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.
Contents
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