Fantastic Voyage (album)

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Fantastic Voyage
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Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1980
Studio Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
  • Studio Masters (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Soul, funk
Length38:23
Label SOLAR
Producer Lakeside
Lakeside chronology
Rough Riders
(1979)
Fantastic Voyage
(1980)
Keep On Moving Straight Ahead
(1981)
Singles from Fantastic Voyage
  1. "Fantastic Voyage"
    Released: January 1981
  2. "Your Love is on the One"
    Released: 1981

Fantastic Voyage is the fourth album by the funk band Lakeside, released in 1980 via SOLAR Records. It was produced by the band. The album has sold over a million copies.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic gave the release a 3 out of 5. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Fantastic Voyage" (Lakeside) - 6:10
  2. "Your Love Is on the One" (Fred Alexander Jr., Stephen Shockley) - 6:20
  3. "I Need You" (Otis Stokes) - 5:50
  4. "Strung Out" (Thomas Shelby) - 5:07
  5. "Say Yes" (Alexander Jr., Shockley) - 5:16
  6. "Eveready Man" (Marvin Craig, Mark Adam Wood Jr.) - 4:37
  7. "I Love Everything You Do" (Norman Beavers, Tiemeyer McCain) - 4:30
  8. "Say Yes (Reprise)" - 0:29

Personnel

Lakeside

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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References

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