Baby I'm-a Want You

Baby I'm-a Want You
Studio album by Bread
Released	January 1972
Recorded	1971
Studio	Sound Recorders, Los Angeles; Sound Labs, Los Angeles
Genre	Soft rock
Length	34:52
Label	Elektra, re-released on Rhino in 1995, and in 2019 by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs SACD-Hybrid
Producer	David Gates
Bread chronology
Manna (1971) Baby I'm-a Want You (1972) Guitar Man (1972)
Singles from Baby I'm-a Want You
"Mother Freedom" Released: July 1971 "Baby I'm-a Want You" Released: October 23, 1971 "Everything I Own" Released: January 29, 1972 "Diary" Released: April 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated) [2]

Baby I'm-a Want You is the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut (which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top 100), "Everything I Own" (No. 5), "Mother Freedom" (No. 37), and "Diary" (No. 15). The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in March 1972.^[3] This was the first Bread album to feature keyboard player Larry Knechtel.

Record World called "Mother Freedom" a "stylistic shift of gears" for Bread in which they "prove they can rock with the best of them."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by David Gates, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Mother Freedom" – 2:35
2. "Baby I'm-a Want You" – 2:31
3. "Down on My Knees" (James Griffin, Gates) – 2:44
4. "Everything I Own" – 3:07
5. "Nobody Like You" (Larry Knechtel, Griffin) – 3:14
6. "Diary" – 3:09

Side two

7. "Dream Lady" (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22
8. "Daughter" – 3:23
9. "Games of Magic" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10
10. "This Isn't What the Governmeant" – 2:27
11. "Just Like Yesterday" (Griffin) – 2:15
12. "I Don't Love You" (Griffin) – 2:49

Personnel

• David Gates - vocals, guitars, bass, Moog, violin
• James Griffin - vocals, guitars, piano
• Larry Knechtel - piano, bass, Hammond organ, harmonica, guitars, keyboards
• Mike Botts - drums, percussion
• Robb Royer - bass on "Mother Freedom"^[5]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1972) Position Canadian RPM Albums Chart[6] 9 UK Albums Chart[7] 9 US Billboard Top LP's & Tape[8][9] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1972) Position US Billboard Top Popular Albums[10] 13

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[11]	Gold

References

1. Baby I'm-a Want You at AllMusic
2. Rolling Stone Review
3. "Gold & Platinum: Search". RIAA. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
4. "Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. July 10, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
5. "Get an exclusive sneak peek at the first-ever biography of Bread". 13 March 2013.
6. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 17, No. 9" (PHP). RPM. 1971-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
7. "Bread > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
8. Billboard 200 - Bread Baby I'm-a Want You Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
9. "Billboard Top LP's & Tape", Billboard, March 25, 1972. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
10. "Top Popular Albums", Billboard, December 30, 1972. p. TA-24. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
11. "American album certifications – Bread – Baby I'm-a Want You". Recording Industry Association of America.