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DISCID=7d094b09
DTITLE=Ambrosia / One Eighty (Japanese Pressing)
DYEAR=1980
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Ready
TTITLE1=Shape I'm In
TTITLE2=Kamikaze
TTITLE3=You're The Only Woman
TTITLE4=Rock N' A Hard Place
TTITLE5=Livin' On My Own
TTITLE6=Cryin' In The Rain
TTITLE7=No Big Deal
TTITLE8=Biggest Part Of Me
EXTD=One Eighty (Japanese Pressing)\n\nOriginally Released 1980\nCD Ed
EXTD=ition Released February 1, 2000\nJapanese Pressing CD Edition Rel
EXTD=eased ??\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: When Life Beyond L.A. became their
EXTD= biggest hit to date on the strength of smooth AOR like "How Much
EXTD= I Feel," Ambrosia decided to continue in this direction on One E
EXTD=ighty. It became their most successful album but lacks the ambiti
EXTD=on or inspiration that infused their first two albums. The prog r
EXTD=ock style that characterized the group's early work is almost com
EXTD=pletely gone: The only real progressive cut is "Kamikaze," which 
EXTD=attempts to create a stylized blend of prog rock and traditional 
EXTD=Japanese music but comes off as stilted and awkward. The rest of 
EXTD=the album's songs are either pop/rock tunes or ballads. Rockers l
EXTD=ike "Ready" go for an ambitious blend of radio-friendly rock and 
EXTD=new wave elements, but sound too forced to be convincing. The bal
EXTD=lads are the album's redeeming feature. They are all lovingly cra
EXTD=fted and boast strong, often complex melodies that keep them from
EXTD= getting too sappy or sentimental: "You're the Only Woman" is a k
EXTD=eyboard-rich song that highlights Christopher North's soulful Ham
EXTD=mond organ playing, and "Livin' on My Own" layers harmonies remin
EXTD=iscent of the Doobie Brothers over a jazzy tune driven by an intr
EXTD=icate bassline. The album's finale, "Biggest Part of Me," is the 
EXTD=best of these ballads. It combines rich Beach Boys-styled harmoni
EXTD=es with a heartfelt lyric to create a rich slice of blue-eyed sou
EXTD=l that gave the group a number two hit single. These classy balla
EXTD=ds make One Eighty worth a listen for devoted Ambrosia fans, but 
EXTD=the casual listener might want to seek these songs out on the gro
EXTD=up's Anthology album.  -- Donald A. Guarisco\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM
EXTD=ER REVIEW\nCertainly NOT Their Best, But I Bought It Anyway, July
EXTD= 9, 2006\nReviewer: T. R. Rak\nIt's difficult to reconcile an Amb
EXTD=rosia album like "One Eighty" with their previous, predominantly 
EXTD=progressive, hard-rock extravaganzas including their debut master
EXTD=piece effort (self titled), followed by an arguably even LOFTIER 
EXTD=orchestral, rock-opera creation called "Somewhere I've Never Trav
EXTD=elled" (which, if you own the LP, is unique, creative and imagina
EXTD=tive [and a definite collector's gem] in that the album cover act
EXTD=ually opens out and up into the shape [suitable for a table cente
EXTD=rpiece] of a perfect pyramid!). Wow! And then Ambrosia's third of
EXTD=fering, "Life Beyond L.A.," is worth the price of purchase alone 
EXTD=with its eponymously-titled opening track, a progressive-rock "qu
EXTD=o vadis" that even received respectable-enough airplay on selecti
EXTD=ve radio stations in 1978. \n\nBut by then however, Ambrosia fans
EXTD= were beginning to notice a rather disconcerting change in their 
EXTD=beloved, "intelligent-rocker-audiophile" quartet's musical direct
EXTD=ion. To put it mildly, Ambrosia was beginning to show signs of "m
EXTD=ellowing out." Worse yet, they seemed to be "selling out." You co
EXTD=uld say that the worry began to settle in with 1978's adult-conte
EXTD=mporary hit single, "How Much I Feel." With this song, Ambrosia s
EXTD=tarted to gain a whole new audience, while undermining their fait
EXTD=hful base of progressive-rock worshippers. \n\nThat loyal base co
EXTD=uld have forgiven Ambrosia their 1978 commercially-driven faux pa
EXTD=s, were it not for their fourth offering and the album reviewed h
EXTD=ere, "One Eighty" (released, not coincidentally enough, in 1980).
