The Best of Cameo [Casablanca]

by Cameo

Overview

Larry Blackmon and his Cameo mates ruled funk's domain for over a decade. Cameo evolved from its origins as a horn-based and dominated ensemble into a synthesizer-oriented group that still featured sturdy basslines and exuberant vocals, but was in tune with urban and black America's new sensibility. These 14 selections range from the formative cuts "Rigor Mortis," "Shake Your Pants," and "It's Over" to the definitive "Word Up," "Candy," and "Back and Forth." Blackmon's alternately sneering, defiant, and aggressive vocals were the constant from Cameo's beginnings in the 1970s to their emergence as funk's reigning champions in the 1980s. ~ Ron Wynn

Product Details

Release Date:	05/18/1993
Label:	Island/Def Jam / Mercury / Universal / Universal Music
UPC:	0731451482427

Tracks

1. Word Up!
2. Single Life
3. Candy
4. Shake Your Pants
5. Rigor Mortis
6. Attack Me With Your Love
7. Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck
8. Sparkle
9. Back and Forth
10. Flirt
11. She's Strange
12. I Just Want to Be
13. Skin I'm In
14. It's Over

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cameo   Primary Artist
Gary Dow   Guitar (Bass)
T.C. Campbell   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Moog Synthesizer
Gary Down   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
William Revis   Guitar (Bass)
Larry Blackmon   Drums,Vocals,Percussion,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Charlie Singleton   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Nathan Leftenant   Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Aaron Mills   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Anthony Lockett   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Tomi Jenkins   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Eric Durham   Guitar
Steve Moore   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kurt Jeter   Vocals
Arnett Leftenant   Sax (Tenor),Vocals (Background)
Wayne Cooper   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jeryl Bright   Trombone,Vocals (Background)
Greg "Doc" Johnson   Keyboards,Fender Rhodes,Moog Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Stephen Moore   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Thomas Michael Jenkins   Composer
Kevin Kendrick   Composer
Artie Matthews   Composer
Charlie Singleton   Composer,Composer
Bill Holman   Composer
Larry Blackmon   Composer,Producer
Charles Singleton   Composer
Richard Torres   Liner Notes
Nathan Leftenant   Composer
Harry Weinger   Compilation Producer
Gary N. Mayo   Mastering
Bill Levenson   Executive Producer
Anthony Lockett   Composer
Tomi Jenkins   Composer
Terri Tierney   Project Coordinator
Richard Bauer   Project Director
Arnett Leftenant   Composer
Gregory Johnson   Composer
Mark Weinberg   Design
Greg "Doc" Johnson   Composer
Angie Coqueran   Photography
Michael Ochs   Photography