1972 studio album by Bread
Baby I'm-a Want You 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-HybridProducer David Gates
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.[ 3] 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."[ 4]
All tracks written by David Gates, except where noted.
Side one "Mother Freedom" – 2:35 "Baby I'm-a Want You " – 2:31 "Down on My Knees" (James Griffin, Gates) – 2:44 "Everything I Own " – 3:07 "Nobody Like You" (Larry Knechtel, Griffin) – 3:14 "Diary " – 3:09 Side two "Dream Lady" (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22 "Daughter" – 3:23 "Games of Magic" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10 "This Isn't What the Governmeant" – 2:27 "Just Like Yesterday" (Griffin) – 2:15 "I Don't Love You" (Griffin) – 2:49 David Gates - vocals, guitars, bass, Moog, violin James Griffin - vocals, guitars, piano Larry Knechtel - piano, bass, Hammond organ, harmonica, guitars, keyboards Mike Botts - drums, percussion Robb Royer - bass on "Mother Freedom"[ 5] Chart (1972) Position US Billboard Top Popular Albums[ 10] 13
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