1975 Ambrosia – Ambrosia
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.
Tracks
1 Nice, Nice, Very Nice (Burleigh Drummond; Christopher North; David Pack; Joe Puerta; Kurt Vonnegut) 05:49
2 Time Waits For No One (Burleigh Drummond; Christopher North; David Pack; Joe Puerta) 05:01
3 Holdin’ On To Yesterday (David Pack; Joe Puerta) 04:16
4 World Leave Me Alone (David Pack) 03:17
5 Make Us All Aware (Burleigh Drummond; Christopher North; David Pack; Joe Puerta) 04:28
6 Lover Arrive (David Pack) 03:09
7 Mama Frog (Burleigh Drummond; Christopher North; David Pack; Joe Puerta) 06:04
8 Drink Of Water (Burleigh Drummond; Christopher North; David Pack; Joe Puerta) 06:29
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Joe Puerta |
| Drums | Burleigh Drummond |
| Guitar | David Pack |
| Keyboards | Christopher North |
| Bassoon | Burleigh Drummond |
| Percussion | Burleigh Drummond |
| Background Vocals | Burleigh Drummond |
| Background Vocals | Christopher North |
| Vocals | Joe Puerta |
| Vocals | David Pack |
| Programming | James Newton Howard |
| Violin | Daniel Kobialka |
Other Musicians
6 Lover Arrive
| Keyboards | David Pack |
Liner Notes
Producer – Freddie Piro
Co-producer – Alan Parsons
Arranged By – Ambrosia
Engineer – Freddie Piro, Billy Taylor, Chuck Johnson, Tom Trefethen
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Alan Parsons
Orchestrated By – Ambrosia
Art Direction, Design, Illustration – Eddie Douglas
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Mama Jo’s
Recorded At Mama Jo’s
Phonographic Copyright 20th Century Records
Copyright 20th Century Records