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Artist: Tommy Shaw

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CD Title: Ambition

 

Category: AOR

Year: 1987

Label: Atlantic Records

Catalog Number: 81798-2

Personnel

Tommy Shaw vocals, guitar
Steve Alexander drums, percussion
Tony Beard drums
Felix Krish bass
Richie Cannata saxophone
Chris O'Shaughnessy guitar
Terry Thomas guitar, keyboards
Peter Vetesse keyboards
Paul Wix Wickens keyboards
Shirley Lewis backing vocals
Dee Lewis backing vocals
Helena Springs backing vocals
Lee Hart backing vocals

Tracks

1.	No Such Thing
2.	Dangerous Game
3.	The Weight of the World
4.	Ambition
5.	Ever Since the World Began
6.	Are You Ready for Me
7.	Somewhere in the Night
8.	Love You Too Much
9.	Outsider
10.	Lay Them Down

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Existing comments about this CD

From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 1

Date: August 28, 2002 at 6:05

UNA DELICIA DE DISCO!!Y me explico,dos de los temas mas alucinantes que yo haya escuchado en el panorama AOR como son Dangerous Game y Somewhere In The Night,luego tenemos temas mas en la onda del 1º de Damn Yankees como son No Such Thing o Are you Ready For Me y el resto en plan AOR que le dan un buen empaque al disco.Ahora bien,lo mejor de todo es la SUPERPRODUCCION de Terry Thomas,es de las producciones mas profesionales que he escuchado.OTRA MARAVILLA DEL AÑO 87.

From: koogles

Date: August 28, 2002 at 16:30

For those English speaking fans out there, this CD is simply Tommy's best solo work. Terry Thomas' ironclad production is a large part of why this sounds so good. On "No Such Thing" and "Dangerous Game", Tommy coming out of the gate with guns blazing. These are balls he didn't have on his first two efforts. His cover of Survivor's "Ever Since The World Began" is better than the original. This is not a poor man's CD ($30+ on eBay)but it's well worth the wallet frisking.

From: freddy de keyze	Date: September 19, 2002 at 3:08
This is a good record, but far from a classic one ! Go for the Styx records, they're ten to hundred times better !

From: javi-valencia	Date: November 17, 2002 at 13:17
este disco es uno de los mejores de aor que se han hecho en la historia de la musica, fantastico sonido perfecta produccion y unos temas de leyenda,sera dificil encontrar otro disco de similares caracteristicas.long live tommy shaw

From: ROBERT	Date: November 18, 2002 at 9:25
pues yo me quedo con esa pedazo d version d survivor: EVER SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. Es algo acojonante!!!

From: Xabofar	Date: January 11, 2003 at 18:25
Classic of the 80´s. Very good songs, incredible production (from the man behind the band Charlie) and the best of the best: the cover of Survivor that is fantastic. MUST!!!

From: Xabofar	Date: January 11, 2003 at 18:26
Classic of the 80´s. Very good songs, incredible production (from the man behind the band Charlie) and the best of the best: the cover of Survivor that is fantastic. MUST!!!

From: Peter Poland	Date: February 28, 2003 at 9:22
This album is great, really great. I love track called '' are yuo ready for me '' it remains me of a movie called ''lionheart''.

From: LUKAS CORSO	Date: March 28, 2003 at 17:45
YO CREO KE TOMMY SHAW ES UNO DE LOS MEJORES CANTANTES DE AOR DE LOS 80. TIENE UN RITMO BASTANTE MARCADO, COSA QUE ME ENCANTA, SU DISCO AMBITION, NO SE POR DONDE COJERLO, PORQUE NO TIENE DESPERDICIO NINGUNO. TODAS SUS CANCIONES ME IMPACTAN Y ME ANIMAN. ES EL TIPO DE MUSICA QUE QUIERO ESCUCHAR EN LAS DISCOS. SOY UN GRAN FAN DEL AOR Y TOMMY SHAW SE LLEVA UN 10.