EXTD= Two more hit singles reminiscent of "How Much I Feel," namely "Y
EXTD=ou're the Only Woman" and "Biggest Part of Me," nailed the coffin
EXTD= lid shut on Ambrosia (as rock-and-roll pioneers) forever, typeca
EXTD=sting them as "easy listening" to the masses of listeners right u
EXTD=p until the present day. \n\nTragically enough, being typecast as
EXTD= easy-listening was never what band members and erstwhile audial 
EXTD=imagineers David Pack, Joe Puerta or Christopher North ever had i
EXTD=n mind. But something happened between "Somewhere I've Never Trav
EXTD=elled" and "One Eighty." Perhaps it was the fact that David Pack 
EXTD=was (literally) losing his hearing in both ears. Or maybe the rea
EXTD=lity was best summed up in the lyrics to the outstanding, progres
EXTD=sive-rock swan song "Life Beyond L.A." (from the album released 2
EXTD= years before "One Eighty"): "Living out here you soon come to kn
EXTD=ow that it ain't how good you are as much as who you know ... now
EXTD= you fake it." \n\nThey did. And they made a lot of money doing j
EXTD=ust that. \n\nBut surprisingly (or perhaps not, at least to the l
EXTD=egions of "true" Ambrosia aficionados), just as Ambrosia began to
EXTD= be recognized in a rather major fashion by the Billboard Pop Cha
EXTD=rt, rather than "ride the success wave" to further pop popularity
EXTD=, "One Eighty" marked both the apex (commercially) and the collap
EXTD=se (artistically) of Ambrosia's career. Their followup album, "Ro
EXTD=ad Island," sank into the ocean of oblivion like Krakatoa. And al
EXTD=ong with "Road Island," Ambrosia itself disappeared beneath the w
EXTD=aves. \n\nI recall vividly in 1980, leafing through an issue of B
EXTD=illboard Magazine shortly after "One Eighty" and its attendant, l
EXTD=ight-on-the-ears, soft-on-the-brain hits dolloped onto the scene 
EXTD=like so much hospital-vanilla pudding, amazingly and amusingly en
EXTD=ough (and ostensibly as a kind of "sop to Cerberus" to their "har
EXTD=d core" audience): Ambrosia posted a full-page, full-color, heavy
EXTD=-text "disclaimer" in the industry-standard rag, defending their 
EXTD=new album and insisting vehemently that "Ambrosia still rocks!" A
EXTD=ll humor aside, most implicit in this defense was, "please, pleas
EXTD=e don't judge us by our hit songs; buy our new album and you'll h
EXTD=ear for yourself - all the REALLY GOOD HEAVY stuff WHICH YOU LOVE
EXTD= and which the radio ISN'T playing! It's in here TOO!!" So I boug
EXTD=ht "One Eighty." \n\nAnd I kind of had to agree with the guys. I 
EXTD=love the thickly-layered, power-rock opening track, "Ready" (remi
EXTD=niscent of their equally power-driven "Can't Let a Woman" off "So
EXTD=mewhere I've Never Travelled"), and I also thought "Kamikaze" jam
EXTD=med effectively enough. But the rest of the album? \n\nHmmmmm ...
EXTD= \n\nIn any case, I had purchased the LP. And when the CD of "One
EXTD= Eighty" finally made it to market, yup - I bought that as well. 
