(Rock, soft rock, folk rock, country-pop) [LP] [24/96] Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You - 1972, FLAC (tracks+.cue)

Art Direction – Robert Heimall*
Drums, Percussion – Mike Botts
Engineer – Armin Steiner
Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer [Moog], Violin – David Gates
Photography By – Frank Bez
Piano, Bass, Organ, Harmonica, Guitar, Keyboards [Misc.] – Larry Knechtel

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Analyzed folder: /Bread ‎- Baby I'm-A Want You (LP)
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DR13 -1.11 dB -15.90 dB 01 Bread - LADO 1- Mother Freedom.wav
DR12 -2.73 dB -17.96 dB 02 Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You.wav
DR12 -2.00 dB -16.21 dB 03 Bread - Down On My Knees.wav
DR14 -0.94 dB -18.98 dB 04 Bread - Everything I Own.wav
DR13 -2.27 dB -16.76 dB 05 Bread - Nobody Like You.wav
DR12 -3.29 dB -18.22 dB 06 Bread - Diary.wav
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.43 dB 07 Bread - LADO 2- Dream Lady.wav
DR12 -1.54 dB -16.07 dB 08 Bread - Daughter.wav
DR12 -2.60 dB -18.28 dB 09 Bread - Games Of Magic.wav
DR13 -1.22 dB -16.11 dB 10 Bread - This Isn't What The Governmeant.wav
DR12 -2.25 dB -19.20 dB 11 Bread - Just Like Yesterday.wav
DR12 -2.00 dB -17.57 dB 12 Bread - I Don't Love You.wav
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Number of files: 12
Official DR value: DR12

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Baby I'm-A Want You is Bread's best album, showcasing its soft and hard sides (yes, Bread had a hard side) at their respective peaks. "Mother Freedom," with its crunchy James Griffin guitar solo, and the superb soft rocker "Baby I'm-A Want You" made a brilliant opening which the rest of the album had a hard time matching. The songs range from wistful sentimentality ("Diary") to spirited protest ("This Isn't What the Government," a poor man's "Taxman" with an anti-war slant). The high points outnumber the flat spots, and the playing is very polished (with unexpected hard rock flourishes on "Dream Lady"), but this is still a '70s period piece.
Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

Recorded At – Sound Recorders, Hollywood
Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Notes
Recorded at Sound Recorders and Sound Labs, Hollywood, Calif.

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Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (A Side Etched): EKS-75015-A-SP
Matrix / Runout (B Side Etched): EKS-75015B-SP 12-14 71