From: ted	Date: May 16, 2003 at 14:13
El mejor cd en el que ha participado el gran Tommy Shaw,los temas se parecen bastante a Survivor

From: bernardito	Date: May 22, 2004 at 19:43
smooth keys,and production perhaps the best aor cd of 1987 an ultimate production!!! rating 98/100 cheers from mexico cabrones!!!

From: TIM (2)	Date: May 28, 2004 at 9:32
This is magnificent, and a real vocal masterclass from Tommy. Isn't fair to compare it to Styx as is a different style, but allows his vocals to shine a lot more. By a mile his best solo release, and is worth every penny of the high price you'll pay for it these days. The cover of the Survivor track should've been a huge hit, and is one the best ballads youre likely to hear.

From: Andi	Date: June 2, 2004 at 15:48
Einer der besten CD's der 80er. Super!

From: Rycheage

Date: June 5, 2004 at 0:27

The songs are lush, delivered with oomph, and range between all out rockers and atmospheric arrangements. Compare then the upfront opener 'No Such Thing' to one of the albums classic moments 'The Outsider', or the subtle 'Somewhere In The Night' to the cover of Survivors classic ballad 'Ever Since The World Began' (off 'Eye Of The Tiger'), or the superbly funky 'Love You Too Much' compared to the dynamic 'Weight Of The World'. Great AOR.

From: bernardito	Date: July 4, 2004 at 21:21
O U T S T A N D I N G ! ! ! 99/100

From: Joan	Date: July 31, 2004 at 20:57
Para mi, junto con los dos primeros de Damn Yankees, el disco donde mejor canta Tommy. Canciones como "No such thing", "Dangerous game" y "The weight of the world" ponen los pelos de punta...ah y que decir de la preciosa "Ever since the world began",¡que clase!

From: run2u

Date: August 20, 2004 at 20:18

"For those English speaking fans out there"...dejemos ya las borderías sobre idiomas.Cada uno habla'how it goes out of the poll',o sea como le sale de la polla.En lo musical,este AMBITION se sale:sonido ochentoso a tope,con enormes muros de teclados y emociones.Las interpretaciones ponen los pelos de punta,puede ser cosa de la producción pero la voz de este hombre transmite más que nunca.Coño,acabo de leer que Joan también dijo lo de los pelos...eso es que será verdad! 8'5/10 run2u69@hotmail.com

From: KAN FROM TAIWAN	Date: September 8, 2004 at 23:55
I THINK IT'S THE BEST ALBUM OF TOMMY!GREAT SHINE VOCAL IS WHY I LIKE TOMMY! No Such Thing, Are You Ready for Me , Somewhere in the Night ARE GREAT SONG!AND NO DOUBT Ever Since the World Began IS MUCH BETTER THAN SURVIVOR DID!

From: Rafo Phoenix

Date: November 1, 2004 at 22:28

SOLO DIGO QUE Somewhere in the Night AND Dangerous Game SON 2 DE LAS MEJORES CANCIONES QUE TIENE EL AOR, QUE SONIDO QUE TIENEN, UNA ATMOSFERA IMPACTANTE, Ever Since the World Began QUE TREMENDA VERSION DE LOS LEGENDARIOS SURVIVOR, Ambition, Outsider, Are You Ready for Me, No Such Thing, The Weight of the WorlD QUE ALBUM PARA MAS COMPLETO, OTRO DE ESOS MEJORES ALBUMS DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS. LO COMPARO CON LAS 2 PRIMERAS JOYAS QUE HIZO JIMMY CON SURVIVOR. SALUDOS DESDE ICA-PERU.

From: Rafo Phoenix	Date: November 1, 2004 at 22:29
SALUDOS MY FRIEND javi. PARA VALENCIA Y TODA ESPAÑA.

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From: Jez	Date: February 6, 2005 at 7:24
The best of the 4 Tommy Shaw solos and one that is getting impossible to find at reasonable prices, as with most of the others. I completely agree with Koogles in that 'Ever Since The World Began' blows the Survivor version out of the water (not that their's was bad in any way). All the material on this album is very strong ,featuring a mega buck production job that finishes the whole thing off perfectly. Felix Krish is on here aswell (mega bass player)so it must be good!!!!

