On The Waters

Performer: Bread
Distributor: Infinity Entertainment Gr

Notes: Bread: James Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); David Gates (vocals, guitar, bass); Robb Royer (guitar, flute, keyboards); Mike Botts (drums). Producers: David Gates, James Griffin, Robb Royer. Recorded at Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California. Originally released on Elektra (74076). Includes liner notes by Barry Alfonso. Bread's second album was its commercial breakthrough, and for good reason. The Los Angeles foursome created its signature commercially accessible sound with this album and refined it over its next several releases. Starting with ON THE WATERS, Bread became Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young without the rough edges. The commercial brilliance of this subtle shift is obvious; Bread was one of the first bands with some rock credibility to be acceptable to the emerging adult-pop demographic that made the Carpenters megastars. ON THE WATERS contains the breakthrough hit "Make it With You," possibly the group's best single, and 11 other soft rock gems, including the lovely "Call on Me."

The kings of 1970s soft rock, Bread was led by singer/songwriters David Gates and James Griffin. The band's mellow, highly melodic style made it a mainstay on the Top 40 and AM radio throughout the decade, with huge hits such as "If" and "Baby, I'm A-Want You." Bread split in the late 1970s, with Gates and Griffin pursuing solo careers. Gates had a solo smash with the title song for the hit film THE GOODBYE GIRL, and Griffin found success in the country-music field with the Remingtons. Any hopes of a Bread reunion were dashed when Griffin died of cancer in January 2005.

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