A Fantasy Love Affair

{{Infobox album

| name = A Fantasy Love Affair

| type = studio

| artist = Peter Brown

| cover = A Fantasy Love Affair.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded = 1976–77

| studio = Studio Center Sound Recordings, Inc., Miami, Florida

| venue =

| genre = R&B

| length = 36:57

| label = Drive Records

| producer = Cory Wade{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p35153/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Peter Brown at Allmusic|accessdate=12 April 2011}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Stargazer

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Singles

| name = A Fantasy Love Affair

| type = studio

| single1 = Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me

| single1date =

| single2 = You Should Do It

| single2date =

| single3 = Dance With Me

| single3date =

| single4 = Fantasy Love Affair / It's True What They Say About Love{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/6274|title=Listing at 45Cat.com|accessdate=31 January 2012}}

| single4date =

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r66278|pure_url=yes}} link]

}}

A Fantasy Love Affair is the debut album by Peter Brown.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r66278|pure_url=yes}}|title=A Fantasy Love Affair|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=12 April 2011}} The album was recorded in 1976–77 and released in 1978. It was mastered by Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound. It charted #9 on Billboard's R&B charts and #11 on the Pop chart. It was successful on the disco charts as well and spawned four singles, three of which were hits, including "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me" and "Dance with Me".

In the UK the album was titled Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me and featured a backlit silhouette of a nude woman standing in a window as its sleeve cover. Brown also photographed the album's somewhat controversial cover and revealed, in a 1978 interview in Rolling Stone, that he had created the cover's nude model out of cardboard, sheer fabric and ribbons. Until then, no one ever suspected it was not a real person. The album peaked at number 50 in Australia.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=48}}

The album was later reissued on Collectables Records.

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| title1 = A Fantasy Love Affair

| writer1=Peter Brown

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me

| writer2=Peter Brown, Robert Rans

| length2 = 9:06

| title3 = You Should Do It

| writer3=Peter Brown, Robert Rans

| length3 = 3:49

| title4 = The Singer's Become a Dancer

| writer4=Peter Brown

| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = For Your Love

| writer5=Peter Brown, Robert Rans

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = Dance with Me

| writer6=Peter Brown, Robert Rans

| length6 = 5:18

| title7 = It's True What They Say About Love

| writer7=Peter Brown, Robert Rans

| length7 = 3:41

| title8 = Without Love

| writer8=Peter Brown

| length8 = 3:14

}}

Personnel

  • Peter Brown - lead vocals, synthesizer, guitar, piano, electric piano, drums, percussion, timbales, arrangements
  • Tom Dziallo - guitar, bass guitar
  • Steve Gordon - guitar
  • Paul Ricupero - guitar, backing vocals
  • Robert Rans - piano
  • Michael Smith - alto saxophone
  • Valerie Von Pechy - harp
  • Wildflower, Betty Wright, Pat Hurley - backing vocals
  • Bert Dovo - string and horn arrangements, conductor
  • Gene Orloff - concertmaster

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Category:1978 debut albums

Category:Peter Brown (singer) albums

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