Cardiac Arrest (album)

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Cardiac Arrest
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1977
Recorded1975–1976
StudioMusic Farm Studios, New York City
Genre Funk [1] [2]
Length35:33
Label Chocolate City [3]
Producer Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Cardiac Arrest
(1977)
We All Know Who We Are
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Cardiac Arrest is the debut album by the funk band Cameo. [5] [6]

Contents

The album reached No. 16 on the R&B charts. [7] It contains the hit singles "Rigor Mortis" and “Funk Funk”. [8] [9]

Critical reception

Rickey Vincent, in Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, deemed the album an "exquisite [example] of the fertile, erotic realm of R&B-based funk at its most stretched out." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Larry Blackmon, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Feels Good" 4:14
2."Post Mortem"Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson 4:17
3."Smile" 3:48
4."Funk Funk" 4:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Find My Way"Johnny Melfi3:23
6."Rigor Mortis"Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Arnett Leftenant5:18
7."Good Times" 4:59
8."Stay by My Side" 4:23

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 116 [10]
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 16
Singles
YearSinglePeak chart positions
US
US
R&B

US
Dance

1976"Find My Way"3
1977"Rigor Mortis"10333
"Post Mortem"70
"Funk Funk"10420

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