EXTD=So, like it or not, if I was upset with the way Ambrosia had decl
EXTD=ined artistically, I still feel, even to this day, that the band'
EXTD=s definitive oeuvre just isn't complete unless all four of their 
EXTD=albums (up until "Rock Island" which, although I do own it, confe
EXTD=ssedly, I couldn't tell you any of the names, let alone hum any o
EXTD=f the tunes, of a single one of the songs from this album off the
EXTD= top of my head). \n\nThus, "four" seems to be a kind of "magic n
EXTD=umber" for Ambrosia, which is why, albeit semi-reluctantly, I giv
EXTD=e "One Eighty" four stars, even though (intellectually) I might w
EXTD=ish to assign it merely two, or two-and-a-half. Maybe I give "One
EXTD= Eighty" 4 stars because their opening song "Ready" redeems the r
EXTD=est of the album. That and "Kamikaze." Or perhaps because ... umm
EXTD=mm ... "je ne sais quoi" (*sigh*) as the French say - I just don'
EXTD=t know why. \n\nCall it a "lifetime achievement award" to a band 
EXTD=I once loved to pieces, and still do - for their aboriginal, bril
EXTD=liant work early on. Fortunately, you can still hear vestiges of 
EXTD=that work here on "One Eighty."\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAm
EXTD=brosia definitely did a "180", October 25, 2006\nReviewer: Jennif
EXTD=er S. Herman\nIf I wanted soft rock or pop, I'd listen to Barry M
EXTD=anilow, NOT Ambrosia. This album has some "decent" songs like "Re
EXTD=ady", "Kamakaze", and so forth, but forget the mushy stuff. Sure,
EXTD= as a girl that appreciates a great male voice, I love hearing Da
EXTD=vid Pack sing his sweet ballads, but some of these songs are just
EXTD= a little too mushy for me. I'm like a lot of others that are dis
EXTD=appointed in how much of a "180" they did with their music. Some 
EXTD=of the old Ambrosia feel comes through on the harder songs, but t
EXTD=his album is mostly just mush!!! LOL!!! This album, regardless of
EXTD= the hit singles on it, may have been Ambrosia's demise. If you l
EXTD=ike mush, it's a great album to get. If you like classic Ambrosia
EXTD=, hang it up!\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDifferent musicians 
EXTD=and a different sound!, April 16, 2006\nReviewer: Mr. Music Criti
EXTD=c (Georgia)\nEven with the two hit songs on this CD...It is still
EXTD= pretty good. It's obvious that this isn't progressive rock. The 
EXTD=band Ambrosia slowly abandoned that genre music and chose to writ
EXTD=e and play pop music. Perhaps, it was contractual obligations or 
EXTD=maybe, they just needed to eat??? The opening track Ready, makes 
EXTD=references in the lyrics...to Somewhere I Never Travelled and Get
EXTD=ting On Out Of L.A. Clearly, these words are chosen to refer back
EXTD= to their earlier albums. This song is one of the better one's on
EXTD= this CD. Shape I'm In is an okay pop-style song. Kamikaze rates 
EXTD=as one of the worst songs that Ambrosia has ever made. I enjoy th
EXTD=e music, but the lyrics stink! It's just stupid and dated. Like t
EXTD=hey would know anything about being a Kamikaze pilot. You're The 
EXTD=Only Woman is a lesser known hit, but still recieves quite a lot 
EXTD=of airplay. It's heard more often than not here lately in it's ne
EXTD=w jazzed-up remix by David Pack on his CD called The Secret Of Mo
EXTD=vin' On. I think that I like the original version better. Rock N'
EXTD= A Hard Place....is another good song. Definitely some shades of 
EXTD=prog-rock here! Livin' On My Own is also one of the standout song
EXTD=s on this CD. It features the singing of Royce Jones. Great voice
EXTD=!!! Cryin' In The Rain is a pretty good tune, but definitely a "g
EXTD=irlie rock" song. No Big Deal is a fast-paced, up-tempo song...Th
EXTD=e lyrics are kind of silly, but the song is catchy and has some h
EXTD=ints of progressive rock. The final track is Ambrosia's well-know
EXTD=n hit, Biggest Part Of Me. It's a nice song, but definitely overp
EXTD=layed. This is and adequate CD, but certainly not Ambrosia's best
EXTD=. It features some different musicians and a different sound. \n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nLet's Clear Some Stuff Up, February 3
EXTD=, 2005\nReviewer: Timothy Mark Ash-noda "tyme" (Louisville, Color
