On the Waters

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On the Waters
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1970
Recorded1970
StudioSound Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Length37:19
Label Elektra, re-released on Rhino in 1995
Producer Bread
Bread chronology
Bread
(1969)
On the Waters
(1970)
Manna
(1971)
Singles from On the Waters
  1. "Make It with You"
    Released: June 1970
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On the Waters is the second album by Bread, released in July 1970. [2] After the commercial failure of their first album, Gates, Griffin and Royer, along with studio drummer Mike Botts, returned to the studio in a second attempt to make a hit record. Thanks largely to the success of the coinciding single Make It With You / Why Do You Keep Me Waiting, the album was a success, peaking at 12 on Billboard 200. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Why Do You Keep Me Waiting" – 2:32 (Griffin, Royer)
  2. "Make It with You" – 3:18 (Gates)
  3. "Blue Satin Pillow" – 2:29 (Gates)
  4. "Look What You've Done" – 3:14 (Griffin, Royer)
  5. "I Am That I Am" – 3:20 (Griffin, Royer)
  6. "Been Too Long on the Road" – 4:53 (Gates)

Side Two

  1. "I Want You with Me" – 2:52 (Gates, Griffin)
  2. "Coming Apart" – 3:30 (Griffin, Royer)
  3. "Easy Love" – 2:28 (Griffin, Royer)
  4. "In the Afterglow" – 2:38 (Gates)
  5. "Call on Me" – 4:03 (Griffin, Royer)
  6. "The Other Side of Life" – 2:02 (Gates)

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Bread - On The Waters". Superseventies.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. "Bread". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-05-24.