Manna (album)

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Manna
Bread - manna (1971).jpg
Studio album by
Bread
ReleasedMarch 1971
Recorded1971
StudioSound Recorders, Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length36:07
Label Elektra, re-released on Rhino in 1995
Producer Bread
Bread chronology
On the Waters
(1970)		Manna
(1971)		 Baby I'm-a Want You
(1972)
Singles from Manna
  1. "Let Your Love Go"
    Released: 1971
  2. "If"
    Released: March 21, 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [2]

Manna is the third studio album by American soft rock band Bread, released in 1971 on Elektra Records. [3] The album peaked at No. 21 on the US Billboard 200. Manna has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [4] [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Lester Bangs of Rolling Stone declared, "The new one offers no surprises. One nice thing about Bread is that they're totally professional, and as Mellow as most of the music is these days, they never cop out to sheer sloppiness...They've got standards and they sing with feeling, and maybe that's enough right now." [2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave a 4.5/5 stars rating saying, "Bread's third album, Manna, isn't so much a step forward as it is a consolidation of strengths, as the group sharpens their skills and carves out their own identities...it results in a fine listen, especially since the group's songwriting remains at the high standard instituted on that first Bread album." [1]

Singles

The singles "Let Your Love Go" and "If" were released from this album. Record World said "Let Your Love Go" has a "heavier sound than usual from [the] group." [6] Cash Box said that it "brings a new strength to the act's vocal sound, rumpling a bit of the letter-perfect smoothness of their first two hits." [7]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Let Your Love Go" (David Gates) – 2:25
  2. "Take Comfort" (James Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:33
  3. "Too Much Love" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:46
  4. "If" (Gates) – 2:36
  5. "Be Kind to Me" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:04
  6. "He's a Good Lad" (Gates) – 2:59
Side two
  2. "She Was My Lady" (Gates) – 2:51
  3. "Live in Your Love" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:46
  4. "What a Change" (Gates) – 3:40
  5. "I Say Again" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:52
  6. "Come Again" (Gates) – 4:03
  7. "Truckin'" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:32

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Bread: Manna". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. 1 2 Bangs, Lester. "Bread: Manna". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. ↑ Bread - Manna. Elektra Records. 1971.
  4. 1 2 "Bread". Billboard . Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bread - Manna". RIAA . Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. January 2, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  7. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 26, 1970. p. 90. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  8. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 15, No. 11". RPM. 1971-05-01. Archived from the original (PHP) on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  9. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1971". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  10. ↑ "American album certifications – Bread – Manna". Recording Industry Association of America.
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