EXTD=ado)\nAmbrosia began as a brilliantly original progressive rock b
EXTD=and. Their first album "Ambrosia" is genius, one of the best albu
EXTD=ms of the 70's I'd say. This album is their 4th release, not thei
EXTD=r third. If you enjoy the early progressive sound of Ambrosia and
EXTD= were disappointed to hear them slipping more and more toward typ
EXTD=ical uninspired commercial-oriented music (um, selling out) with 
EXTD=each album, then this is the album you might not want to buy. 180
EXTD= indeed, it is almost unrecognizable in style from their brillian
EXTD=t first album. Not that anything these talented guys put out is b
EXTD=ad, it's just so far below what they produced when they were play
EXTD=ing with a sense of artistry rather than chasing the buck. As to 
EXTD=the album cover, it's hard to believe that some folks haven't not
EXTD=iced how playing around with homoeroticism is a staple of the reb
EXTD=elliousness at the heart of rock and roll. This cover could have 
EXTD=only caused controversy among the sappy mainstream audience it wa
EXTD=s directed at. More importantly, who cares what the sexual orient
EXTD=ation of an artist is? It's the new millenium. Wake up and smell 
EXTD=the diversity. Those of you insisting that the hug on the cover i
EXTD=s not evidence of homosexuality are probably as homophobic as tho
EXTD=se who think it is. I have no idea if these guys are gay and don'
EXTD=t care. Do you?\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe album that too
EXTD=k a 180 degree turn, November 6, 2003\nReviewer: andy8047 (Nokomi
EXTD=s,Florida)\nONE EIGHTY was inspired by the month and year this al
EXTD=bum was finished,January 1980. Burleigh Drummond's arms around Jo
EXTD=e Puerta is not a sign of homosexuality,as some people might thin
EXTD=k. This album was re-released in February 2000 on compact disc in
EXTD= America. This album is Ambrosia's fourth with their last biggest
EXTD= hits YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN and BIGGEST PART OF ME written by Amb
EXTD=rosia member David Pack. They're both jazz-flavored. LIVIN' ON MY
EXTD= OWN is also jazz-flavored. Those three songs appear on 1997's AN
EXTD=THOLOGY. READY,also written by Pack, is a hard-rocker just like R
EXTD=OCK 'N A HARD PLACE(not to be confused with the Rolling Stones re
EXTD=cording of almost the same title with different words and music).
EXTD= Drummer Drummond takes the lead on his personally penned CRYIN' 
EXTD=IN THE RAIN. NO BIG DEAL,SHAPE I'M IN and KAMIKAZE are all cool. 
EXTD=Ambrosia would record one more album after this,ROAD ISLAND,relea
EXTD=sed in 1982 and disband thereafter.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
EXTD=\nSWEET AMBROSIA, October 25, 2002\nReviewer: Michael Butts (Mart
EXTD=insburg, WV USA)\nSo, first off---what's with the album cover? Is
EXTD= it homsexual to hug another band member? What about all the foot
EXTD=ball guys who hug each other and pat each other's derrieres? Come
EXTD= on, guys, physical contact is pretty common amongst most men, th
EXTD=ey just don't admit it.\n\nWith that said, the music: it's one of
EXTD= their best, I think. "Kamikaze" with its stilted off-tempo beat,
EXTD= is a killer song. The vocals by Pack and Puerta on all the songs
EXTD= lift them way beyond the norm for those 80's bands. Their two hi
EXTD=ts, "The Biggest Part of Me" and "You're the Only Woman" are grea
EXTD=t top-40 songs; you even hear them today. "Cryin in the Rain," "L
EXTD=ivin on My Own," "Ready"..they're all great tunes.\nIf you've hea
EXTD=rd their "Anthology," you can see how great these guys have devel
EXTD=oped. They were actually involved with the Alan Parsons' classic 
EXTD="Tales of Mystery and Imagination." Pack has since become a produ
EXTD=cer and backup singer, having helmed Patti Austin's awesome "The 
EXTD=Real Me." These guys knew their stuff, and they obviously even LI
EXTD=KED each other.\nRECOMMENDED.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBesi
EXTD=des the album cover..., May 20, 2002\nReviewer: greverio "greveri
EXTD=o" (Falls Church, Virginia United States)\nThis album was good. T
EXTD=wo popular songs in "You're the Only Woman" and "Biggest Part of 
EXTD=Me" alone make this a winner. My personal favorite is "Cryin in t
