Anthology (Ambrosia album)

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Anthology
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 1997
Recorded1996
Genre Progressive rock, soft rock
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Pack
Ambrosia chronology
Road Island
(1982)
Anthology
(1997)
Live at The Galaxy
(2002)
Singles from Anthology
  1. "I Just Can't Let Go"
    Released: 1997

Anthology is a compilation album by Ambrosia, released in 1997 on Warner Bros. Records. The album includes three new recordings, including a re-recording of the David Pack solo "I Just Can't Let Go", which was released as a single. [1] The two new recorded tracks are "Mama Don't Understand" and "Sky Is Falling".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Don't Understand"Pack, Puerta4:31
2."Biggest Part of Me"Pack5:25
3."You're the Only Woman"Pack4:20
4."Nice, Nice, Very Nice"Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta5:51
5."Life Beyond L.A."Drummond, Pack4:45
6."Livin' on My Own"Drummond, Pack, Puerta4:40
7."Holdin' on to Yesterday"Pack, Puerta4:16
8."Angola"Pack, Puerta3:50
9."How Much I Feel"Pack4:43
10."Time Waits for No One"Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta4:57
11."I Just Can't Let Go"Pack5:20
12."Heart to Heart"Pack, Puerta2:47
13."And... Somewhere I've Never Traveled"Pack, Puerta5:00
14."Sky Is Falling"Chiaravelle, Pack, Puerta6:02
15."Still Not Satisfied"Drummond, Pack, Puerta3:59
16."Cowboy Star"Drummond, North, Pack, Puerta5:22

Personnel

Ambrosia
Additional musicians

Charts

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1997"I Just Can't Let Go"Billboard Adult Contemporary [2] 26

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References

  1. Taylor, Chuck (November 8, 1997). "Airwaves: Radio 'Just Can't Let Go' Of Songs From Ambrosia, Producer/Arranger David Pack". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 45. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 56. Retrieved February 27, 2020 via Google Books.
  2. "Ambrosia - I Just Can't Let Go". Billboard . Retrieved November 26, 2019.[ dead link ]