Ambrosia [Original recording remastered]

Ambrosia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00003TKGH
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,300 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: AMBROSIA
Title: AMBROSIA
Street Release Date: 02/01/2000
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Genre: ROCK/POP

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambrosia among best debuts ever, May 14, 2003

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Steven Wellfonder (Salisbury, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ambrosia (Audio CD)

My words could not possibly add anymore to what's been said already. Instead, I want to take you back about 28 years to 1975.

I was a junior in high school when I first heard "Holdin' On To Yesterday" and decided to buy the LP. I couldn't wait to get home and play that song over and over. Now, usually, I would skip from song to song and play just enough to get a "taste" for a new album before playing all the way through. This time, though, about 30 seconds into "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" I was so mesmerized that I couldn't lift the stylus from the record. I lay down on my bed, closed my eyes and went on a journey that never ended. This group is that good. Every song is that good. David Pack and Joe Puerta vocals are that phenomenal. This IS one of the very best recordings (and debuts) of all time. Like many others, I wondered why this took so long to get to CD. "Time Waits For No One"...but we all waited for this, and it was worth the wait! I can't begin to tell how superb, vibrant and powerful each song is. Find out for yourself!

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have done died and gone to heaven, March 9, 2005

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Chris Cormier "Wonderbar" (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambrosia (Audio CD)

Prog rock with Beatleish writing and produced by Alan Parsons. The best of both worlds. This album, and their next, 'Somewhere I've Never Travelled' are studies in how to make innovative and original music, without being enamored by overplaying or overly complex time signatures, etc. This band toured with Styx, and interestingly I find a lot of styles that made their way into Styx's music seemed to be previewed by this band. The songwriting is absolutely brilliant, the instruments are played with REAL emotion, the sounds are well chosen to suit the song. Only recently discovering this band's talent, I always knew this band for their radio hits, which were well-written but rather in the vein of adult contemporary. This album, in contrast, is real rock and roll (at times), with clear melodies, surprising lyrical depth, and jazzy-pop playing, and above all, a sense that they're having fun doing this and not taking it too seriously. The last song is one of the best, with a thundering pipe organ underscoring some fiery vocals that recall 'Sixty Years On' by Elton John.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome And Original, April 3, 2004

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Moderate Risk (Lakeland, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambrosia (Audio CD)

This is one of the first two albums I bought when I was a teenager. I was lured by the radio hit, "Holdin' On To Yesterday." After buying it I realized that all the songs were probably better than the smash single (which was fantastic and the reason I bought the album in the first place!). This whole album is tight, the lyrics have depth, and the album is still one of my very favorites even after all these years. Complex but not cluttered with technical effects. "World Leave Me Alone" has an energy that must be heard to be described. This is one of the only rock albums I have ever heard that is fantastic from start to finish with no filler. It is the reason I bought their next three albums as they came out.