Ambrosia (band)

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ambrosia
Ambrosia bandmembers August 3, 2014.jpg
General information
origin Los Angeles , United States
Genre (s) Art rock
founding 1971, 1989
resolution 1982
Website www.ambrosiaweb.com
Current occupation
David Pack
Electric bass , vocals
 Joe Puerta
Christopher North
Burleigh Drummond

Ambrosia is an American art rock group from Los Angeles .

history

The group was hired by Zubin Mehta in 1971 as part of the All-American Dream Concert ; The quartet received their first record deal four years later. The first long player contained two hits, including a Kurt Vonnegut score. The musicians can be heard in The Raven alongside Eric Woolfson and Stuart Tosh on the 1976 record Tales of Mystery and Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project . In 1977 they starred in the film All This and World War II , to which they also contributed musically with their version of Magical Mystery Tour .

In 1978 the group, which had shrunk to a trio, released How Much I Feel , which climbed to number 3 in the charts, which they were able to repeat in 1980 with Biggest Part of Me .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1975 ambrosia US22 (33 weeks)
US
1976 Somewhere I've Never Traveled US79 (17 weeks)
US
1978 Life Beyond LA US19 (29 weeks)
US
1980 One eighty US25 (33 weeks)
US
1982 Road Island US115 (7 weeks)
US

Live albums

  • 2002: Live at the Galaxy

Compilations

  • 1997: Anthology
  • 2002: The Essentials
  • 2003: How Much I Feel and Other Hits

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1975 Holdin 'on to Yesterday
Ambrosia 		US17 (14 weeks)
US
Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Ambrosia 		US63 (5 weeks)
US
1976 Magical Mystery Tour
All This and World War II OST 		US39 (8 weeks)
US
1978 How Much I Feel
Life Beyond LA 		US3 (21 weeks)
US
1980 Biggest Part of Me
One Eighty 		US3 (19 weeks)
US
You're the Only Woman (You & I)
One Eighty 		US13 (18 weeks)
US
1982 How Can You Love Me
Road Island 		US86 (4 weeks)
US

More singles

  • 1976: Can't Let a Woman
  • 1976: Runnin 'Away
  • 1978: Life Beyond LA
  • 1978: If Heaven Could Find Me
  • 1980: No Big Deal
  • 1981: Outside
  • 1982: Feelin 'Alive Again
  • 1997: For Openers (Welcome Home)
  • 1997: I Just Can't Let Go
  • 2004: Biggest Part of Me (Remix)

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US