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Ammonia Avenue
Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	February 7, 1984
Recorded	Mid 1982-Late 1983 Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Progressive rock, Pop rock
Length	40:10
Label	Arista
Producer	Alan Parsons
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone (2/5) link
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project (1983) Ammonia Avenue (1984) Vulture Culture (1985)

Ammonia Avenue is one of the most commercially successful albums of The Alan Parsons Project. It was the second of the group's three most accessible albums, beginning with Eye in the Sky and ending with Vulture Culture. Ammonia Avenue was originally intended to be released as a double album with Vulture Culture's material forming the second record.

The Phil Spector influenced million selling smash- "Don't Answer Me" is generally regarded as Ammonia Avenue's best song, with the title track a close second. "Prime Time" was a follow up release that fared well in the top 40."Since The Last Goodbye" and "You Don't Believe" were also minor hits. A music video for "Don't Answer Me" was produced in 1985, with art and animation by MW Kaluta.

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 said 'Ammonia Avenue'. The album focused on the possible misunderstanding of industrial scientific developments from a public perspective and a lack of understanding of the public from a scientific perspective. (Woolfson, Eric, Albums, Back Catalogue, <http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/albums.html>. Retrieved on 28 May 2007 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

1. "Prime Time" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 5:03
2. "Let Me Go Home" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 3:20
3. "One Good Reason" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 3:36
4. "Since the Last Goodbye" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 4:34
5. "Don't Answer Me" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:11
6. "Dancing on a Highwire" (lead vocal Colin Blunstone) – 4:22
7. "You Don't Believe" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:26 _{(This track actually appeared first on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project released a year earlier)}
8. "Pipeline" (instrumental)– 3:56
9. "Ammonia Avenue" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 6:30

Ammonia Avenue was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

10. "Don't Answer Me" (early rough mix)
11. "You Don't Believe" (demo)
12. "Since the Last Goodbye" (Chris Rainbow vocal overdubs)
13. "Since the Last Goodbye" (Eric guide vocal - rough mix)
14. "You Don't Believe" (instrumental tribute to The Shadows)
15. "Dancing on a Highwire/Spotlight" (work in progress)
16. "Ammonia Avenue Part 1" (Eric demo vocal - rough mix)
17. "Ammonia Avenue" (orchestral overdub)

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