Ammonia Avenue

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. "You Don't Believe" was also a minor hit. 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 2007-05-28)

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

Side One

"Prime Time" – 5:03
"Let Me Go Home" – 3:20
"One Good Reason" – 3:36
"Since the Last Goodbye" – 4:34
"Don't Answer Me" – 4:11

Side Two

"Dancing on a Highwire" – 4:22
"You Don't Believe" – 4:26 (This track actually appeared first on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project released a year earlier)
"Pipeline" (instrumental)– 3:56
"Ammonia Avenue" – 6:30

[edit] Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	15
1984	UK Albums Chart	24

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Discography
Studio Albums: Tales of Mystery and Imagination \| I Robot \| Pyramid \| Eve \| The Turn of a Friendly Card \| Eye in the Sky \| Ammonia Avenue \| Vulture Culture \| Stereotomy \| Gaudi
Compilations: The Best of the Alan Parsons Project \| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 \| The Essential Alan Parsons Project
Singles: "(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" \| "The Raven" \| "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" \| "Don't Let It Show" \| "What Goes Up" \| "Damned If I Do" \| "Games People Play" \| "Time" \| "Snake Eyes" \| "Eye in the Sky" \| "Psychobabble" \| "You Don't Believe" \| "Don't Answer Me" \| "Prime Time" \| "Let's Talk About Me" \| "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" \| "Stereotomy"