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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). This was the first Bread album to feature keyboard player Larry Knechtel.

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, re-released in 2019 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
"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]

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

7. "Dream Lady" (Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22
8. "Daughter" (Gates) – 3:23
9. "Games of Magic" (Griffin, Royer) – 3:10
10. "This Isn't What the Governmeant" (Gates) – 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"[3]

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[9]	Gold

References

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