EXTD=he Rain", rockin' song with a killer organ solo. I really wasn't 
EXTD=aware of Ambrosia's "rock power". The album cover is quite contro
EXTD=versial, the back is even worse. In my younger days, I thought Ja
EXTD=net from "Three's Company" was the lead singer, with a cast of so
EXTD=me tough truckers. Either way, the album was good then and now.\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWhat a creepy album cover, November
EXTD= 7, 2001\nReviewer: A music fan\nYou know, I've never heard this 
EXTD=album. I can speak on behalf of the two singles, "Biggest Part Of
EXTD= Me" and "You're The Only Woman (You & I)", which were great earl
EXTD=y-80's soft-rock radio tracks. And I remember hearing them do "No
EXTD= Big Deal" on "The Midnight Special" and realizing that these guy
EXTD=s could rock pretty hard as well. But I have to review it only to
EXTD= comment on the cover - WHAT WERE THESE GUYS THINKING? If they're
EXTD= gay, this certainly wasn't an era when it was a wise career move
EXTD= to come out of the closet, at least not by hugging your bandmate
EXTD= and putting it on the cover! Nothing against homosexuality, but 
EXTD=this was NOT the kind of move that was going to sell records back
EXTD= then!\n \nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEvolution, perhaps..., Oct
EXTD=ober 3, 2000\nReviewer: Mark (Columbus, Ohio USA)\nLike the Yes a
EXTD=lbums of the 1980s, this project is best heard in it's own contex
EXTD=t, not in view of all that came before. The addition of Royce Jon
EXTD=es and David Cutler-Lewis improves the level of creativity which 
EXTD=is often lost as bands develop, normally resulting in a less homo
EXTD=genous sound throughout the album. I must admit I was quite disap
EXTD=pointed with this album, in the wake of their first two efforts. 
EXTD="One-Eighty" is a definite departure from their prog-rock beginni
EXTD=ngs, although some echoes of their earlier style can be heard in 
EXTD="Kamikaze" (sung, incidentally, by Joe Puerta, the principal voca
EXTD=list on the first albums). Hopefully, this album suceeded in brin
EXTD=ging new listeners to their earlier music, as was the case with l
EXTD=isteners to Yes' "90125" and "Big Generator". All in all, not a b
EXTD=ad album. Worth buying.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA GREAT AL
EXTD=BUM FROM A GREAT BAND, April 19, 2000\nReviewer: A music fan\nThi
EXTD=s is Ambrosia's third album and their most accessable. This album
EXTD= features The usual lineup of David Pack on vocals & guitar, Joe 
EXTD=Puerta vocals & bass and Burleigh Drummond on drums & vocals. Thi
EXTD=s album also benefits from the addition of Former Steely Dan alum
EXTD=nus Royce Jones on percussion (He was in a touring lineup of Stee
EXTD=ly Dan which also featured future Doobie Brothers Jeff Baxter & M
EXTD=ichael McDonald)this album also features the wonderful organ work
EXTD= of returning member Christopher North as well as the synth work 
EXTD=of David cutler Lewis. The first cut Ready is a firey rocker feat
EXTD=uring the soaring harmonies of Royce jones & Joe Puerta with the 
EXTD=lead vocals of David pack over the top Royce Jones takes the lead
EXTD= on the next cut Shape I'm in and shows what a great addition he 
EXTD=is to the band. Other highlights include the their two biggest hi
EXTD=ts the David Pack penned hits You're the only women & Biggest par
EXTD=t of Me Also Check out the mean organ solo on Cryin' in the Rain 
EXTD=by Christopher North. This is a great recording of highly polishe
EXTD=d well crafted and well performed songs.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER R
EXTD=EVIEW\nTakin' me back, February 5, 2000\nReviewer: Marla J. Willi
EXTD=ams (Deep in the Heart of Texas)\nWhat a great CD. A little bit o
EXTD=f everything--from the Top 40 hits "You're the Only Woman" and "B
EXTD=iggest Part of Me" to my favorites that most people have never he
EXTD=ard like "Shape I'm In" and "Livin' On My Own". David Pack has a 
EXTD=great voice and after 20+ years I still love this music! If you'r
EXTD=e feeling nostalgic for the late '70's and early '80's, and you l
EXTD=ike groups like Pablo Cruise or maybe early Toto, I think you'll 
EXTD=like this cd.
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