The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue(1984)

Biography
The Alan Parsons Project was the collective reference to several lineups of a British progressive rock team, active between 1975 and 1990, whose rosters consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson surrounded by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent band members such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalist Lenny Zakatek. Behind the revolving line-up and the regular sidemen, the true core of the Project was the duo of Parsons and Woolfson. Parsons was an audio engineer and producer by profession, but also a musician and a composer. A songwriter by profession, Woolfson was also a composer, a pianist, and a singer. Almost all songs on the Project’s albums are credited to “Woolfson/Parsons”. Noted contributors to the Project were, David Patton, Stuart Elliott, Stuart Tosh, John Miles, Lesley Duncan, Gary Brooker, and many more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project

Album & Cover
Ammonia Avenue is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced “Don’t Answer Me” was the album’s lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. “Prime Time” was a follow-up release that fared well in the top 40. “Since The Last Goodbye” was a minor hit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia_Avenue

The title of the album was inspired by Eric Woolfson’s visit to Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Billingham, England, where the first thing he saw was a street with miles of pipes, no people, no trees and a sign that read ‘Ammonia Avenue’.

Cover Location: Ammonia Avenue, ICI Chemicals, Billingham, Teeside, UK.
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis/STd. Photography – A. Powell
Label: Arista AL88204(US), Arista 206100(UK&EU)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

Tracklist

Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Ian Bairnson
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – Andrew Powell
Bass – David Paton
Drums, Percussion – Stuart Elliott
Engineer – Alan Parsons
Engineer [Assistant] – Tony Richards
Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
Keyboards – Eric Woolfson
Leader [The Philharmonia Orchestra] – Christopher Warren-Green
Mastered By [Mastering Consultant] – Chris Blair
Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra
Producer – Alan Parsons
Programmed By [Fairlight] – Alan Parsons
Saxophone – Mel Collins
Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson