Gates and Griffin returned to their solo careers with mixed results. The Best of Bread compilation album from March 1973 was a huge success, peaking at No.2 on the Billboard 200 and staying on the chart for over two years. The follow-up, The Best of Bread, Volume 2, was released in May 1974 and went to No.32. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.269. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

The next album, Guitar Man, was released ten months later and went to No.18. The album produced three Top 20 singles, " The Guitar Man" (#11), " Sweet Surrender" (#15), and " Aubrey" (#15), with the first two going to No.1 on Billboard's adult contemporary chart.

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Top Albums 1977" (PDF). Music Week. 24 December 1977. p.14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 . Retrieved 30 November 2021– via worldradiohistory.com.

In 1996, having settled their differences, the original members Gates, Griffin, Botts and Knechtel reunited Bread for a final and successful "25th Anniversary" tour of the United States, South Africa, Europe and Asia. This time out, the group was accompanied by Randy Flowers (guitars), Scott Chambers (bass) and a string section to help them capture the sound of the records. This tour was extended into 1997, which would be the last year the members of Bread would ever perform together. Gates and the others then resumed their individual careers. Bread was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006. Royer, after conflicts with other members of the band, left the group in the summer of 1971 after three albums, although he would continue to write with Griffin. He was replaced by Larry Knechtel, a leading Los Angeles session musician who played piano and harpsichord on The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album and on Simon & Garfunkel's " Bridge Over Troubled Water" single in 1970. [7] David Gates – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion (1968–'73, '76–'78, '96–'97) Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 25 January 2022.Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.77. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. For their next single, Bread released a re-recorded version of "It Don't Matter To Me", a Gates song from their first album. This single was a hit as well, reaching No.10. Bread began touring and recording their third album, titled Manna (March 1971), which peaked at #21 and included "Let Your Love Go" (which preceded the album's release and made No. 28) and the Top 5 hit single, " If". As with the first album, songwriting credits were split evenly between Gates and Griffin-Royer. a b Summers, Kim. "David Gates - Biography". AllMusic. AllMusic/Netaktion, LLC . Retrieved July 26, 2020.

a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved November 28, 2021. Some sources indicate that "Just Like Yesterday" was replaced with "Aubrey" in the 2nd edition of the Sound of Bread, Their 20... LP release, or there may have been only a misprint on the album cover ( jlindquist.net link - see note 'GG') also (discogs.com link - see "Notes") British album certifications – Bread – The Sound of Bread". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 30 November 2021. a b c d e f g h i j "American certifications – Bread". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 19, 2022.

a b "Gold Downunder" (PDF). Cash Box. June 4, 1977. p.58 . Retrieved November 25, 2021– via World Radio History.