Anthology (Cameo album)

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Anthology
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Greatest hits album by
Cameo
ReleasedJune 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)
Genre R&B, funk
Label Mercury
Producer Larry Blackmon
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The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cameo
(2001)		Anthology
(2002)		 Original Artist Hit List
(2003)
Gold re-release
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Anthology is a 2-disc greatest hits album released by the funk/R&B group Cameo in 2002. The collection is arguably the best representation of Cameo released to date, containing 23 of their 26 Top-40 R&B hits, though the top 5 single "You Make Me Work" is not present. This collection was repackaged and retitled as Gold three years later. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Rigor Mortis" – 5:22 - Blackmon/Leftenant/Leftenant (from Cardiac Arrest , 1977)
  2. "Post Mortem" – 4:22 - Blackmon/Johnson (from Cardiac Arrest , 1977)
  3. "Funk Funk" – 4:49 - Blackmon (from Cardiac Arrest , 1977)
  4. "Find My Way" – 5:00 - Melfi (from Cardiac Arrest , 1977)
  5. "It's Serious" – 8:08 - Blackmon/Johnson (from We All Know Who We Are , 1977)
  6. "We All Know Who We Are" – 5:53 - Blackmon (from We All Know Who We Are , 1977)
  7. "Insane" – 4:58 - Blackmon (from Ugly Ego , 1978)
  8. "I Just Want to Be" [12" version] – 6:19 - Blackmon/Johnson (from Secret Omen , 1979)
  9. "Sparkle" – 4:54 - Blackmon/Lockett (from Secret Omen , 1979)
  10. "Shake Your Pants" – 6:24 - Blackmon (from Cameosis , 1980)
  11. "We're Goin' Out Tonight" – 4:42 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant (from Cameosis , 1980)
  12. "Why Have I Lost You" [Version 2] – 5:15 - Blackmon (from Cameosis , 1980)
  13. "Keep It Hot" – 4:44 - Blackmon/Lockett (from Feel Me , 1980)
  14. "Feel Me" – 6:09 - Blackmon/Lockett (from Feel Me , 1980)

Disc 2

  1. "Freaky Dancin'" – 5:23 - Blackmon/Jenkins (from Knights of the Sound Table , 1981)
  2. "Don't Be So Cool" – 4:14 - Blackmon/Mills (from Knights of the Sound Table , 1981)
  3. "Just Be Yourself" – 4:09 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton (from Alligator Woman , 1982)
  4. "Flirt" – 4:09 - Blackmon/Jenkins(from Alligator Woman , 1982)
  5. "Alligator Woman"/"Secrets of Time" – 6:37 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton (from Alligator Woman , 1982)
  6. "Style" [Single version] – 4:18 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from Style , 1983)
  7. "She's Strange" – 7:12 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from She's Strange , 1984)
  8. "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:07 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from She's Strange , 1984)
  9. "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:09 - Hairston (from She's Strange , 1984)
  10. "Attack Me With Your Love" – 4:33 - Blackmon/Kendrick (from Single Life , 1985)
  11. "Single Life – 4:28 - Blackmon/Jenkins (from Single Life , 1985)
  12. "Word Up!" – 4:21 - Blackmon/Jenkins (from Word Up! , 1986)
  13. "Candy" – 5:41 - Blackmon/Jenkins (from Word Up! , 1986)
  14. "Back and Forth" – 3:53 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Kendrick/Leftenant (from Word Up! , 1986)
  15. "Skin I'm In" [single version] – 4:38 - Blackmon (from Machismo , 1988)
  16. "I Want It Now" [single version] – 4:29 - Allen/Blackmon/Smith (from Real Men... Wear Black , 1990)

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References

  1. ↑ "Anthology". amazon.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Cameo Anthology". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Cameo: Anthology". apple.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cameo-Topic". youtube.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.



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