Bread and Roses (album)

Bread and Roses was a 1976 album by Judy Collins that attempted to merge the singer's political convictions with the commercial success of the previous year's Judith. Political statements like the title song, originally a poem by James Oppenheim commonly associated with a 1912 garment workers strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were balanced with such pop compositions as Elton John's "Come Down in Time", but the album failed to achieve the commercial success of Judith.

Bread and Roses
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedNovember 1976
Recorded1976
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
ProducerArif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
Judith
(1975)		 Bread and Roses
(1976)		 So Early in the Spring
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Released as the single from the album was "Special Delivery" by Billy Mernit.

Singer Luther Vandross sang background on this album, one of his earliest commercially recorded vocal performances.

Track listing
  1. "Bread and Roses" (Mimi Fariña, James Oppenheim) – 3:05
  2. "Everything Must Change" (Benard Ighner) – 4:25
  3. "Special Delivery" (Billy Mernit) – 3:55
  4. "Out of Control" (Judy Collins) – 3:00
  5. "Plegaria a un Labrador (Prayer to a Laborer)" (Víctor Jara) – 4:04
  6. "Come Down in Time" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 3:23
  7. "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" (Charles Badger Clark, Billy Simon) – 4:32
  8. "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:29
  9. "Take This Longing" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:25
  10. "Love Hurts" (Andrew Gold) – 3:17
  11. "Marjorie" (Judy Collins) – 0:43
  12. "King David" (Walter De La Mare, Herbert Howells) – 4:27

Personnel
  • Judy Collins - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Gloria Agostini – Harp
  • Rubens Bassini – Percussion
  • Sy Berger – Trombone
  • Jay Berliner – Guitar
  • Kenneth Bichel – Synthesizer
  • Don Brooks – Harmonica
  • Robin Clark – Vocals
  • Dom Cortese – Accordion
  • Richard Davis – Bass
  • Erin Dickins – Vocals
  • Mark Doyle – Guitar
  • Steve Gadd – Drums
  • Mickey Gravine – Trombone
  • Urbie Green – Trombone
  • Corky Hale – Harmonica
  • Hank Jones – Piano
  • Gail Kantor – Vocals
  • Tony Levin – Bass
  • George Marge – Horn
  • Charles McCracken – Cello
  • Hugh McCracken – Guitar
  • Merle Miller – Vocals
  • Andy Pratt – Piano
  • David Sanborn – Saxophone
  • Les Scott – Wind
  • Alan Shulman – Steel Guitar
  • Billy Slapin – Flute
  • G. Diane Sumler – Vocals
  • Luther Vandross – Vocals
Technical
  • Godfrey Diamond - engineer
  • Phil Ramone - recording supervisor
  • Glen Christensen - art direction
  • Mary Ellen Mark - photography
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References
  1. Bread and Roses at AllMusic
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