''Life Beyond L.A.'' is the third album by

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, and their first album on Warner Bros. Records, released in 1978. It marked the departure of their progressive rock roots in favor of a more commercial jazz & soft rock sound. " How Much I Feel," "Life Beyond L.A." and "If Heaven Could Find Me" were released as singles. The album was Ambrosia's most successful, peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard 200. Among the three singles, "How Much I Feel" managed to reach the Top 10, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their second Top 40 hit.

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;Ambrosia * David Pack – guitar, lead and backing vocals,

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* Joe Puerta –

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, lead and backing vocals *

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, backing vocals, percussion,

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* David Cutler Lewis – keyboards, clavinet * Christopher North –

, backing vocals (tracks 4 and 10) ;Additional musicians * Daniel Kobialka – violin (Heart To Heart) *Marty Krystall – saxophone (Dancin' By Myself) * Joe Sample – piano (Art Beware) and (Apothecary) *Cliff Woolley - Harmonica (Art Beware) ;Production *

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: Freddie Piro * Engineers: Stewart Whitmore, Tom Trefethen * Mixing: Alan Parsons, Tom Trefethen, Stewart Whitmore *Photography: Ed Caraeff Studio

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