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DISCID=72096a09,73096a09
DTITLE=The Alan Parsons Project / Ammonia Avenue
DYEAR=1984
DGENRE=Progressive Rock
TTITLE0=Prime Time
TTITLE1=Let Me Go Home
TTITLE2=One Good Reason
TTITLE3=Since The Last Goodbye
TTITLE4=Don't Answer Me
TTITLE5=Dancing On A Highwire
TTITLE6=You Don't Believe
TTITLE7=Pipeline
TTITLE8=Ammonia Avenue
EXTD=Originally Released February 1984\nCD Edition Released \nRemaster
EXTD=ed + Expanded CD Edition Released March 26, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT RE
EXTD=VIEW: One of the most interesting aspects about the Alan Parsons 
EXTD=Project is the band's ability to forge a main theme with each of 
EXTD=its songs, while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and po
EXTD=lished. Much of this formula is used in Ammonia Avenue, only this
EXTD= time the songs rise above Parsons' overall message due to the sh
EXTD=eer beauty of the lyrics partnered with the luster of the instrum
EXTD=ents. The album touches upon how the lines of communication betwe
EXTD=en people are diminishing, and how we as a society grow more spir
EXTD=itually isolated and antisocial. But aside from the philosophical
EXTD= concepts prevalent in the lyrics, it is the music on this album 
EXTD=that comes to the forefront. The enchanting saxophone of Mel Coll
EXTD=ins on "Don't Answer Me" adds to its lonely atmosphere, while the
EXTD= briskness of Eric Woolfson's wording throughout "Prime Time" mak
EXTD=es it one of the Project's best singles. On "You Don't Believe," 
EXTD=the seriousness of the lyrics works well with the song's energeti
EXTD=c pace. The subtlety of the ballad comes to life on the elegant "
EXTD=Since the Last Goodbye," which focuses on a failed attempt at a r
EXTD=elationship. With Ammonia Avenue, the sum of the parts is greater
EXTD= than the whole product, which can't be said for all of the Alan 
EXTD=Parsons Project's albums. Vocalists Eric Woolfson, Chris Rainbow,
EXTD= Lenny Zakatek, and Colin Blunstone equally shine, placing their 
EXTD=talents above and beyond the album's main idea. [The 2007 Sony BM
EXTD=G reissue included bonus tracks.]  -- Mike DeGagne\n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA solid album--more pop oriented than their ot
EXTD=hers, March 19, 2006 \nBy  Preston (nc)\nI liked Ammonia Avenue f
EXTD=rom 1984, especially Don't Answer Me. But my favorite song on her
EXTD=e is Prime Time, and it deserved more airplay and attention than 
EXTD=Answer got in summer 1984. I heard it in Conyers, Georgia during 
EXTD=a road trip in summer '84 and loved it. Don't Answer Me is such w
EXTD=onderful acoustic guitar playing--sometimes the Beach Boys' 1988 
EXTD=Kokomo borrows from that song. I'd have to say that Ammonia was t
EXTD=heir most pop oriented album, as Alan Parsons and his band load t
EXTD=his album with lots of pop hooks that's a far cry from their '70s
EXTD= progressive rock period. It was just as strong enough to compete
EXTD= with Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis and th
EXTD=e News and other artists that dominated the charts of '84. The re
EXTD=st of the album is just as strong and musically deep. I didn't th
EXTD=ink that they would top 1980's Eye in the Sky but they sure did w
EXTD=ith this one. This is just as much a classic as their other album
EXTD=s. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMoving smartly along ..., Ap
EXTD=ril 8, 2005 \nBy  rg61 (Boston, MA USA)\nWell, let's put it this 
EXTD=way ... \n\nI bought this when the vinyl was first released. Went
EXTD= with all the other APP albums I had. My 700 or so vinyl discs ha
EXTD=ve since been entrusted to an old friend. \n\nI've since purchase
EXTD=d *almost* all the APP CDs that I once had on vinyl. Not this one
EXTD=. \n\nFor me, Pyramid was the pinnacle -- 5 stars. Love the rest 
EXTD=of the first four, as well as Stereotomy and Gaudi -- 4 stars. I'
EXTD=d give 3 stars to Vulture Culture and Eye in the Sky. But this on
EXTD=e and Eve just didn't do it for me. \n\nOn a tangentially related
EXTD= note ... if you haven't heard Godley & Creme's Goodbye Blue Sky,
EXTD= try to find yourself a copy. A rollicking good time. \n\n\nAMAZO
EXTD=N.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nits funny...., April 27, 2004 \nReviewer: 
EXTD=A music fan\nEvery time I see "Parsons Ammonia" in the grocery st
EXTD=ore I think of this album. Good ol' "Alan Parson's Pine Fresh Amm
EXTD=onia Avenue" - that's what we called it when it came out. The mus
