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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.

Life Beyond L.A.
Studio album by Ambrosia
Released	August 12, 1978
Recorded	1977-1978
Studio	Mama Jo's (North Hollywood)
Genre	Soft rock, art rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Freddie Piro
Ambrosia chronology
Somewhere I've Never Travelled (1976) Life Beyond L.A. (1978) One Eighty (1980)
Singles from Life Beyond L.A.
"How Much I Feel" Released: 1978 "Life Beyond L.A." Released: 1978 "If Heaven Could Find Me" Released: 1978

The album was Ambrosia's most successful, peaking at #19 on the Billboard 200. Among the three singles, "How Much I Feel" managed to reach the Top 10, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their second Top 40 hit.[2]

Track listing

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)

Production

• Producer: Freddie Piro
• Engineers: Stewart Whitmore, Tom Trefethen
• Mixing: Alan Parsons, Tom Trefethen, Stewart Whitmore
• Photography: Ed Caraeff Studio

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard 200	19

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

References

External links

• Life Beyond L.A. at Discogs
• Life Beyond L.A. at AllMusic

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