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
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

On the Waters is the second album by Bread, released in July 1970. 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

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  2. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 47.
  3. "Bread". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-05-24.