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Ambrosia (album)
''Ambrosia'' is the debut album by Ambrosia. It was released in 1975 on 20th Century Fox Records. It spawned the top 20 chart single " Holdin' on to Yesterday" as well as the minor hit "Nice, Nice, Very Nice". The latter sets to music the lyrics to a poem in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle''. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording (other than Classical). Alan Parsons was the mixdown engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second. Track listing Personnel ;Ambrosia * David Pack - guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboards on "Lover Arrive" * Christopher North - keyboards, backing vocals * Joe Puerta - bass, lead and backing vocals *Burleigh Drummond - drums, backing vocals, percussion, bassoon ;Additional musicians * Daniel Kobialka - violin *James Newton Howard - synthesizer programming ;Production *Producer: Freddie Piro *Engineers: Chuck Johnson, Billy Taylor, Freddie Piro, Tom Trefethen * Mixing: Alan Parsons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosia (band)
Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. Ambrosia had five top 40 hit singles released between 1975 and 1980, including the top 5 hits " How Much I Feel" and " Biggest Part of Me", and top 20 hits " You're the Only Woman (You & I)" and " Holdin' on to Yesterday". Most of the original band members have been active with the group continuously for over thirty years to the present day, with the notable exception of original lead vocalist and guitarist David Pack since 2000. Ambrosia currently tours internationally and has worked in the past and present with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Alan Parsons, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Champlin, Michael McDonald and Peter Beckett among other notable artists. Formation The group was founded as a quartet with guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North and drummer Burleigh Drummond. According to Joe Puerta, their original name was "Ambergris Mite," but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
