Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Ambrosia Available Now
I’m glad to say I’m not the kind of audiophile snob who looks down his nose at a good soft rock hit.
I may be a snob in other ways of course; who isn’t?
I don’t mind admitting I enjoy the hell out a good Hall & Oates jam, and I positively love Bread.
Ambrosia can and does hold their own with the best of these soft-rockers. And they usually sound better doing it.
One Eighty (recorded on 1/80, get it?) kicks off with a real rocker: Ready, which is a great name for an opening track and really gets the album off to a high-energy start.
Side two opens with my favorite track on the album, Livin’ On My Own. I actually used to demonstrate my system with it: the bass is huge, way up in the mix and really punchy.
Additionally there are powerful multi-tracked vocal harmonies in the chorus that are wall-to-wall, surprisingly dynamic, yet breathy and sweet.