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Ambrosia | ||||
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Released | February 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Studio | Mama Jo's, North Hollywood | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 40:00 | |||
Label | 20th Century Fox | |||
Producer | Freddie Piro | |||
Ambrosia chronology | ||||
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Singles from Road Island | ||||
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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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond [a] | Puerta | 5:49 |
2. | "Time Waits for No One" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Pack and Puerta | 5:01 |
3. | " Holdin' on to Yesterday" | Puerta, Pack | Pack | 4:19 |
4. | "World Leave Me Alone" | Pack | Pack | 3:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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5. | "Make Us All Aware" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Pack | 4:28 |
6. | "Lover Arrive" | Pack | Pack | 3:12 |
7. | "Mama Frog" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Puerta | 6:06 |
8. | "Drink of Water" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Puerta with Pack | 6:29 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1975 | Billboard 200 | 22 |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1975 | " Holdin' on to Yesterday" | Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
Billboard Easy Listening | 46 | ||
Cash Box Top 100 [1] | 18 | ||
Canada RPM Top Singles [2] | 37 | ||
Dutch Single Top 100 [3] | 36 | ||
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice" | Billboard Hot 100 | 63 |
![]() | This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (April 2015) |
Ambrosia | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Studio | Mama Jo's, North Hollywood | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 40:00 | |||
Label | 20th Century Fox | |||
Producer | Freddie Piro | |||
Ambrosia chronology | ||||
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Singles from Road Island | ||||
|
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Christopher North, David Pack, Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond [a] | Puerta | 5:49 |
2. | "Time Waits for No One" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Pack and Puerta | 5:01 |
3. | " Holdin' on to Yesterday" | Puerta, Pack | Pack | 4:19 |
4. | "World Leave Me Alone" | Pack | Pack | 3:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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5. | "Make Us All Aware" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Pack | 4:28 |
6. | "Lover Arrive" | Pack | Pack | 3:12 |
7. | "Mama Frog" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Puerta | 6:06 |
8. | "Drink of Water" | Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta | Puerta with Pack | 6:29 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1975 | Billboard 200 | 22 |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1975 | " Holdin' on to Yesterday" | Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
Billboard Easy Listening | 46 | ||
Cash Box Top 100 [1] | 18 | ||
Canada RPM Top Singles [2] | 37 | ||
Dutch Single Top 100 [3] | 36 | ||
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice" | Billboard Hot 100 | 63 |