Retrospective (1996)

About this title: Retrospective is the definitive compilation of Bread, perhaps the definitive soft rock group of the '70s. If anything, it may be too comprehensive for most listeners. Covering the entire course of Bread's career, plus selected highlights from David Gates in the late '70s and early '80s, the compilation spans two very full compact discs. For those who want more than the hits but are unwilling to delve into individual albums, the collection is ideal. Listeners who want the hits might find the album tracks a little tedious. Then again, the presence of Gates' solo hits like "The Goodbye Girl" is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dismal Day [Gates]
2. London Bridge [Gates]
3. Any Way You Want Me [Griffin/Royer]
4. The Last Time [Griffin/Royer]
5. Could I [Griffin/Royer]
6. Friends and Lovers [Griffin/Royer/Halli]
7. Look at Me [Gates]
8. Make It with You [Gates]
9. Look What You've Done [Griffin/Royer]
10. Been Too Long on the Road [Gates]
11. Why Do You Keep Me Waiting [Griffin/Royer]
12. Call on Me [Griffin/Royer]
13. It Don't Matter to Me [Single Version] [Gates]
14. Let Your Love Go [Gates]
15. He's a Good Lad [Gates]
16. Live in Your Love [Griffin/Royer]
17. She Was My Lady [Gates]
18. If [Gates]
19. Too Much Love [Griffin/Royer]
20. Take Comfort [Griffin/Royer]
21. Truckin' [Griffin/Royer]
22. Down on My Knees [Griffin/Gates]
23. Daughter [Gates]
24. Games of Magic [Griffin/Royer]
25. Just Like Yesterday [Griffin]
26. Mother Freedom [Gates]
27. Baby I'm-A Want You [Gates]
28. Everything I Own [Gates]
29. Diary [Gates]
30. The Guitar Man [Gates]
31. Aubrey [Gates]
32. Fancy Dancer [Botts/Griffin]
33. Sweet Surrender [Gates]
34. Yours for Life [Gates]
35. She Knows [Griffin/Royer]
36. Clouds [Single Edit] [Gates]
37. I Use the Soap [Gates]
38. Sail Around the World [Gates]
39. Ann [Gates]
40. Never Let Her Go [Gates]
41. Part Time Love [Gates]
42. Lost Without Your Love [Gates]
43. She's the Only One [Griffin/Royer]
44. Hooked on You [Gates]
45. The Chosen One [Gates]
46. Goodbye Girl [Gates]
47. Took the Last Train [Gates/Knechtel]
48. Where Does the Lovin' Go [Gates]
49. Take Me Now [Gates]
50. For All We Know [Griffin/Karlin/Wils]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.