One Eighty (album)
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ReleasedApril 1, 1980
Recorded1979–1980
Studio
- Location Recording (Burbank)
- Mama Jo's (North Hollywood)
- Monterey Sound (Glendale)
- Warner Bros. (Los Angeles)
- Sound City (Van Nuys)
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| Released | April 1, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1980 | |||
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| Length | 39:23 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Ambrosia, Freddie Piro | |||
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One Eighty is the fourth album by Ambrosia, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The title was believed by fans to signal the group's "180-degree" change in direction.[2]
The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard 200, continuing the success of the band. Among the three singles, "Biggest Part of Me" and "You're the Only Woman" were top 20 hits, peaking at No. 3 and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The album also earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group.[3][4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Ready" | David Pack | Pack | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Shape I'm In" | Joe Puerta, Pack | Royce Jones | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Kamikaze" | Puerta, Pack | Puerta | 4:01 |
| 4. | "You're the Only Woman (You & I)" | Pack | Pack | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Rock n' a Hard Place" | Puerta, Pack, Jeremy Kronsberg | Puerta | 3:59 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 6. | "Livin' on My Own" | Burleigh Drummond, Puerta, Pack | Jones, Puerta, Pack | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Cryin' in the Rain" | Drummond | Drummond | 4:37 |
| 8. | "No Big Deal" | Pack | Pack | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Biggest Part of Me" | Pack | Pack | 5:26 |
Personnel
- Ambrosia
- David Pack – guitars, vocals
- David Cutler Lewis – acoustic piano, Rhodes, Prophet-5, Minimoog, synthesizer solos
- Joe Puerta – bass, vocals
- Burleigh Drummond – drums, percussion, vocals
- Royce Jones – percussion, vocals
- Christopher North – Chamberlin, clavinet, Minimoog, organ, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- Ernie Watts – saxophone (4, 9)
- Daniel Kobialka – violin (5)
Production
- Ambrosia – producers
- Freddie Piro – producer
- Bill Pfordresher – associate producer
- Michael Verdick – engineer, mixing
- Joe Bellamy – additional recording
- Win Kutz – additional recording
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
- Teri Piro – production coordinator
- Glen Christensen – design
- Norman Seeff – photography
Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | Billboard 200 | 25 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1980 | "Biggest Part of Me" | Billboard Hot 100[6] | 3 |
| Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] | 3 | ||
| Billboard Soul[8] | 35 | ||
| Dutch Singles Top 100[9] | 30 | ||
| "You're the Only Woman (You & I)" | Billboard Hot 100[10] | 13 | |
| Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] | 5 | ||