Ambrosia - Ambrosia
Label: 20th Century Fox/Original release year: 1975
Mischpult & Co-Produzent: Alan Parsons
Tracks:
Nice Nice Very Nice,
Time Waits For No One,
Holdin On To Testerday,
World Leave Me Alone,
Make Us All Aware,
Lover Arrive,
Mama Frog
Drink Of Water.
Band:
Joe Puerta: Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals
David Pack: Guitars, Lead Vocals & Keyboards on "Lover Arrive"
Christopher North: Keyboards & Vocals
Burleigh Drummond: Percussion, Bassoon & Vocals
Produced by Freddie Piro
Gäste, nicht nur auf diesem Album waren:
James Newton-Howard,
Chuck Girard,
Fletch Wiley,
Daniel Kobialka,
Freddie Piro,
Ian Underwood,
Ruth Underwood,
Jim West,
Michael Granger,
Keith Johnson,
Splash Price,
Andy Toth.
Mixdown engineer & co-production of mixdown: Alan Parsons
Etwas Historie vorab – Quelle http://www.bluedesert.dk
http://www.bluedesert.dk/ambrosia.html
Ambrosia, the classic west coast band ....
Los Angeles quartet Ambrosia, whose founding members included guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North, and drummer Burleigh Drummond, fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound.
The group was discovered in 1971 by Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured Ambrosia as part of a so-called All-American Dream Concert. However, it took them four more years to get a record contract; Ambrosia was released in 1975 and spawned the chart singles "Holdin' on to Yesterday" and "Nice, Nice, Very Nice." The latter was based on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Cat's Cradle. Ambrosia scored another hit in 1977 with a cover of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" from the film All This and World War II, which they also appeared in.
North left the group just before their biggest pop breakthrough in 1978 with the number three hit "How Much I Feel." Ambrosia followed this success in 1980 with another number three hit, "Biggest Part of Me," and the number 13 follow-up "You're the Only Woman." Their next album failed, ending their run of chart success, and the group broke up; individual members are still active as session musicians and vocalists, as well as producers.
In 1997 the group got together again and released the "Anthology" album. Since then they have toured a lot, and is now working on a new album.
http://www.ambrosiaweb.com/index.htm
Zur CD.
Bis auf “James Newton-Howard” kenne ich auf Anhieb keinen der Musiker, was ich aber dringend ändern muss, denn dieses Album ist ein Hammer.
Um ihre Musik zu beschreiben, muss ich auf Bands wie „Nite City“ „Sea Level“ oder „Runner“ zurückgreifen.
Ihr seht also, es handelt sich hier um angejazzten Pop, der allerdings auf einem so hohen Niveau zelebriert wird, das es mir den Atem stockt. Grandios.
Wenn ich von Pop spreche, so muss das nicht automatisch negativ gemeint sein, nein, es sind natürlich Strukturen des Genres Pop vorhanden, die aber immer wieder durch feine Breaks und Tempi Wechsel unterbrochen werden. Die „Handwerker“ beherrschen sogar Disharmonien und machen jede Komposition zu einem echten Hörgenuss.
Auch erkenne, bzw. erhöre ich einen gewissen Einfluss des Tastenhansels A. Parson, denn es gibt gelegentlich Synthi und Piano Einlagen, die einen Touch seines Albums „I Robot“ haben.
Mehr möchte ich nicht verraten und hoffe einige hier neugierig gemacht zu haben.
Musik 14/15
Klang 13/15
Label: 20th Century Fox/Original release year: 1975
Mischpult & Co-Produzent: Alan Parsons
Tracks:
Nice Nice Very Nice,
Time Waits For No One,
Holdin On To Testerday,
World Leave Me Alone,
Make Us All Aware,
Lover Arrive,
Mama Frog
Drink Of Water.
Band:
Joe Puerta: Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals
David Pack: Guitars, Lead Vocals & Keyboards on "Lover Arrive"
Christopher North: Keyboards & Vocals
Burleigh Drummond: Percussion, Bassoon & Vocals
Produced by Freddie Piro
Gäste, nicht nur auf diesem Album waren:
James Newton-Howard,
Chuck Girard,
Fletch Wiley,
Daniel Kobialka,
Freddie Piro,
Ian Underwood,
Ruth Underwood,
Jim West,
Michael Granger,
Keith Johnson,
Splash Price,
Andy Toth.
Mixdown engineer & co-production of mixdown: Alan Parsons
Etwas Historie vorab – Quelle http://www.bluedesert.dk
http://www.bluedesert.dk/ambrosia.html
Ambrosia, the classic west coast band ....
Los Angeles quartet Ambrosia, whose founding members included guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North, and drummer Burleigh Drummond, fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound.
The group was discovered in 1971 by Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured Ambrosia as part of a so-called All-American Dream Concert. However, it took them four more years to get a record contract; Ambrosia was released in 1975 and spawned the chart singles "Holdin' on to Yesterday" and "Nice, Nice, Very Nice." The latter was based on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Cat's Cradle. Ambrosia scored another hit in 1977 with a cover of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" from the film All This and World War II, which they also appeared in.
North left the group just before their biggest pop breakthrough in 1978 with the number three hit "How Much I Feel." Ambrosia followed this success in 1980 with another number three hit, "Biggest Part of Me," and the number 13 follow-up "You're the Only Woman." Their next album failed, ending their run of chart success, and the group broke up; individual members are still active as session musicians and vocalists, as well as producers.
In 1997 the group got together again and released the "Anthology" album. Since then they have toured a lot, and is now working on a new album.
http://www.ambrosiaweb.com/index.htm
Zur CD.
Bis auf “James Newton-Howard” kenne ich auf Anhieb keinen der Musiker, was ich aber dringend ändern muss, denn dieses Album ist ein Hammer.
Um ihre Musik zu beschreiben, muss ich auf Bands wie „Nite City“ „Sea Level“ oder „Runner“ zurückgreifen.
Ihr seht also, es handelt sich hier um angejazzten Pop, der allerdings auf einem so hohen Niveau zelebriert wird, das es mir den Atem stockt. Grandios.
Wenn ich von Pop spreche, so muss das nicht automatisch negativ gemeint sein, nein, es sind natürlich Strukturen des Genres Pop vorhanden, die aber immer wieder durch feine Breaks und Tempi Wechsel unterbrochen werden. Die „Handwerker“ beherrschen sogar Disharmonien und machen jede Komposition zu einem echten Hörgenuss.
Auch erkenne, bzw. erhöre ich einen gewissen Einfluss des Tastenhansels A. Parson, denn es gibt gelegentlich Synthi und Piano Einlagen, die einen Touch seines Albums „I Robot“ haben.
Mehr möchte ich nicht verraten und hoffe einige hier neugierig gemacht zu haben.
Musik 14/15
Klang 13/15
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