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by soft rock band Bread, released in

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. ''Bread'' peaked at #127 on the '' Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. The re-recorded track "It Don't Matter to Me" was issued as a single after the release of Bread's second album, ''

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'', and the #1 success of "

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" in the summer of 1970. "It Don't Matter to Me" peaked at #2 and #10 on ''Billboards Adult Contemporary and Pop Singles charts, respectively. The album's cover, with whimsical depictions of the band members photos on paper

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equating "bread" to

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Track listing

Side one #"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 Side two #"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

Bread

David Gates David Ashworth Gates (December 11, 1940 – January 5, 2023) was a American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts ...

– Hammond organ, bass,

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, RMI electric piano,

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, Moog synthesizer * James Griffin – vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards *

Robb Royer Robert Wilson Royer (born December 6, 1942, in Los Angeles) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the soft rock band Bread (band), Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a #5 UK/#1 US ...

– guitar, percussion, piano, RMI electric piano,

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, flute, bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Jim Gordon and Ron Edgar – drums

Production

*Producer: Bread *Engineer: Bruce Botnick *Production supervisor:

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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

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bread (Album) Bread (band) albums 1969 debut albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by David Gates Albums produced by Jimmy Griffin Albums produced by Robb Royer