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The Sound of Bread

{{short description|1977 compilation album by Bread}}

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| name = The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs

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| artist = Bread

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| released = 1977

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| genre = Soft rock

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| label = Elektra

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Sound of Bread, Their 16 Finest Songs

| type = compilation

| artist = Bread

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| released = 1982

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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...)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 ([http://www.jlindquist.net/bread/brrecs.html jlindquist.net link - see note 'GG']) also [http://www.discogs.com/Bread-The-Sound-Of-Bread-Their-20-Finest-Songs/release/917156 (discogs.com link - see "Notes")]
  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

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col" | Chart (1977–78)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=269}}

| 28

{{album chart|Netherlands|26|artist=Bread|album=The Sound of Bread|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Bread|album=The Sound of Bread|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19771120|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col" | Chart (1977)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1978-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand|access-date=25 January 2022}}

|5

scope="row" | UK Albums (OCC){{cite magazine |date=24 December 1977 |title=Top Albums 1977 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-12-24.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |magazine=Music Week |page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309080814/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-12-24.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bread|title=The Sound of Bread|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1977|certyear=1977|id=6153-118-2|access-date=30 November 2021}}

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References

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  • 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 ([http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sound-of-bread-r31440 link])

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Category:Bread (band) compilation albums

Category:1977 compilation albums

Category:1982 compilation albums