Baby I'm-a Want You

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{{Infobox album

| name = Baby I'm-a Want You

| type = studio

| artist = Bread

| cover = Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1972

| recorded = 1971

| studio = Sound Recorders, Los Angeles; Sound Labs, Los Angeles

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 34:52

| label = Elektra, re-released on Rhino in 1995, and in 2019 by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs SACD-Hybrid

| producer = David Gates

| prev_title = Manna

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Guitar Man

| next_year = 1972

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Baby I'm-a Want You

| type = studio

| single1 = Mother Freedom

| single1date = July 1971

| single2 = Baby I'm-a Want You

| single2date = October 23, 1971

| single3 = Everything I Own

| single3date = January 29, 1972

| single4 = Diary

| single4date = April 1972

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2613}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = (not rated) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071002032716/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bread/albums/album/134368/review/5946793/baby_ima_want_you Rolling Stone Review]

}}

Baby I'm-a Want You is the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut (which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top 100), "Everything I Own" (No. 5), "Mother Freedom" (No. 37), and "Diary" (No. 15). The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in March 1972.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=bread&ti=&lab=elektra&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |website=RIAA |title=Gold & Platinum: Search |access-date=April 1, 2024}} This was the first Bread album to feature keyboard player Larry Knechtel.

Record World called "Mother Freedom" a "stylistic shift of gears" for Bread in which they "prove they can rock with the best of them."{{cite magazine|title=Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=July 10, 1971|page=1|accessdate=2023-04-22|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-07-10.pdf}}