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of Sterling Sound. It charted #9 on ''

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s R&B charts and #11 on the Pop chart. It was successful on the

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charts as well and spawned four singles, three of which were hits, including "

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" 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 ''

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'', 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. The album was later reissued on

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Track listing

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,

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, Pat Hurley - backing vocals *Bert Dovo - string and horn arrangements, conductor *

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- concertmaster

External links

Peter Brown-A Fantasy Love Affair at Discogs

Peter Brown-A Fantasy Love Affair at Allmusic.Com

References

1978 debut albums Peter Brown (singer) albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub