Ambrosia, the classic west coast band ....
Ambrosia
Ambrosia, the classic west coast band ....
guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North, and drummer Burleigh Drummond, fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound.Los Angeles quartet Ambrosia, whose founding members included
The group was discovered in 1971 by Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured Ambrosia as part of a so-called All-American Dream Concert. However, it took them four more years to get a record contract; Ambrosia was released in 1975 and spawned the chart singles "Holdin' on to Yesterday" and "Nice, Nice, Very Nice." The latter was based on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Cat's Cradle. Ambrosia scored another hit in 1977 with a cover of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" from the film All This and World War II, which they also appeared in.
North left the group just before their biggest pop breakthrough in 1978 with the number three hit "How Much I Feel." Ambrosia followed this success in 1980 with another number three hit, "Biggest Part of Me," and the number 13 follow-up "You're the Only Woman." Their next album failed, ending their run of chart success, and the group broke up; individual members are still active as session musicians and vocalists, as well as producers.
In 1997 the group got together again and released the "Anthology" album. Since then they have toured a lot, and is now working on a new album.
Read more about Ambrosia and their latest livealbum here.
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Ambrosia
"Ambrosia debut"
The tracks are: Nice Nice Very Nice, Time Waits For No One, Holdin On To Testerday, World Leave Me Alone, Make Us All Aware, Lover Arrive, Mama Frog & Drink Of Water.
Musicians on the Ambrosia album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, James Newton-Howard, Chuck Girard, Fletch Wiley, Daniel Kobialka, Freddie Piro, Ian Underwood, Ruth Underwood, Jim West, Michael Granger, Keith Johnson, Splash Price & Andy Toth.
Available from 20th Century Fox/Original release year: 1975
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Somewhere I´ve Never Traveled
"2nd album"
The Tracks are: And..., Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Cowboy Star, Runnin' Away, Harvey, I Wanna Know, The Brunt, Danse With Me George (Chopin's Plea), Can't Let A Woman & We Need You Too.
Musicians on the Somewhere I´ve Never Traveled album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, Ian Underwood & Ruth Underwood.
Available from 20th Century Fox/Original release year: 1976
Ambrosia -
Ambrosia
"Japanese release of the first album"
The tracks are: Nice Nice Very Nice, Time Waits For No One, Holdin On To Testerday, World Leave Me Alone, Make Us All Aware, Lover Arrive, Mama Frog & Drink Of Water.
Musicians on the Ambrosia album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, James Newton-Howard, Chuck Girard, Fletch Wiley, Daniel Kobialka, Freddie Piro, Ian Underwood, Ruth Underwood, Jim West, Michael Granger, Keith Johnson, Splash Price & Andy Toth.
Available from WEA Records/Original release year: 1978
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Life Beyond L.A.
"3rd album"
The Tracks are: Life Beyond L.A., Art Beware, Apothecary, If Heaven Could Find Me, How Much I Feel, Dancin' By Myself, Angola, Heart To Heart, Not As You Were & Ready For Camarillo.
Musicians on the Life Beyound L.A. album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, Joe Sample, David Cutler Lewis, Cliff Woolley, Marty Krystall & Daniel Kobialka.
Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 1978
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One Eighty
"Masterpiece from Ambrosia"
The Tracks are: Ready, Shape I'm In, Kamikaze, Rise Up, I'm Gonna Tell Her Tonight, Put Away Your Love, You're The Only Woman, Rock N'A Hard Place, Livin' On My Own, Cryin' In The Rain, No Big Deal & Biggest Part Of Me.
Musicians on the One Eighty album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, David Pack, Christopher North, Royce Jones, Dave Lewis, Daniel Kobialka, Ernie Watts & David Cutler-Lewis.
Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 1980
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Road Island
"Music on Road Island"
The Tracks are: For Openers (Welcome Home), Still Not Satisfied, Kid No More, Feelin' Alive Again, How Can You Love Me, Fool Like Me, Ice Age & Endings.
Musicians on the Road Island album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, David Cutter Lewis, Royce Jones, James Guthrie & Jim Horn.
Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 1982
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Anthology
"Ambrosia is back!"
