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Originally Posted by Anteater
Nice review Mrd00d! I think it's awesome that you went track-by-track.
A few things I'd like to add though-
1. Ambrosia are the only West Coast pop/progressive rock band that has ever formed to my knowledge in the context of progressive rock history. Even if I hated their stuff, I'd give them props for having a rather original sound. 
2. David Pack is their main lead vocalist, not North or Puerta. His talent is such that he'd have one hell of a successful solo career in the 80's and beyond.
3. 'Nice, Nice Very Nice' was actually written around the lyrics to a made-up song that appeared Kurt Vonnegut's famous novel "Cat's Cradle". I guess you could sense the literary quality behind the song while you were listening to it! |
1. I had noticed they were a California band but hadn't thought about the implications of that... Original, certainly.
2. Good to know. My mistake. I'm a big instrumental music fan. For me to like a vocalist, it takes a particular something that I can't really put my finger on. It's definitely singer to singer; I haven't blacklisted whole genres necessarily... Right on
3. Interesting. I enjoyed the vocalization on "Nice, Nice" and "Time Waits..." more than on the latter end of the album... To each their own, but that's good reference material.