Bread Winners (album)

Bread Winners
Studio album by Jack Jones
Released	1972
Studio	RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California [1]
Genre	Pop soft rock
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Joe Reisman [1]
Jack Jones chronology
Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand (1971) Bread Winners (1972) A Song for You (1972)

Bread Winners is a studio album by American singer Jack Jones released in early 1972.

Overview

Bread Winners was the first of three albums Jones recorded in 1972, recorded after he released his single "Games of Magic", paired with "Coming Apart", ^[2] but it didn't chart. The album did chart with both songs included as tracks on it. It was his best charting album, reaching No. 7 on the UK Albums chart, and stayed on the chart for 36 weeks. ^[3] The album had over 100,000 sales and was certified Gold in the UK. ^[4]

The album was dedicated to the group Bread, ^[5] with the single and album being primarily cover songs of Bread's hit singles.

The album was reissued in 1982.

Reception

One of Bread's members, David Gates, said that he was impressed and flattered by the album and that the album is special, because it was the first album dedicated to their songs, adding "Most of all it's special because Jack rendered such beautifully sincere interpretations of the songs – and it's special because its gifted producer (Joe Reisman) and I have known each other for a long time, and he wanted to do his finest work to please an old friend. I can assure you, he succeeded." ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Gates, except where noted.

Bread Winners track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranged by	Length
1.	"Make It with You"		Harry Betts	2:18
2.	"Baby I'm-A Want You"		Larry Muhoberac	2:21
3.	"Coming Apart"	Griffin, Royer	Harry Betts	3:30
4.	"If"		Harry Betts	3:27
5.	"Daughter"		Joe Kloess	3:09
6.	"Games of Magic"	Griffin, Royer	Harry Betts	2:37
7.	"Everything I Own"		Harry Betts	2:56
8.	"Diary"		Harry Betts	3:30
9.	"It Don't Matter to Me"		Larry Muhoberac	2:33
10.	"Come Again"		Larry Muhoberac	2:16

Personnel

• Vocals: Jack Jones
• Arrangers: Larry Muhoberac, Mickey Crofford and Joe Kloess, (who only arranged and conducted the track "Daughter")
• Recording engineer: Rick Ruggieri
• Mixing engineer: Mickey Crofford
• Cover photo of Jack Jobes by Ken Whitmore
• Liner photo of David Gates by Frank Bez

Music

• Piano: Joe Kloess
• Drums: Chuck Hughes
• Congas: Chino Valdes
• Guitas: Bob Thomas
• Bass: Steve Swallow

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart [3]	7

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [6]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Liner notes of Bread Winners
2. "Jack Jones – Games of Magic". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
3. "Jack Jones – Official UK Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
4. "Jack Jones – Album sales and rankings". BestSellingAlbums.org. Archived from the original on 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
5. Anonymous (29 October 2024). "Jack Jones obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
6. "British album certifications – PJack Jones – Bread Winners". British Phonographic Industry.