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    Retrospective

    07/01/1996 | Elektra / Wea 

    All Music Guide Review

    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 enticing for even casual fans, since he lacks a solo compilation and there are no sets that cover both his solo career and Bread. Since Retrospective does cover all the Bread hits plus solid obscurities and Gates' solo highlights, it does qualify as the definitive collection. In fact, it's hard to imagine how another set could be as thorough as this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Dismal Day
  • 2:21

  • 2
  • London Bridge
  • 2:31

  • 4
  • The Last Time
  • 4:10

  • 5
  • Could I
  • 3:33

  • 7
  • Look at Me
  • 2:43

  • 12
  • Call on Me
  • 4:01

  • 15
  • He's a Good Lad
  • 2:58

  • 17
  • She Was My Lady
  • 2:50

  • 18
  • If
  • 2:35

  • 19
  • Too Much Love
  • 2:48

  • 20
  • Take Comfort
  • 3:33

  • 21
  • Truckin'
  • 2:33

  • 23
  • Daughter
  • 3:23

  • 24
  • Games of Magic
  • 3:10

  • 26 (2)
  • Mother Freedom
  • 2:36

  • 27 (2)
  • Baby I'm-A Want You
  • 2:29

  • 28 (2)
  • Everything I Own
  • 3:07

  • 29 (2)
  • Diary
  • 3:08

  • 30 (2)
  • The Guitar Man
  • 3:47

  • 31 (2)
  • Aubrey
  • 3:38

  • 32 (2)
  • Fancy Dancer
  • 3:33

  • 33 (2)
  • Sweet Surrender
  • 2:35

  • 34 (2)
  • Yours for Life
  • 3:21

  • 35 (2)
  • She Knows
  • 2:30

  • 36 (2)
  • Clouds (Single Edit)
  • 2:50

  • 37 (2)
  • I Use the Soap
  • 2:27

  • 38 (2)
  • Sail Around the World
  • 3:17

  • 39 (2)
  • Ann
  • 3:50

  • 40 (2)
  • Never Let Her Go
  • 3:07

  • 41 (2)
  • Part Time Love
  • 2:26

  • 43 (2)
  • She's the Only One
  • 3:01

  • 44 (2)
  • Hooked on You
  • 2:20

  • 45 (2)
  • The Chosen One
  • 4:38

  • 46 (2)
  • Goodbye Girl
  • 2:46

  • 47 (2)
  • Took the Last Train
  • 4:32

  • 49 (2)
  • Take Me Now
  • 3:20

  • 50 (2)
  • For All We Know
  • 1:23

  • Credits

    • David Gates
    • Bass, Guitar, Performer, Keyboards, Photography, Arranger
    • Bread
    • Main Performer, Compilation Producer


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