Life Beyond L.A. Explained

Life Beyond L.A.
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ambrosia
Cover:	AmbrosiaLifeBeyondLA.jpg
Released:	August 12, 1978
Recorded:	1977–1978
Genre:	Soft rock, art rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Label:	Warner Bros. Records
Producer:	Freddie Piro
Prev Title:	Somewhere I've Never Travelled
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	One Eighty
Next Year:	1980

Life Beyond L.A. is the third album by Ambrosia, and their first album on Warner Bros. Records, released in 1978. It marked the departure of their progressive rock roots in favor of a more commercial jazz & soft rock sound.^[1] "How Much I Feel," "Life Beyond L.A." and "If Heaven Could Find Me" were released as singles.

The album was Ambrosia's most successful, peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard 200. Among the three singles, "How Much I Feel" managed to reach the Top 10, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their second Top 40 hit.^[2]

Personnel

Ambrosia

• David Pack – guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboards
• Joe Puerta – bass, lead and backing vocals
• Burleigh Drummond – drums, backing vocals, percussion, bassoon
• David Cutler Lewis – keyboards, clavinet
• Christopher North – keyboards, backing vocals (tracks 4 and 10)

Additional musicians

• Daniel Kobialka – violin (Heart To Heart)
• Marty Krystall – saxophone (Dancin' By Myself)
• Joe Sample – piano (Art Beware) and (Apothecary)
• Cliff Woolley - Harmonica (Art Beware)

Production

• Producer

Freddie Piro

• Engineers

Stewart Whitmore, Tom Trefethen

• Mixing

Alan Parsons, Tom Trefethen, Stewart Whitmore

• Photography: Ed Caraeff Studio

Charts

Album

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"How Much I Feel"	Billboard Hot 100^[3]	3
		Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	11
		Kent Music Report	30
		Dutch Single Top 100^[5]	24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Life Beyond L.A.. Rhino Entertainment. November 14, 2019.
2. Web site: Ambrosia – Life Beyond L.A.. Paste. November 11, 2019.
3. Web site: How Much I Feel (Hot 100). Billboard. November 14, 2019.
4. Web site: How Much I Feel (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. November 14, 2019.
5. Web site: How Much I Feel (Netherlands). Dutch Charts. December 4, 2019.