From: AOR freaky	Date: February 6, 2005 at 7:30
The rest ain't bad either, except 7 Deadly Sins, which is IMO crap. But how good this may be, he can't compete with the band he's in : Styx ! They were (not these days, I'm afraid) so much better !

From: Rafo Phoenix	Date: February 6, 2005 at 10:56
HEY AOR freaky THIS ALBUM KILL ALL ALBUMS OF STYX, THIS ALBUM RULES.

From: Mallorcas rock	Date: April 12, 2005 at 5:05
me sorprende que este album es el que tiene la puntuación más baja de los 4... Bueno de todos modos los comentarios lo dicen todo. Este dico es una JOYA. Todos los temas son perfectos... Un dsco 10/10 IMPRESCINDIBLE!!!

From: The Dolphin	Date: May 5, 2005 at 16:28
EXCELLENT PRODUCTION!!!GREAT ALBUM!!

From: Harald	Date: July 22, 2005 at 12:55
Can anyone tell me who´s behind this rerelease? Is it on Atlantic Records or a bootleg?

From: swriter	Date: August 24, 2005 at 17:08
ok, why is this one ooprint when some of the others are not???? haha

From: swriter	Date: August 25, 2005 at 11:06
this is funny, got an email from neh records today after yesterday's post of when this will ever be released again, and this is back in print!!! anyone needs this check out neh, great news

From: swriter	Date: August 25, 2005 at 13:20
just placed my order on this today!!!!!!!!!!! so I hope it's as good as I have read!!!!!!!!!!! ha

From: TIM (2)	Date: August 26, 2005 at 6:45
Hey swriter, based on what I've seen of your reviews I think you'll love this. Vocally this is the best thing he ever sung, & "Ever Since the World Began" is power-ballad heaven. I hope the re-press/re-issue is a genuine one - I guess if the big stores are carrying it...

From: swriter

Date: August 27, 2005 at 20:20

a bit surprized by this one, I never heard any Tommy solo and thought this would be on the acoustic rock side, this is a great rock/aor album, the production or cd seem a little low on volume for some reason, Ever Since the world is great!!!!! No such, Dangerous, Outsider, are you ready and lay down are great, all are great!!!!!! very good one and If I didnt know the voice, I might not place it, rocking!!!

From: SCANDI

Date: September 24, 2005 at 8:27

This is a good CD stylically between hard rock & AOR in the vain of JEFF PARIS (first track), VAN ZANT (slow AOR tracks) or BEAU GESTE (especially voice in "Weight of the world"). My faves on this are the rocking "No such thing", the atmospheric "Dangerous game" & last but not least the creepy ballad "Ever since the world began". Wow!!! What a song. Only the sax at the end is definitely too short and pulls you out of your dreams quite brutally. 7,8/10

From: Wachen	Date: October 8, 2005 at 13:34
Easily top 5 for me! This CD rocks, AOR at it's best!! BUY BUY BUY!!!!!

From: Harald	Date: December 9, 2005 at 16:15
Got me reissue (original Atlantic) this week from AOR Heaven and all I can say is every home should have a copy of this masterpiece. "The Weight Of The World" and "The Outsider" are my favorites here. 95/100

From: rene	Date: January 7, 2006 at 17:39
AOR AOR AOR and good.

From: Nix	Date: January 28, 2006 at 10:06
A must for AOR fans. The songs are just great here and blew me away when I first heard them. I see people saying that Tommy's "Ever Since The World Began" is better than the original Survivor version... Well maybe, but it doesn't come close to Jimi Jamison's version, which is the best out of the three versions. Anyway, a great album. Highly Recommended.

