The Best of Bread

The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. The original album contains 12 songs that were first released between 1969 and 1972.

Release history
In addition to the usual 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Elektra in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1973. The quadraphonic version was released on LP record, 8-track tape and reel-to-reel tape. The quadraphonic LP was encoded using the Quadradisc system.

The 2001 CD re-issue by Rhino has eight additional tracks including several from the 1974 album The Best of Bread, Volume 2, along with the November 1976 single Lost Without Your Love.

In 2015 Audio Fidelity released the 12 song album on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both stereo and quadraphonic mixes.

Track listing
All songs written by David Gates except as noted.

Side one
 * 1) "Make It with You" – 3:15
 * 2) "Everything I Own" – 3:06
 * 3) "Diary" – 3:05
 * 4) "Baby I'm-a Want You" – 2:25
 * 5) "It Don't Matter to Me" – 2:41
 * 6) "If" – 2:33

Side two
 * 1) "Mother Freedom" – 2:55
 * 2) "Down on My Knees" (Gates, James Griffin) – 2:44
 * 3) "Too Much Love" (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 2:45
 * 4) "Let Your Love Go" – 2:25
 * 5) "Look What You've Done" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10
 * 6) "Truckin'" (Griffin, Royer) – 2:31

Additional tracks (2001 re-issue)
 * 1) "The Guitar Man" – 3:42
 * 2) "Aubrey" – 3:36
 * 3) "The Last Time" (Griffin, Royer) – 4:06
 * 4) "Sweet Surrender" – 2:33
 * 5) "He's a Good Lad" – 2:53
 * 6) "Daughter" – 3:17
 * 7) "Friends and Lovers" (Griffin, Royer, Tim Hallinan) – 3:50
 * 8) "Lost Without Your Love" – 2:52
 * Tracks 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 appeared on 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2.