Feel Me (album)

Feel Me
Studio album by Cameo
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	H&L Studios (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
Genre	Funk soul
Length	37:51
Label	Chocolate City
Producer	Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Cameosis (1980) Feel Me (1980) Knights of the Sound Table (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s	B− [2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	[3]

Feel Me is the sixth album by the funk band Cameo, released in 1980. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Anthony Lockett and Larry Blackmon; except where indicated

1. "Throw It Down" - 5:44
2. "Your Love Takes Me Out" - 6:39
3. "Keep It Hot" - 4:42
4. "Feel Me" - 5:56
5. "Is This the Way" - 5:58
6. "Roller Skates" - (Aaron Mills, Nathan Leftenant, Larry Blackmon) 4:40
7. "Better Days" - 4:12

Personnel

Cameo

• Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, percussion
• Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Anthony Lockett – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Stephen Moore – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Prophet-5
• Gregory Johnson – Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
• Aaron Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Arnett Leftenant – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
• Jeryl Bright – trombone, backing vocals
• Nathan Leftenant – trumpet, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Randy Stern – Yamaha CS-80, string synthesizer
• Jose Rossy – congas, percussion
• Denny Morouse – baritone saxophone
• Lou Marini – tenor saxophone
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone
• James E. Pugh – trombone
• Dave Taylor – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Arthur Young – trumpet
• Sephra Herman – horn contractor

Arrangements

• Larry Blackmon – horn arrangements, vocal arrangements, additional horn arrangements (4, 5, 7)
• Cameo – horn arrangements, vocal arrangements, additional horn arrangements (4, 5, 7)
• The Tity Brothers (Arnett and Nathan Leftenant) – horn arrangements
• Leon Pendarvis – additional horn arrangements (4, 5, 7)

Production

• Larry Blackmon – producer, mixing
• Steve Jerome – engineer, mixing
• Tracey Melvin – assistant engineer
• Nina Rhodes – assistant engineer
• Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Phyllis Chotin – art direction
• Art Hotel – design
• Claude Mougin – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1980–1981) Peak position US Billboard 200 [4] 44 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 17

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [7]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1980	"Keep It Hot"	—	4	77
1981	"Feel Me"	—	27	—

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Cameo". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   067973015X.
3. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 50.
4. "Cameo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
5. "Cameo Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
7. "Cameo US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

External links

• Cameo-Feel Me at Discogs