Lost Without Your Love - BREAD***

Hooked On You/She's The Only One/Lost Without Your Love/Change Of Heart/Belonging/Fly Away/Lay Your Money Down/The Chosen One/Today's The First Day/Hold Tight/Our Lady Of Sorrow

Lost Without Your Love was the reunion album from the soft-rock group Bread released several years after their last. However, after this one they would split up permanently. The title track was a US top ten hit single. (US:26 UK:17)

“This was the comeback LP for Bread as they had broken up a few years earlier. This one almost exclusively consists of Bread's trademark soft rock ballads. Most of them hit the mark straight on the bull’s-eye, but there are not enough rockers to balance them out, and one loses interest after awhile.”

“Bread's last studio album is a pretty average piece of soft rock. The title track is a good pop song and it's the real highlight of this album. Some nice moments can be found elsewhere.”

“Fortunately, these songs stand up to many of Bread's finest. Opening with the catchy melody of Hooked On You the listener is intrigued enough to pay attention to all the cuts. Even years after their last release, the definitive Bread sound is there, and still sounding fresh.”

“Bread accomplished so much when they were together; their musical legacy never ceases to impress me. I highly recommend this album for their fans; and people just getting into the sound of Bread will love this album too.”

“This album goes from bright and cheery (Hold Tight) to dark and tragic (Our Lady Of Sorrow) There is a lot of keyboard/organ and it has the feel of the turbulent seventies to it. David Gates, whose voice was the defining factor through the years, was as splendid as ever.”

“The Bread history in a nutshell: five albums for Elektra from 1969-1972, every one essential to fans of the group, and all deep with both hits and excellent album cuts. Excellent singing, playing, arranging and writing are reflected on every one of those first five. Then Bread broke up for a few years, eventually re-emerging for what would prove their swansong, Lost Without Your Love. This is a decent album, with some good-to-very-good songs. But it doesn't have the magic of the first five. It has a certain feel of a group going through the motions, but not entirely committed.”