''On the Waters'' is the second

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, 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 record. Thanks largely to the success of the coinciding single Make It With You / Why Do You Keep Me Waiting, the album was a success, peaking at 12 on

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Track listing

Side One #"Why Do You Keep Me Waiting" – 2:32 (Griffin, Royer) #"

Make It with You "Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by American pop- rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member. Gates and drummer Mike Botts are the only members of the group to appear on the recording which was a No ...

" – 3:18 (Gates) #"Blue Satin Pillow" – 2:29 (Gates) #"Look What You've Done" – 3:14 (Griffin, Royer) #"I Am That I Am" – 3:20 (Griffin, Royer) #"Been Too Long on the Road" – 4:53 (Gates) Side Two #"I Want You with Me" – 2:52 (Gates, Griffin) #"Coming Apart" – 3:30 (Griffin, Royer) #"Easy Love" – 2:28 (Griffin, Royer) #"In the Afterglow" – 2:38 (Gates) #"Call on Me" – 4:03 (Griffin, Royer) #"The Other Side of Life" – 2:02 (Gates)

Personnel

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 Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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, bass,

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* James Griffin -

, bass *

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 ...

, bass,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

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 A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

References

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