Bread and Roses is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1976. The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.
Merging 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".
Released as the single from the album was "Special Delivery" by Billy Mernit. Luther Vandross sang background on this album, one of his earliest commercially recorded vocal performances.
Track listing "Bread and Roses" (Mimi Fariña, James Oppenheim) – 3:05 "Everything Must Change" (Benard Ighner) – 4:25 "Special Delivery" (Billy Mernit) – 3:55 "Out of Control" (Judy Collins) – 3:00 "Plegaria a un Labrador (Prayer to a Laborer)" (Víctor Jara) – 4:04 "Come Down in Time" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 3:23 "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" (Charles Badger Clark, Billy Simon) – 4:32 "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:29 "Take This Longing" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:25 "Love Hurts" (Andrew Gold) – 3:17 "Marjorie" (Judy Collins) – 0:43 "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, Hugh McCracken, Mark Doyle – Guitar Kenneth Bichel – Synthesizer Don Brooks, Corky Hale – Harmonica Robin Clark – Vocals Dom Cortese – Accordion Richard Davis, Tony Levin – Bass guitar Erin Dickins – Vocals Mark Doyle – Guitar Steve Gadd – Drums Mickey Gravine, Urbie Green – Trombone Hank Jones – Piano Gail Kantor – Vocals George Marge – Horn Charles McCracken – Cello 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
Note: In a detailed writeup of the "King David" session, Modern Recording magazine lists instrumentation and shows the unnamed personnel: eight cellos, two basses, two harps, flute—conducted by arranger Jonathan Tunick.Solomon, Veda Nu. "A Session with Judy Collins." Modern Recording 2:1 (October–November 1976), 38-40, 42, 44.
Technical Godfrey Diamond – Engineer Phil Ramone – Recording supervisor Glen Christensen – Art direction Mary Ellen Mark – Photography
Charts + Chart performance for Bread and Roses Chart (1976) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 96 US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 25 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box) 38 US The Album Chart (Record World) 48
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