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'''''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|''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<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Alan+Parsons+Project&titel=Don't+Answer+Me&cat=s |title = The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me - hitparade.ch |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709173023/https://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Alan+Parsons+Project&titel=Don't+Answer+Me&cat=s |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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, reaching No. 34. "You Don't Believe" was the first single in November 1983, reaching #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Since the Last Goodbye" was a minor hit.
 
''Ammonia Avenue'' is one of the band's biggest-selling albums, carrying an [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] certification of gold and reaching the Top 10 in a number of countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret%3DThe+Alan+Parsons+Project%26titel%3DAmmonia+Avenue%26cat%3Da |title=ArchivedDutchcharts.nl copy- the Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue |accessdate=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527205331/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Alan+Parsons+Project&titel=Ammonia+Avenue&cat=a |archivedate=27 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
 
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!scope="row"|European Albums ([[European Top 100 Albums]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-04-16.pdf#page=4|title=European Top 100 Albums|workmagazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=April 16, 1984|ppage=12|access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855368?imw=Y|title=Top Pop Albums of 1984|workmagazine=Billboard|date=December 31, 1984|access-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231160407/https://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855368?imw=Y|archive-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref>
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