AMBROSIA

Nice, Nice, Very Nice: Ambrosia's first of two singles, it has that rare quality which makes a prog song pop enough to become a radio hit. A catchy composition with great arrangements, and a very promising start to the album.

Time Waits for No One: As a composition it reminds me of Genesis, but with different arrangements. An interestingly sounding song.

Holdin' on to Yesterday: A blues rocker with prog elements, it's the second single of the album and the biggest hit. The sound of this album is fantastic, but the compositions are not that powerful.

World Leave Me Alone: A mainstream rocker of mediocre quality, but again, the arrangements and production are wonderful.

Make Us All Aware: Oh, we got something here! Shiny prog with medieval keyboards, it balances between a pop song and a bombastic prog composition. Styx are one of my favorite bands, and this reminds me of them. My favorite song thus far!

Lover Arrive: A simple piano ballad, with outstanding arrangements and production. No wonder the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, its sound is truly remarkable!

Mama Frog: It begins as a "serious" Jazz Prog composition, close to the keyboards-based style of ELP. Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" is recited in a pompous style in the middle of it, before an Eclectic Prog bridge that leads to a reprise of the first part of the song, followed by an abrupt conclusion. By far the most "true" prog track of the album, certainly interesting but not very attractive for me.

Drink of Water: Clear Alan Parsons Project influences over here, a ballad with ethereal vocals that looks to the future, sounding more 80s than everything else is the album. Again, the magnificent arrangements and production are the best things!

Rating:
More notable for its fabulous sound than its compositional quality. "Make Us All Aware" is the only song I will repeatedly listen to again in the future, but I will definitely listen to the whole album again in a quality sound system, as it is one of the most well produced albums I've had the pleasure to encounter! 2-2.5 stars for the compositions, but it sounds so great that I will give it 3!

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