From: HaremScarem	Date: April 6, 2006 at 22:02
Para mi gusto, el disco suena bien musicalmente, pero le falta algo de gancho. Intentaré escucharlo de nuevo con más calma, vistos los comentarios, pero a mi no me convence..."Ever Since the World Began" me parece la mejor canción. Un disco de AOR normalito, en mi opinión. 5/10

From: juan carlos

Date: April 17, 2006 at 16:02

Pensé ya haber comentado este disco.. Bueno, no es un clásico para mi, pero es una excelente album de AOR con mucha afluencia de teclados. No es el AOR que mas me agrada pero tiene un aire atmosférico que tambien encanta. La producción fenomenal, y es que está el gran Thomas! con "no such thing" pensé que album iba orientado a un hardrock pero cambian en la 2,3,4 que agradan por ser elegantes. Bonita el cover de Survivor pero lo hubiera preferido con un solo de guitarra. "are you ready for me"..

From: juan carlos	Date: April 17, 2006 at 16:05
es otro tema que encanta asi como la 2,3, y 4. "somewhere in the night" está tambien a esa altura. "love you too much" comercial a lo "no such thing". Y por último mis temas favoritos de este buen album "the outsider" (the best!) y "lay them down". Recomendado. 8.3/10

From: prowler	Date: May 4, 2006 at 13:37
exellent album without fillers. each song is a masterpice. you won't be disappointed with this pure melodic aor at it's best. 10/10

From: Carlos A.

Date: June 24, 2006 at 13:28

Este disco es una obra maestra full 80´s ningun tema tiene pierde, tommy shaw se esmero bastante en sacar esta joya en la que no hay un apice del estilo de STIX, aqui abundan los medio tiempos y en general el disco es bien parejo no decae nunca ademas le rinde tributo a Survivor haciendo su propia version de la balada del disco Eye of the Tiger!!! no pense que este tipo podia cantar tan bien!!! consiguelo como sea que la pasaras bacan. Saludos desde Trujilo-Peru 9.5/10

From: SLEAZEGLAM

Date: June 25, 2006 at 10:54

ESTOS gilipollas "juan carlos JF carlos a. lalorock" ya cansan con sus comentarios se ve que recien se an bajado todos estos albums con los programas de descarga por respeto a los demas que si tienen los albums de verdad no deberian comentar mas y solo deben hacer lo que siempre hacen leer las opiniones de los que si saben y tienen años en esto y luego bajense los albums con sus programas ya hostias no magullen mas con sus comentarios que todos aca sabemos quienes son PRINGAOS APRENDICES

From: Carlos A.

Date: June 26, 2006 at 12:32

Hey SLEEZYGLAM te crees experimentado?Caramba imagino q eres fan de Def Lep,B.Jovy,pelucas,rimel,etc.sabes esta pagina la descubri hace 4 años y hace 2 años me anime a comentar cuando me sobra tiempo y solo albumes q a mi parecer me parecen geniales yo tengo 35 años y aca en mi Pais creci escuchando rock melodico de calidad y no creo ser aprendiz,colecciono desde 1990 y NO BAJO canciones como dices okey ten algo de pacienca hombre puede que aprendeas algo de nosotros Saludos desde Trujillo-Peru

From: SLEAZEGLAM

Date: June 26, 2006 at 16:18

JAJAJA aprender de ustedes? no me hagas reir que me desarmo con todos los comentarios que hay arriba de gente realmente que conoce y que tienes en contra de def leppard o bon jovi? si me gusta la movida glam sleaze no mucho el aor pero le entro y sobre que no bajan lo veo dificil que consigan esos discos en su pais pero si en la red ademas solo opinan albums conocidos que otros ya lo an hecho y facil se guian de sus opiniones y bajan lo bueno y se las quieren dar de expertos JAJA que buena broma

From: lalorock

Date: September 11, 2006 at 20:28

Quien mierda te crees sleezeglam, debes tener complejo de superioridad o es que nos admiras más que al resto, porque yo no tengo tiempo de leer todos los comentarios como tu,solo me dedico a opinar de que disco me gusta o no,si bajo o no la musica que mierda te importa,al final el gilipollas eres tú por estar en una página que no es tu rollo,si crees que solo los expertos pueden opinar entonces que haces acá energúmeno,lárgate y escucha tus huevadas solo y donde no jodas a nadie,idiota.

