Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound

Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	March 13, 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco
Length	33:15
Label	Polydor
Producer	Tan, Joel Diamond
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Glorious (1977) Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound (1978) Love Tracks (1978)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound is the fifth album by Gloria Gaynor. ^[3] It was released in 1978 on Polydor Records.

History

Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound features the moderate hit singles "You're All I Need to Get By" and "This Love Affair," the latter co-written by Gloria Gaynor herself. The track "For the First Time in My Life" has been included in several compilations of Gaynor's work, including an album from the Universal Masters Collection series. This series of budget-friendly releases highlighted artists signed to labels under the umbrella of Universal Music Group.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records. ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Norman Harris, Ron Tyson and Allan Felder, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Love Affair"	Gloria Gaynor, Connell Johnson, Jr., Al Stewart	4:15
2.	"Part Time Love (Is a Full Time Job)"		4:19
3.	"Everytime You Make Love to Me"		4:06
4.	"For the First Time in My Life"		3:49
5.	"You're All I Need to Get By"	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	5:11
6.	"After the Lovin'" / "Sweet Sounds for My Baby" (Medley)	Alan Bernstein, Ritchie Adams / Gloria Gaynor, Linwood Simon	6:12
7.	"Kidnapped"		5:16

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
8.	"This Love Affair" (12" Disco Version)	4:16
9.	"You're All I Need to Get By" (12" Disco Version)	5:09
10.	"Everytime You Make Love to Me" (12" Disco Version)	4:05
11.	"Part Time Love (Is a Full Time Job)" (12" Disco Version)	4:42
12.	"This Love Affair" (Single Version)	2:42

Personnel

• Gloria Gaynor – vocals
• Norman Harris, Bobby Eli – guitar
• Keith E. Benson – drums
• Larry Washington, James Walker – congas
• James L. Williams – bass guitar
• Bruce Gray – piano
• Ron Kersey – keyboards
• Richard Genovese, Tyrone G. Kersey, Richard Amorose, Frederick Joiner, Roger H. Delillo, Rudolph J. Malizia, Christine Reeves, Charles A. Apollonia, Anthony Sinagoga, Emma Kummrow, Americus Wm. Mungiole, Davis A. Barnett, Clarence H. Watson, John Wilson, John R. Faith – strings, horns
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Yvette Benton – backing vocals

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
2. Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
3. Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound at AllMusic
4. BBR Records - CD re-issue of Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound from 2013

External links

• Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound at Discogs (list of releases)