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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a fantastic CD, and brought back loads of happy memories of the 70s! All the great songs are there - including If, Make it with you, Everything I Own and Baby I'm a Want You. My only disappointment is that, strangely, someone has decided to replace the lovely song Aubrey (which was on the original Sound of Bread on vinyl) with Just Like Yesterday. It's a nice song but I prefer Aubrey. Buy this album - you'll love it!
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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Nostalgia is big business these days but I was still surprised to see this hit the top 20 on release last week. After all this band are never mentioned when seventies retrospectives are regularly unleashed on our screens. Nor do they feature in music magazines such as Uncut, Mojo or Record Collector which regularly feature articles of long since disbanded groups.I suppose their brand of soft(sometimes VERY soft) rock is so far out of fashion these days.
It goes without saying that Bread were huge in the early seventies. "Make it With You" was their biggest UK hit and covers of "Everything I Own" and "If" were number one hits for Ken Boothe and Telly Savalas within a six month period in the mid seventies. Their versions are radically different to the originals which are included on this disc.
The band split in 1973 but reunited for a final album in 1976(perhaps they kneaded the dough!-sorry). This compilation, spanning their entire career, was originally released the following year.
We are constantly reminded of how punk killed off a lot of "dinosaur" acts when it burst on the scene in 1977. True it was a breath of fresh air but if you look at the facts-both Yes and ELP scored their biggest UK hits in that year. This compilation originally reached number one and outsold The Eagles and The Sex Pistols in 1977.
By the time of it's release, Bread were no more. Tensions between lead singer David Gates and guitarist James Griffin could not be resolved. However the band reconvened for a succesful reunion tour in 1997. Sadly, any further reunion prospects have disappeared with the deaths of Griffin and drummer Mike Botts both within weeks of each other in the last twelve months.
If you like melodic well crafted songs you can do no better than buy this. Given that other compilations released over the years feature more or less the same songs(1985's Anthology has just one change), I think you can gather from that that this is all the Bread you will need.
It goes without saying that Bread were huge in the early seventies. "Make it With You" was their biggest UK hit and covers of "Everything I Own" and "If" were number one hits for Ken Boothe and Telly Savalas within a six month period in the mid seventies. Their versions are radically different to the originals which are included on this disc.
The band split in 1973 but reunited for a final album in 1976(perhaps they kneaded the dough!-sorry). This compilation, spanning their entire career, was originally released the following year.
We are constantly reminded of how punk killed off a lot of "dinosaur" acts when it burst on the scene in 1977. True it was a breath of fresh air but if you look at the facts-both Yes and ELP scored their biggest UK hits in that year. This compilation originally reached number one and outsold The Eagles and The Sex Pistols in 1977.
By the time of it's release, Bread were no more. Tensions between lead singer David Gates and guitarist James Griffin could not be resolved. However the band reconvened for a succesful reunion tour in 1997. Sadly, any further reunion prospects have disappeared with the deaths of Griffin and drummer Mike Botts both within weeks of each other in the last twelve months.
If you like melodic well crafted songs you can do no better than buy this. Given that other compilations released over the years feature more or less the same songs(1985's Anthology has just one change), I think you can gather from that that this is all the Bread you will need.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM BACK IN 1977, AND IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DIM THE LIGHTS AND LISTEN ALBUMS, WITH TRACKS MAKE IT WITH YOU, IF AND BABY IM A WANT YOU.BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH TONE - DEAF, WHY REMOVE AUBREY. SINCE I STARTED BUYING CDS 20 YEARS NOW,THIS IS ONE ALBUM I HAVE BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR WITH NO LUCK. THEN I NOTICED THAT 'BREADS' ANTHOLOGY CD HAS THE SAME TRACK LISTING AS THE SOUND OF BREAD VYNL SO I GOT THIS CD INSTEAD, SO I NEVER BOUGHT THE SOUND OF BREAD. SO DONT LET ME PUT YOU OFF BUYING THIS CD BUT IF YOU WANT THE SONGS ON THE ORIGINAL BUY THE ANTHOLOGY. THAT IS WHY I GAVE IT 4 STARS WHEN YOU CAN BUY THE 5 STAR ANTHOLOGY.
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The Sound Of Bread (International Release)
Very, very cheap!! Bought as an album I owned years ago.. To be honest music sounds very simple and dated now - hey ho!
Published 4 months ago by Mark Corps
A good slice of Bread
I am perfectly happy with the purchase of my Bread CD and it was delivered very quickly and effeciently. Many thanks for a good quality product.
Published 13 months ago by Joseph Little
The Sound of Bread is Excellent!
Although I was very young when Bread were popular, I have, over the years, collected a lot of music from the early 1970s, and thought I'd give this a try when I saw it in a local... Read more
Published 17 months ago by bluebird
Good music
Bought this cd for my wife who is over the moon with it, I'm not a Bread fan but must admit that this is good driving music. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. Keith Howland
Bread
Loved the group during the 60s. Have their LP!
Was on holiday last year and someone was letting me hear it on their mp3 player. Just had to buy it when I got home.
Was on holiday last year and someone was letting me hear it on their mp3 player. Just had to buy it when I got home.
Published 22 months ago by Tipsysmum
Easy Pop/Rock That's Difficult To Beat.
The Sound of Bread is all the Bread I need plus a little more.
All the hits (I/ve ever heard) and more are here, some I had almost forgotton how good they are and others are... Read more
All the hits (I/ve ever heard) and more are here, some I had almost forgotton how good they are and others are... Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by J. Thompson
The Sound of Bread
I bought this CD for a friend who had been trying to find Bread discs for a while. So I had a look on AMAZON and there were a good selection of Bread CDs to choose from. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by N. Atkinson
Not Impressed
WTF, have waited 20 years for this to be released on CD, at last (I said) when I saw it on the shelf in Virgin this week. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2006 by tone-deaf
Classic 70's
Although you may not become a convert to their style of music this band is certainly up there with the best of the 70's era. Totally agree about the missing 'Aubrey' track. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2006 by Steveml
A little too easy listening........
Everyone knows one or two Bread tracks,myself included. The problem is, when you listen to this album, it gets a bit too sickly sweet. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2006 by Dino Amore'
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