One Eighty (album)

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.[1]

One Eighty
Studio album by Ambrosia
Released	April 12, 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Location Recording Service (Burbank, CA) Mama Jo's Studio (North Hollywood, CA) Monterey Sound Studios (Glendale, CA) Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Sound City Studios (Van Nuys, CA)
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Ambrosia, Freddie Piro
Ambrosia chronology
Life Beyond L.A. (1978) One Eighty (1980) Road Island (1982)
Singles from One Eighty
"Biggest Part of Me" Released: March 1980 "You're the Only Woman (You & I)" Released: July 1980 "No Big Deal" Released: 1980

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.[2][3]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Ready"	Pack	Pack	4:25
2.	"Shape I'm In"	Puerta, Pack	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, Kronsberg	Puerta	3:59

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Livin' on My Own"	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, lead and backing vocals
• Christopher North – Chamberlin, clavinet, Minimoog, organ, backing vocals
• David Cutler Lewis – acoustic piano, Rhodes, Prophet-5, Minimoog, synthesizer solos
• Joe Puerta – bass, lead and backing vocals
• Burleigh Drummond – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Royce Jones – percussion, 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
1980	Billboard 200	25

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Biggest Part of Me"	Billboard Hot 100[4]	3
		Billboard Adult Contemporary[5]	3
		Billboard Soul[6]	35
		Dutch Singles Top 100[7]	30
	"You're the Only Woman (You & I)"	Billboard Hot 100[8]	13
		Billboard Adult Contemporary[9]	5

References

1. Sonboleh, R. (2002). Earthtone music, Ambrosia. Archived April 12, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (retrieved November 11, 2019).
2. "Ambrosia - One Eighty Review". ProgNaut. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
3. "The One after the Big One: Ambrosia, ONE EIGHTY". Rhino Entertainment. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
4. "Biggest Part of Me (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
5. "Biggest Part of Me (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
6. "Biggest Part of Me (Soul)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
7. "Biggest Part of Me (Netherlands)". Dutch Charts. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
8. "You're the Only Woman (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
9. "You're the Only Woman (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

External Links

• One Eighty at Discogs
• One Eighty at AllMusic