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The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs
Compilation album by
Bread
Released1977
Genre Soft rock
Label Elektra
Alternative cover / title
1985 U.S. release, Anthology of Bread
The Sound of Bread, Their 16 Finest Songs
Compilation album by
Bread
Released1982
Genre Soft rock
Label K-Tel

The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs is a compilation album by American soft rock band, Bread, released in November 1977 by Elektra Records in the UK. It reached Number 1 on the UK Album Chart. The album was issued in the US in 1985 as Anthology of Bread.

The Sound of Bread, Their 16 Finest Songs is a different Bread compilation album released in 1982 in the US by K-tel.

Track listing

The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs / Anthology of Bread

LP side A:

  1. " Make It with You"
  2. "Dismal Day"
  3. "London Bridge"
  4. "Any Way You Want Me"
  5. "Look What You've Done"
  6. " It Don't Matter to Me"
  7. "The Last Time"
  8. "Let Your Love Go"
  9. "Truckin'"
  10. " If"

LP side B:

  1. " Baby I'm-a Want You"
  2. " Everything I Own"
  3. "Down on My Knees"
  4. "Just Like Yesterday" (...Their 20 Finest Songs) or " Aubrey" (Anthology...) [1]
  5. " Diary"
  6. " Sweet Surrender"
  7. " The Guitar Man"
  8. "Fancy Dancer"
  9. "She's the Only One"
  10. " Lost Without Your Love"

The Sound of Bread, Their 16 Finest Songs

LP side A:

  1. " Make It with You"
  2. " The Guitar Man"
  3. "Been Too Long on the Road"
  4. "London Bridge"
  5. "It Don't Matter to Me"
  6. "Let Your Love Go"
  7. " If"
  8. "Mother Freedom"

LP side B:

  1. " Baby I'm-a Want You"
  2. " Everything I Own"
  3. " Aubrey"
  4. "Diary"
  5. "He's a Good Lad"
  6. "Sweet Surrender"
  7. "Dismal Day"
  8. "Lost Without Your Love"

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom ( BPI) [8] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Some sources indicate that "Just Like Yesterday" was replaced with "Aubrey" in the 2nd edition of the Sound of Bread, Their 20... LP release, or there may have been only a misprint on the album cover ( jlindquist.net link - see note 'GG') also (discogs.com link - see "Notes")
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 269. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bread – The Sound of Bread" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – Bread – The Sound of Bread". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ^ "British album certifications – Bread – The Sound of Bread". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  • Elektra K 56062 (1977 LP, ...Their 20 Finest Songs)
  • K-Tel PNU 9960 (1982 LP. ...Their 16 Finest Songs aka Warner Special Products OP-1526)
  • Elektra 60414 (1985 LP, Anthology of Bread)
  • Elektra 9 60414-2 (2004 CD, Anthology of Bread)
  • Elektra 8122747562 (2006 CD, ...Their 20 Finest Songs - also - WEA International 74756)
  • The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs at Allmusic.com ( link)
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