From: lalorock

Date: September 11, 2006 at 20:47

A todos los demás hermanos de esta página les pido disculpas,por el comentario anterior,con respecto al album Ambition,Tommy Shaw hace una exelente performance, canciones con gancho desde la incial No such thing con grandes coros y guitarras marchosas,dangerous game temazo con teclados mágicos entre estribillos y para mí tiene el mejor solo de guitarra de todo el album,baladasa Ever since...con un feeling impresionante,ambition medio tiempo guiados por unos teclados hermosos,excelente disco 80´s

From: Whitesnake	Date: January 7, 2007 at 11:29
Here we have a masterpiece! The sound is crystal clear and so are Tommy`s voice. Styx was indeed a great band, but this is where Tommy Shaw peaks - 10/10.

From: ferstyx	Date: March 5, 2007 at 15:09
Gran disco. Me acuerdo que en una radio de Lima pasaron dos canciones. Ever Since the World Began era una de ellas. La prefiero a la versin original. Espero que con STYX por fin saquen un disco nuevo como debe ser.

From: rick kerch vzla

Date: April 24, 2007 at 10:29

Vaya discazo este de Tommy Shaw.Lamentabemente su reputacion solo esta estancada con Styx y albumes como este "Ambition" fueron pasados mas por pena que por gloria.Canciones como "No Such Thing","Dangerous Game","The Weight of the World" y la mega balada "Ever since the World began"(Survivor)te haran querer escuchar mas albumes como este.La sombra de otros artistas talentosos como Eddie Money,Lou Gramm ect opacaron a este artista que con este album merecia haber roto todas las barreras.10/10

From: YNGWIEVIKING	Date: September 30, 2007 at 4:41
good CD 90/100 if some body ask you about AOR you can give this album as a PERFECT exemple ! GREAT PRODUCTION& song WRITING ! Now you can find some low price REMASTERS version , so go buy it !

From: mannas	Date: November 13, 2007 at 23:09
very good AOR-CD!95/100 tolle melodien und eine tolle stimme!fans des gediegenen aors werden begeistert sein! by cdr trade-interest coolmohr@web.de

From: Kralli	Date: August 30, 2008 at 12:02
The perfect album.

From: qwest	Date: November 24, 2009 at 20:15
Classic

From: bighooks	Date: June 23, 2012 at 17:11
This is a fantastic album full of sensational tunes like "No sych thing", "Dangerous game", "Somewhere in the night" and a great cover of Survivor's "Ever since the world began". Awesome!!!

From: petermexico

Date: June 25, 2012 at 16:58

Ambition and Girls With Guns are my Favourite Tommy´s albums, this album was released in 1987, better production by Terry Thomas and great songs, Tommy´s voice is one of the greatest in american music, I love all of his work, Para mí este debió haber sido el disco que lanzara al estrellato como solista a este gran músico, después de su salida del grupo Styx, éste que es su tercer trabajo deja la impresión de que buscaron lanzarlo con todo para sonar con fuerza en la radio, lamentablemente la poca difusión no ayudó y su carrera solista no se elevó a lo que su potencial desmostraba, por supuesto la buena noticia es que después de esto mientras ayudó como vocalista de soporte a tantas grabaciones, surge Damn Yankees, que en su primer álbum rompieron con todo y fué uno de los supergrupos que más éxito cosechó al menos con un disco. Uno de mis cantantes y artistas favoritos. "Long Live Tommy Shaw".

From: 123charpenay

Date: September 23, 2015 at 10:31

absoluty a sensational record.pure magic american a o r.only killers songs which hooked you immediatly,and stay in your brain for a long time.exceptional production,what sound!!!clear and powerfull.i can add that tommy shaw have a superb voice.pleasure guaranted ,each time i listen this masterpiece.unfortunately no bonus tracks on the very very rare japan import.10 tracks,10 hits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!far far better than all styx s records.

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