2024 the best of bread lp review
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VINYL RECORD
Package Dimensions : 12.44 x 12.36 x 0.12 inches; 8.11 ounces
Date First Available : August 24, 2018
ASIN : B07DTCSZSH
Number of discs : 1
Reviewer: Garry Daniel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Don't miscast your Bread upon the waters.
Review: Much too often a band like Bread will be catagorized and misplaced by casual listeners (or non fans). Those who only know them from the radio will think of them as a "soft rock" or "ballad" band, and failed to understand that there is a certain depth to thier music that doesn't always get a chance to show itself.Bread was miscast as a soft rock group because those songs were chosen by the label for release as singles back when 45s were the big thing. This has long been my favorite Bread album and deserves a deeper look. No doubt many people bought it because it contains "Make it with You", which is in itself a fine song and deserving of the success it achieved, but there is so much more to the On The Waters album than that.Just give a listen to "Why do you keep me waiting" or "Blue Satin Pillow" to see Bread's harder side. Not harder in that they cranked the amps up in an attempt to be something they weren't, but harder in that there was a more sarcastic, cynical side to them. Bread had a knack for creating good riffs and driving them along with good percussion, bass, and edgier lyrics than the soft singles would project. Even the softer songs on this album have a certain bite to them that is missing in later soft songs. Listen to "Look what you've done" or "I am that I am" to see what I mean. Even those songs build to a harder finish (instrumentally) than thier beginnings.Of all Bread's albums, this is the one than represents what the group wanted to be, and meant to be before the radio programmers and label heads took control. It's a shame that Bread didn't make more albums like On the Waters.They might have been given more respect as a band.
Reviewer: Amazon_Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Thanks, Skip Taylor, for lending me Bread and On The Waters 43 Years ago
Review: Really, my dorm R.A., Skip, lent me the first 2 albums, which convinced me to go to their concert - the one at which they tried IF on audiences to see if it was any good.More rock than the first album, filled with good, solid songs with the characteristic Gates/Griffin interplay - more than just great harmony and seeing whose high not could top whose, a rhythmic interplay that defined the group's style and made everyone want to hear more.Of course, Make It With You got/gets more air play than anything else and is as 1969-70 as any pop song, so listen to the rest and enjoy a sound that really WORKED and entertained us for far too few years. Good musicianship, solid voices, great ensemble.Oh, the tickets to the concert were $7.
Reviewer: Hal Harris
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Better than I remembered
Review: I haven't heard this album (see it's still an album to me) in years, and since I have always been a fan of David Gates I wanted to check it out again. I was amazed to find it to be much richer and more melodic than I remembered it. There are a couple of lazy cuts to be sure, but for the most part this is a standout CD. From the opening track "Why Do You Keep Me Waiting", to the rocking "Been Too Long On The Road" to the jazzy "I Want You With Me". I have not stopped listening to it.
Reviewer: qualityshopper
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love it
Review: When I was a kid my mom had this album. I would like to hear the song "I am that I am" over and over, I just couldn't hear that song enough. I remember, my mom would say don't turn it up to high, so I would sit with my ear to the speaker because I couldn't hear it loud enough! I wanted to feel the music etc... I forgot all about it.... Then that song came back to my memory. I was so young probably 7 or 8 back then.... I really like this one.....
Reviewer: Van Taylor
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: On the Waters, by Bread
Review: If you like Bread, then this album is for you. The music and the vocals are great. I heard this album for the first time in 1971 and got a copy of it, which I had for about 20 years. But music went from LPs to 8-track tapes, to cassette tapes., to CDs, and my record-player bit the dust.I was really happy to find this album again, after so many years, and I'm glad I've got it again. For me, this music just doesn't go out of style.
Reviewer: Suzanne Mack
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: all in one place
Review: I was surprised when I found what seemed like "bonus" songs on the CD. Apparently they were on the flip side of my old LP from 1970 all along but I rarely flipped it over. I love this CD because some of my favorite tunes on it never made it to any "Best Of" Bread CD's.
Reviewer: Kenneth Sandberg
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: gentle rock with very good vocals
Review: I have all the Bread albums, and this is one of the best. David Gates (the lead singer) does an excellent job on most of the songs, and the backup vocals are very good. The instrumental background is adequate (you are paying for the vocals, mostly), and I especially like "Easy Love" and "I Want You with Me." If you haven't sampled Bread, this is a good choice (perhaps a better choice is Best of Bread, but I digress).
Reviewer: Dan Rockett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Great music from David Gates and BREAD. I had forgotten about a couple of those songs. Thanks.!!!!
Reviewer: ALEKSANDRA
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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