In the Face of Funk

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In the Face of Funk
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Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioKudgit Sound Studio
Label Way Too Funky [1]
Producer Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
The Best of Cameo
(1993)
In the Face of Funk
(1994)
The Best of Cameo, Volume 2
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cash Box (favorable) [3]
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In the Face of Funk is a studio album by the funk group Cameo, released in 1994. [5] It was their first album of newly written material since 1992's Emotional Violence . The album reached No. 83 on Billboard's R&B chart. [6] Apart from two new studio tracks on the 1996 live album, Nasty , Cameo did not release another album of new material until 2000.

Contents

The album was mostly recorded at Kudgit Sound Studio, in Los Cerrillos, New Mexico. [7]

Track listing

  1. "In the Face of Funk"
  2. "Slyde"
  3. "You Are My Love"
  4. "Desire"
  5. "Don't Say It's Over"
  6. "BSU"
  7. "The Man"
  8. "A Special Love"
  9. "We Can Make It Happen"
  10. "Where"

Charts

Singles

References

  1. "Cameo Funk Tour '95". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 19, 1995. p. 13.
  2. "Cameo - In the Face of Funk Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Martinez, M.R. (November 26, 1994). "Urban — Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8 via Google Books.
  5. Korman, Nina. "Get the Funk Ow!". Miami New Times.
  6. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 5. February 4, 1995. p. 30.
  7. Walker, Hollis (November 25, 1994). "In the Face of Funk, a new album out by Cameo...". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. C1.