The Best of Bread
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If they are to believed, David Gates and the other members of Bread never intended to become the enduring icons of a subgenre they virtually invented: soft rock. Indeed, scattered throughout this expanded edition of a perennial bestselling catalog album are tuneful evidence of their original intent, as one band mate said, "to make the '60s last a little longer." But it's the familiar, largely Gates-penned and -sung hit singles that remain the band's legacy, from "Make It with You" through the reunited band's last hurrah, "Lost Without Your Love." Though they've become oft-mocked clichés, these are singles informed with a rare, often complex melodic sense, delivered with a deceptively breezy tone by one of pop's purest tenors. Gates and Bread clearly colored artists as diverse as '80s MOR icon Christopher Cross and nouveau singer-songwriter David Mead. --Jerry McCulley
If they are to believed, David Gates and the other members of Bread never intended to become the enduring icons of a subgenre they virtually invented: soft rock. Indeed, scattered throughout this expanded edition of a perennial bestselling catalog album are tuneful evidence of their original intent, as one band mate said, "to make the '60s last a little longer." But it's the familiar, largely Gates-penned and -sung hit singles that remain the band's legacy, from "Make It with You" through the reunited band's last hurrah, "Lost Without Your Love." Though they've become oft-mocked clichés, these are singles informed with a rare, often complex melodic sense, delivered with a deceptively breezy tone by one of pop's purest tenors. Gates and Bread clearly colored artists as diverse as '80s MOR icon Christopher Cross and nouveau singer-songwriter David Mead. --Jerry McCulley
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- Super!
I originally got this for my mom and I got into them very quickly! I love soft rock so this is a fantastic album to listen to : ) Some of my favourite songs are "The Guitar Man", "Make It With You", "Diary", and "If". I recommend this to anyone even if they are not into 70s music!
Rating: - The BEST "Best of Bread"
There are a few "Best of" compilations available (they did, after all, turn out a TON of songs!), but I think this is the best single-disc one.
Recommended.
Rating: - Good one-disc compilation
This album covers all the major hits and most of their well-known songs.Of course, any one who wasn't brain dead back in the early seventies is probably familiar with many songs from the original albums and is well aware of all the good album cuts that did not get on this release.So the five stars is mainly for the music.That said, the songs on this album represent the softer, poppier side of the band.Most, if not all, are recognizable to any listener.They are mostly well-crafted, melodic ... Read More
Rating: - Great Album
This is a great album and I would recommend.I was born in 1969 so I didn't get to enjoy most of these songs when they first came out but I heard them a lot over the years as I was growing up.Again, this is a very good album (my favorite song is Baby I'm-a Want You) and you will enjoy it.
Rating: - An all-time Romantic Ballad Classic Collection!
In the mid-70s, I was (and still am) into some very hard rock like Montrose, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stones, etc. Didn't matter though. Like any true music head, you know great music when you hear it. At the time, I was head-over-heels in love with "my first;" a girl who melted my heart all through high school. When the LP was first released, I bought it for her birthday as a way to say everything I was unable to put into words. (and after all, she wasn't into Montrose, Zeppelin, Sabbath, OR the Stones!) ... Read More
- Super!I originally got this for my mom and I got into them very quickly! I love soft rock so this is a fantastic album to listen to : ) Some of my favourite songs are "The Guitar Man", "Make It With You", "Diary", and "If". I recommend this to anyone even if they are not into 70s music!
- The BEST "Best of Bread"There are a few "Best of" compilations available (they did, after all, turn out a TON of songs!), but I think this is the best single-disc one.
Recommended.
- Good one-disc compilationThis album covers all the major hits and most of their well-known songs.Of course, any one who wasn't brain dead back in the early seventies is probably familiar with many songs from the original albums and is well aware of all the good album cuts that did not get on this release.So the five stars is mainly for the music.That said, the songs on this album represent the softer, poppier side of the band.Most, if not all, are recognizable to any listener.They are mostly well-crafted, melodic ... Read More
- Great AlbumThis is a great album and I would recommend.I was born in 1969 so I didn't get to enjoy most of these songs when they first came out but I heard them a lot over the years as I was growing up.Again, this is a very good album (my favorite song is Baby I'm-a Want You) and you will enjoy it.
- An all-time Romantic Ballad Classic Collection!In the mid-70s, I was (and still am) into some very hard rock like Montrose, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stones, etc. Didn't matter though. Like any true music head, you know great music when you hear it. At the time, I was head-over-heels in love with "my first;" a girl who melted my heart all through high school. When the LP was first released, I bought it for her birthday as a way to say everything I was unable to put into words. (and after all, she wasn't into Montrose, Zeppelin, Sabbath, OR the Stones!) ... Read More