The Tracks are: Mama Don't Understand, Biggest Part Of Me, You´re The Only Woman, Nice Nice Very Nice, Life Beyond L.A., Livin' On My Own, Holdin' On To Yesterday, Angola, How Much I Feel, Time Waits For No One, I Just Can't Let Go, Heart To Heart, And ... Somewhere I've Never, Sky Is Falling, Still Not Satisfied & Cowboy Star (Edit).
Musicians on the Anthology album: David Pack, Joe Puerta, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, Shem Schneck, Tollack Ollstead, David Culter Lewis, Royce Jones, Oliver Leiber, Sean LaBelle, Everett Harp, James Newton Howard, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Collen Ford & Daniel Kobialka.
Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 1997
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Live At The Galaxy
"New livealbum from Ambrosia"
The Tracks are: Nice, Nice Very Nice, Livin' On My Own, You're The Only Woman, Mama Don't Understand, Somewhere I've Never Traveled, In My Life, Time Waits For No One, How Much I Feel, Magical Mystery Tour, Drink Of Water, Holdin' On To Yesterday & Biggest Part Of Me.
Musicians on the Live At The Galaxy album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, Shem Schneck, Tollak Ollestad & Doug Jackson.
Available from Coach House Records/Original release year: 2002
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The Essentials
"Best of Ambrosia Remastered"
The Tracks are: Nice Nice, Very Nice, Holdin' On To Yesterday, And... Somewhere I´ve Never Travelled, How Much I Feel, Biggest Part Of Me, You´re The Only Woman (You & I), How Can You Love Me, Life Beyound L.A., For Openers (Welcome Home), Cryin´In The Rain, Time Waits For No One & We Need You.
Musicians on the The Essentials Ambrosia album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack and others.
Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 2002
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How Much I Feel And Other Hits
"A collection of Ambrosia songs"
The Tracks are: How Much I Feel, How Can You Love Me, Livin' On My Own, Heart To Heart, Sky Is Falling, You're The Only Woman (You & I), I Just Can't Let Go, Angola, Mama Don't Understand & Holdin' On To Yesterday.
Musicians on the How Much I Feel And Other Hits album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack and others.
Available from Muze Inc./Original release year: 2003
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How Much I Feel
"A collection of Ambrosia songs"
The Tracks are: How Much I Feel, How Can You Love Me, Livin' On My Own, Heart To Heart, Sky Is Falling, You're The Only Woman (You & I), I Just Can't Let Go, Angola, Mama Don't Understand & Holdin' On To Yesterday.
Musicians on the How Much I Feel album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack and others.
Available from Warner Bros/Original release year: 2003
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Road Island
"Re-release of the Road Island album"
The Tracks are: For Openers (Welcome Home), Still Not Satisfied, Kid No More, Feelin' Alive Again, How Can You Love Me, Fool Like Me, Ice Age & Endings.
Musicians on the Road Island album: Joe Puerta, David Pack, Christopher North, Burleigh Drummond, David Cutter Lewis, Royce Jones, James Guthrie & Jim Horn.
Available from Wounded Bird Records/Original release year: 2005
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Essentials
"Best of Ambrosia"
The Tracks are: Biggest Part Of Me, You´re The Only Woman, How Much I Feel, I Just Can´t Let Go, That Girl Is Gone, The Key To You, Mama Don´t Understand, Life Beyound L.A. Livin´On My Own, Holdin´On To Yesterday, Nice Nice Nice, Angola, Time Waits For No One, Heart To Heart, And...Somewhere I´ve Never Traveled, Still Not Satisfied & Cowboy Star.
Musicians on the Essentials album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack and others.
Available from Warner Bros, Philippines/Original release year: 2005
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Standing Room Only
"Ambrosia live"
The Tracks are: Nice Nice Nice, Livin´On My Own, You´re The Only Woman, And...Somewhere I´ve Never Traveled, Time Waits For No One, How Much I Feel, Magical Mystery Tour, Drink Of Water, Holdin´On To Yesterday & Biggest Part Of Me.
Musicians on the Standing Room Only album: Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, Shem, Tollak Ollestad & Doug Jackson.
Available from Sony BMG/Original release year: 2007
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