Ambrosia (album)

Ambrosia
Studio album by Ambrosia
Released February 1975
Recorded 1974 at Mama Jo's Recording Studio, North Hollywood
Genre Progressive rock, soft Rock
Length 40:00
Label 20th Century Fox Records
Producer Freddie Piro
Ambrosia chronology

Ambrosia
(1975)		 Somewhere I've Never Travelled
(1976)

Ambrosia is the self-titled 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 engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second.

Track listing

  1. "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" – 5:49 (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., North, Pack, Puerta, Drummond)
  2. "Time Waits for No One" - 5:01 (Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta)
  3. "Holdin' on to Yesterday" - 4:19 (David Pack, Joe Puerta)
  4. "World Leave Me Alone" - 3:17 (David Pack)
  5. "Make Us All Aware" - 4:28 (Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta)
  6. "Lover Arrive" – 3:12 (David Pack)
  7. "Mama Frog" – 6:06 (Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta)
  8. "Drink of Water" – 6:29 (Burleigh Drummond, Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta)

Personnel

Production

Charts

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1975 "Holdin' On to Yesterday" Billboard Hot 100 17
1975 "Nice Nice Very Nice" Billboard Hot 100 63

References