Breakfast in Bed (album)

Breakfast in Bed is the fifth studio album released by blues artist Joan Osborne. It was produced by Tor Hyams and released in 2007 by Time Life.[1] The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s, including "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Midnight Train to Georgia", both made popular by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The album also contains six original songs.

Breakfast in Bed
Studio album by
Released2007
GenreR&B, Pop
LabelTime Life M19433
ProducerTor Hyams
Joan Osborne chronology
Pretty Little Stranger
(2006)
Breakfast in Bed
(2007)
Little Wild One
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
IGN(7.4/10) link
The Music Box link
Slant Magazine link
Stylus MagazineC link

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, Standing in the Shadows of Motown are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave", and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?"

Track listing

  1. "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg)
  2. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
  3. "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Jim Weatherly)
  4. "Baby Is a Butterfly" (Osborne)
  5. "Breakfast in Bed" (Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts)
  6. "Cream Dream" (Osborne)
  7. "Natural High" (Charles McCormick)
  8. "Heart of Stone" (Osborne)
  9. "Sara Smile" (Daryl Hall and John Oates)
  10. "Eliminate the Night" (Osborne)
  11. "Break Up to Make Up" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble)
  12. "I Know What's Goin' On" (Osborne)
  13. "Alone with You" (Osborne)
  14. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" (Winfred Lovett)
  15. "Heat Wave" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)
  16. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (William Weatherspoon, James Dean, Paul Riser)
  17. "Everybody Needs a Friend" (Curtis Mayfield) (bonus track)

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 160
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