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.
Track listing
Personnel
Ambrosia David Pack – guitar, keyboards (6), lead vocals (2–6, 8), backing vocals Joe Puerta – bass, lead vocals (1, 2, 7, 8), backing vocals Burleigh Drummond – drums, percussion, bassoon, backing vocals Christopher North – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional musicians
Chuck Girard – backing vocals Keith Johnson – backing vocals Jim West – backing vocals Fletch Wiley – arrangements Odessa Balalaika Ensemble David Lieberman – Balalaika Peter Rothe – Balalaika Judy Sherman – Balalaika Linda O'Brien – Balalaika Jonathan Rothe – Domra Stephen Wolownik – Domra Daniel Kobialka – violin Michael Granger – synthesizer programming James Newton Howard – synthesizer programming
Technical Produced by Freddie Piro Engineered by Chuck Johnson, Billy Taylor, Freddie Piro, and Tom Trefethen Mixed by Alan Parsons Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Cover art – Shusei Nagaoka Cover lettering – Michael Manoogian Photography – Eddie Douglas
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1975) PeakpositionUS Billboard 200 22
Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position US Billboard 200 81
Singles YearSingleChart Position1975"Holdin' on to Yesterday"Billboard Hot 10017Billboard Easy Listening46Cash Box Top 100CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, August 23, 197518Canada RPM Top SinglesRPM Weekly, August 30, 197537Dutch Single Top 10036"Nice, Nice, Very Nice"Billboard Hot 10063
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