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''Manna'' is the third studio
album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by American
soft rock Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ...
band
Bread Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
, released in 1971. The title, like that of the preceding album ''
On the Waters ''On the Waters'' is the second album by Bread, released in July 1970. After the commercial failure of their first album, Gates, Griffin and Royer, along with studio drummer Mike Botts, returned to the studio in a second attempt to make a hit rec ...
'', is a
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pun on the name Bread, in this case the
manna Manna ( he, מָן, mān, ; ar, اَلْمَنُّ; sometimes or archaically spelled mana) is, according to the Bible, an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period follow ...
from Heaven which was fed to the
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. Although it was not literally bread (the word "manna" simply means "What is it?") it has often been metaphorically described as bread from Heaven.
The singles "Let Your Love Go" and "If" were released from this album. ''
Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with '' Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 under the name ''Music Vendor'', but in 1964 it was changed to ''Record Wo ...
'' said "Let Your Love Go" has a "heavier sound than usual from hegroup." ''
Cash Box ''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', was an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online ...
'' said that it "brings a new strength to the act's vocal sound, rumpling a bit of the letter-perfect smoothness of their first two hits."


Track listing

;Side one #"Let Your Love Go" (David Gates) – 2:25 #"Take Comfort" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:33 #"Too Much Love" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:46 #" If" (Gates) – 2:36 #"Be Kind to Me" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:04 #"He's a Good Lad" (Gates) – 2:59 ;Side two #
  • "She Was My Lady" (Gates) – 2:51 #"Live in Your Love" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:46 #"What a Change" (Gates) – 3:40 #"I Say Again" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:52 #"Come Again" (Gates) – 4:03 #"Truckin'" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:32


    Personnel

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    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 i ...
    - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, violin, bass * James Griffin - vocals, guitar, keyboards * Robb Royer - guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals *
    Mike Botts Michael Gene Botts (December 8, 1944 – December 9, 2005) was an American drummer, best known for his work with 1970s soft rock band Bread, and as a session musician. During his career, he recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonoff, Andrew G ...
    - drums, percussion


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    1971 albums Bread (band) albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by David Gates Albums produced by Jimmy Griffin Albums produced by Robb Royer {{1970s-pop-album-stub