soft and hard sides (yes, Bread had a hard side) at their respective peaks. "Mother Freedom," with its crunchy James Griffin guitar solo, and the superb soft rocker "Baby I'm-A Want You" made a brilliant opening which the rest of the album had a hard time matching. The songs range from wistful sentimentality ("Diary") to spirited protest ...
| | Bread Lost Without Your Love CD (1977)
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Personnel: David Gates (vocals, guitar, violin, keyboards); James Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Larry Knechtel ...
| | Bread CD (1969)
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Bread: David Gates (vocals, guitar, violin, viola, acoustic & electric piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, bass, percussion); Robb Royer (vocals, guitar, flute, recorder, acoustic & electric pianos, bass, percussion), James Griffin (vocals, guitar, percussion).
Additional personnel: Jim Gordon (drums).
Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California. Originally released on Elektra (74044). Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.
Bread is seen as nothing but a wimp-pop band -- an impression which is justified, but it wipes out the fact that the group was quite good and rather slyly diverse in its early days, particularly on its debut, Bread. This is effectively ...
| | Bread Manna CD (1971)
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lso out of print on CD on Rhino (73504) - D01.
Bread: David Gates, James Griffin, Robb Royer, Mike Botts.
Producers: David Gates, James Griffin, Robb Royer.
Recorded at Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California. Originally released on Elektra (74086). Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso.
Bread's third album, Manna, isn't so much a step forward as it is a consolidation of strengths, as the group sharpens their skills and carves out their own identities. It's clear that the rift between David Gates and Robb Royer and James Griffin is beginning to take shape, as the album is evenly divided between Gates tunes and Royer/Griffin compositions. This benefits the album, since it spurs each member to greater heights, and they even tend to sequence the record in ways that support that sentiment -- Gates' "Let Your Love ...
| | David Gates First CD (1973)
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Personnel: David Gates; Jim Gordon , Jim Horn, John Guerin, Larry Carlton, Larry Knechtel, Mike Botts, Russ Kunkel.
First, David Gates "first" album away from Bread, begins with that distinctive voice and sound his band made famous when he was at the controls. On the initial track of this 1973 release, "Sailing Around the World," he sings "wish that I could start again." The problem here is that Bread had a groove, and a quick comparison is in order: Despite David Bowie's fame after splitting from the Spiders From Mars, rock & roll fans never felt the same way about that artist. So, too, with this soft rock maestro, and regardless of the on-key and in-control aspect of First, it's hard to get a handle on many of these nine original songs. It's a stellar cast behind the identifiable pop figure -- Jim Horn, Jim Gordon, Larry Carlton, Russ Kunkel, Mike Botts, and so on and so forth -- all providing a sterling foundation, ...
| | Neil Diamond Classics: The Early Years (1966-67) CD (1983)
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Also available in a 3-pack with THE JAZZ SINGER and BEAUTIFUL NOISE.
Audio Mixer: Neil Brody.
Photographer: Leonard Rapoport.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Jeff Barry; Neil Diamond.
Classics: The Early Years rounds up 12 highlights from Neil Diamond's recordings for Bang Records. These, of course, were Diamond's earliest recordings, and for many fans they remain among his very best work, and it's easy to see why -- not only are these terrific songs, but the productions don't oversell the songs. Even when strings grace the productions, there's a dark, brooding vibe to the ballads, and a crisp feeling to the pop songs. And while some of the songs won't be instantly recognizable, most of them will, because these are the tunes that made Diamond's reputation as a songwriter and performer: "Kentucky Woman," "Cherry, Cherry," "Solitary Man," "Thank ...
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