Cameosis

Studio album by Cameo

Released

April 24, 1980

Recorded

1979–1980
H&L Studios
(Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)

Genre

Soul, funk

Length

33:32

Label

Chocolate City Records

Producer

Larry Blackmon

Cameo chronology

Secret Omen
(1979)

Cameosis
(1980)

Feel Me
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C^[2]

Cameosis is the fifth album by the funk/soul band Cameo, released in 1980.

Reception

Cameosis charted number one on the R&B album charts and number twenty five on the Billboard 200 album charts. The two singles, "Shake Your Pants" and "We're Goin' Out Tonight", charted on the R&B singles charts at number 10 and 11 respectively.

Track listing

Cameosis – (Larry Blackmon, Aaron Mills) 4:09
Shake Your Pants – (Larry Blackmon) 6:21
Please You – (Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson) 4:15
We're Goin' Out Tonight – (Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins) 4:40
I Care for You – (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett) 4:34
On the One – (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett, Tomi Jenkins) 4:59
Why Have I Lost You – (Larry Blackmon) 4:34

Personnel

Cameo

Larry Blackmon - lead vocals, drums, percussion
Gregory Johnson - keyboards, Fender Rhodes, vocals
Aaron Mills - bass guitar, vocals
Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell - piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer
Anthony Lockett - guitar, vocals
Arnett Leftenant - saxophone, vocals
Nathan Leftenant - trumpet, vocals
Jeryl Bright - trombone
Tomi Jenkins, Wayne Cooper - vocals

Others

Arthur Young - trumpet
Angel Allende - congas

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions^[3]
Year	Album	US	US R&B
1980	Cameosis	25	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US Dance
1980	"We're Goin' Out Tonight"	—	11	—
1980	"Shake Your Pants"	—	10	—

References

↑ AllMusic review
↑ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Cameo". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 067973015X.
↑ "Cameo US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
↑ "Cameo US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

External links

Cameosis at Discogs

Cameo

Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins Anthony Lockett Aaron Mills Charlie Singleton Jeryl Bright Michael Burnett Thomas Campbell Wayne Cooper Merve de Peyer Gary Dow Eric Durham Gregory Johnson Kurt Jeter John Kellogg Kevin Kendrick Arnett Leftenant Nathan Leftenant Damon Mendes Stephen Moore William Morris Eric Nelson Jeff Nelson William Revis Charles Sampson Robert L. Smith Billy Allen Jr Melvin Wells Gregory B. Johnson

Studio albums	Cardiac Arrest (1977) We All Know Who We Are (1978) Ugly Ego (1978) Secret Omen (1979) Cameosis (1980) Feel Me (1980) Knights of the Sound Table (1981) Alligator Woman (1982) Style (1983) She's Strange (1984) Single Life (1985) Word Up! (1986) Machismo (1988) Real Men... Wear Black (1990) Emotional Violence (1991) In the Face of Funk (1994) Sexy Sweet Thing (2000)

Live albums	Nasty (1996) Live: Word Up (1998) Original Artist Hit List (2003) Nasty, Live & Funky (2007) Word Up! Greatest Hits – Live (2007) Keep It Hot (2007)

Compilation albums	Shake Your Pants (1992) The Best of Cameo (1993) The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 (1996) Best of Cameo (1998) The Ballads Collection (1998) Greatest Hits (1998) 12" Collection and More (1999) The Hits Collection (2000) Anthology/Gold (2002/2005) Classic Cameo (2003) The Best of Cameo (2004) The Definitive Collection (2006)

Singles	"Rigor Mortis" "Shake Your Pants" "She's Strange" "Attack Me With Your Love" "Word Up!" "Candy" "Back and Forth" "Loverboy"

Related	Discography

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