Release Date 2001 (Expanded Version) by Elecra Records and WEA records The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. Later re-issues have additional tracks including several from 1974's The Best of Bread, Volume 2. This album was re-released in 2001 by Electra and has 20 Tracks. Tracks 1-7, 10, 12-14, 16-18, 20 were composed by David Gates. Track 8 was composed by David Gates, James Griffin. Tracks 9,11,15 were composed by James Griffin, Robb Royer. Track 19 was composed by James Griffin, Robb Royer, and Tim Hallinan . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.