EXTD=ic stinks as bad as the chemical. Do yourself a favor - If you're
EXTD= a progressive rock fan, stop at Pyramid. Then start again at Ste
EXTD=reotomy. Everything in between was sugar coated sickening pap. \n
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTheir most ambitious if not their
EXTD= best, January 27, 2004 \nBy  Dave (Wales)\nI brought this album 
EXTD=purely for "Don't Answer Me", one of only two hit singles in the 
EXTD=UK for APP. The album inspired me to dig deeper into APP's back c
EXTD=atalogue, and they've certainly released more memorable records t
EXTD=han this.\nHowever, there is more to this album than "Don't Answe
EXTD=r Me". "Prime Time" could easily have been a massive hit had it n
EXTD=ot been completely ignored by the radio. "Pipeline" is a classic 
EXTD=APP instrumental, cinematic in an almost technicolour way. Howeve
EXTD=r, the real standout track on this album is "You Don't Believe", 
EXTD=with Lenny Zakatek's passionate vocal, and a techno-esque feel.\n
EXTD=\nNot in the same class as "I, Robot", "Eye In The Sky" or "The T
EXTD=urn of a Friendly Card" perhaps, but, all the same, this is still
EXTD= well worth a listen. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMy favori
EXTD=te Alan Parsons Project lyric...?, October 8, 2002 \nBy  Rich Edm
EXTD=unds (Jenks, Oklahoma United States)\nFrom the title track: "...a
EXTD=nd those who came, at first, to scoff remain behind to pray." It 
EXTD=somehow strikes a cord with my "conspiracy theory" dominated view
EXTD= of the world at large. For once you step through that door and B
EXTD=ELIEVE that things are not as they seem, there is no turning back
EXTD=. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA considerable shift to the r
EXTD=ight, but still great!, January 29, 2001 \nBy  Jon "tesura" (BC, 
EXTD=Canada)\nFirst off, if this wasn't an APP album it'd get a defini
EXTD=te 5, but since APP's previous stuff is THAT GOOD I gave it a 4. 
EXTD=This album is a reassuring preview of what's to come from the Pro
EXTD=ject, so fans of the old albums needn't be afraid. "Prime Time" i
EXTD=s in the same vein as "Eye In The Sky", and "Let Me Go Home" is a
EXTD=t the same high par as all other Lenny Zakatek tracks. "Don't Ans
EXTD=wer Me" quite easily has to the best track on the album. "Pipelin
EXTD=e" is the only instrumental but it is very good. The album's only
EXTD= weak spots are perhaps "Since The Last Good-bye" and "Dancing On
EXTD= A Highwire". It has been suggested that if you consider Ammonia 
EXTD=Avenue as NH3 AVE and move the N to the back you get an approxima
EXTD=tion of the word HEAVEN. Keep that in mind as you listen to the f
EXTD=inal track of the album. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDeath 
EXTD=of a Supergroup, August 15, 2000 \nBy  Patrick Sullivan (Louisvil
EXTD=le, Kentucky United States)\nThis was the last APP album to featu
EXTD=re 4 or 5 good APP songs. Let's face it, APP reached their peak w
EXTD=ith "The Turn of a Friendly Card." Sure, "Eye in the Sky" had a f
EXTD=ew (4) great songs. Excluding all the work before "AA," I haven't
EXTD= found another APP, AP or any other APP-related work I can enjoy 
EXTD=listening to in its entirety (ok, "Eve" is a little difficult). O
EXTD=n "AA," tracks 5-9 shine! "Pipeline" is definitely one of my all-
EXTD=time favorite APP instrumentals - classic, clean and crisp. "Don'
EXTD=t Answer Me" is such a melancholy (although fantastic) song becau
EXTD=se it reminds me of the Project's last dying breath; don't worry 
EXTD=Eric, we can't answer you now. "Prime Time" sounds like the Proje
EXTD=ct was trying too hard to capitalize on the "Eye on the Sky" soun
EXTD=d - it's a carbon copy! Yes, this album belongs in every APP coll
EXTD=ection, but stop here. All work past this point is a waste of you
EXTD=r time. (Well, you might want to check out some of the "Ladyhawke
EXTD=" soundtrack.) I guess I'm just old school. Eric is surely missed
EXTD= on the recent AP solo stuff, too. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVI
EXTD=EW\nConstruction time again, June 27, 2000 \nBy  XS (Regensburg)\n
EXTD="Ammonia Avenue" is the first in a string of pop-oriented mid-'80
EXTD=s albums, and it shows that APP decided to abandon art-rock and t
EXTD=o produce music primarily serviceable for clubs and the charts. L
EXTD=yrically, "AA" has quite a concept, it deals with the alienation 
EXTD=of modern society and the difficulty of relationships. These are 
EXTD=fairly familiar topics for early-'80s music, and the lyrics are n
EXTD=ot as thoughtful as those of earlier APP albums. Musically, I thi
EXTD=nk this is APP's most unfocused and bland effort, partly due to A
EXTD=PP's frequent and cursory use of dance rhythms and slick synth so
EXTD=unds. "Don't answer me", APP's signature hit, still receives a lo
EXTD=t of radio airplay and can be considered a classic. "One good rea
EXTD=son", "You don't believe", and "Pipeline" are somewhat sterile tr
EXTD=acks, recorded with the aid of drum machines and sequencers. The 
EXTD=ballads and calmer songs like "Prime time", "Since..", and the ti
EXTD=tle cut continue the "Eye in the sky"- formula without noticeable
EXTD= change. Eventually, the ponderous pseudo-hard rock of "Let me go
EXTD= home" confirms that "AA" is rather a jumble of various elements 
EXTD=than a consistent album. Not a complete failure, but compared wit
EXTD=h APP's '70s-work, it's a calculated and lackluster affair. \n\n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGood, but not the best..., January 14
EXTD=, 1999 \nReviewer: A music fan\nAfter the success of Eye in the S
EXTD=ky, the Project started to try to become a hit factory. There is 
EXTD=no doubt that songs like, "Don't Answer Me" (A glockenspiel never
EXTD= sounded so good in a pop song), "Since the Last Goodbye", "Ammon
EXTD=ia Avenue", and "Pipeline" (possibly the best APP instrumental tr
EXTD=ack of all time) helped define this excellent APP album. \nHOWEVE
EXTD=R, be warned, this is not a 'concept' album in a real Project sen
EXTD=se. Lesser tracks get in the way of the better ones - almost soun
EXTD=ding like they don't belong there. Thankfully there's only two th
EXTD=at come to mind. \n\nOverall, a good showing by the Master. \n\n\n
EXTD=Half.com Details \nProducer: Alan Parsons \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Al
EXTD=an Parsons Project: Eric Woolfson (vocals, keyboards); Chris Rain
EXTD=bow, Lenny Zakatek, Colin Blunstone (vocals); Ian Bairnson (guita
EXTD=r); Mel Collins (saxophone); David Paton (bass); Stuart Elliot (d
EXTD=rums, percussion); Alan Parsons (Fairlight programming).\n\nRecor
EXTD=ded at Abbey Road Studios, London.\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nYou
EXTD= would expect a record that is the brainchild of a pair of produc
EXTD=ers to succeed more on technical grounds than creative ones. True
EXTD= to form, the latest "concept" album by the Alan Parsons Project 
EXTD=founders miserably in its own overearnest art-rock poetasting. It
EXTD= sounds a lot better than it scans: "Producer" Parsons and his "e
EXTD=xecutive producer," Eric Woolfson, have crafted a set of songs, i
EXTD=n their overseer role, that are texturally attractive and sonical
EXTD=ly impeccable (recall, Parsons engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side 
EXTD=of the Moon). But it's merely a sonic souffl, empty calories puf
EXTD=fed full of hot air.\n\nThe concept this time, one surmises, has 
EXTD=to do with the give and take, the infatuation and disillusion, of
EXTD= a romantic affair. Throughout, there's the sense that, blindly g
EXTD=uided by ephemeral passions, we don't really know what the hell w
EXTD=e're doing -- hence, our final destination, the disorientation of
EXTD= Ammonia Avenue. It's not as onerous and misogynistic as earlier 
EXTD=Parsons projects, but any pop song that rhymes reality with neutr
EXTD=ality has two strikes against it: strike three is the subject mat
EXTD=ter of the song in question (titled "Dancing on a High Wire"): "T
EXTD=he silver-plated hero meets the golden-hearted whore." Later, she
EXTD='s "the ivory madonna." Huh?\n\nWhen Parsons and pals aren't recy
EXTD=cling stock riff-rock maneuvers, they're making like insufferable
EXTD= wimps. Following the macho chest-beating of "One Good Reason" wi
EXTD=th the poor-me mewling of "Since the Last Goodbye" reveals a baff
EXTD=ling inconsistency of viewpoint. If that isn't enough, they confo
EXTD=und the issue with non sequiturs like this one, from Ammonia Aven
EXTD=ue's title track: "Is there no sign of light as we stand in the d
EXTD=arkness/Watching the sun arise?"\n\nFaced with such an abundance 
EXTD=of inconsequential confusion, I think I'd rather be on Electric A
EXTD=venue. (RS 419 -- Apr 12, 1984)  --  PARKE PUTERBAUGH
EXTT0=Eric Woolfson
EXTT1=Lenny Zakatek
EXTT2=Eric Woolfson
EXTT3=Chris Rainbow
EXTT4=Eric Woolfson
EXTT5=Colin Blunstone
EXTT6=Lenny Zakatek
EXTT7=Instrumental
EXTT8=Eric Woolfson
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