Style (Cameo album)

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Style
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 11, 1983
StudioCheshire Sound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre Funk [1]
Length37:29
Label Atlanta Artists
Producer Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Alligator Woman
(1982)
Style
(1983)
She's Strange
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Village Voice B+ [2]

Style is the ninth studio album by the American funk band Cameo, released in 1983. It was their first album to introduce their Atlanta Artists label, with which they maintained their distribution through PolyGram.

Contents

At the time, Cameo was going through a transition, having gone from five members ( Alligator Woman , 1982) to four, with an extreme makeover in their sound. Their former big funk band sound was now being replaced by all the elements of the electronic age (i.e., keyboards, synthesizers and Simmons drums). Their music was self-proclaimed as "21st Century Bebop". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Aphrodisiac" – 5:00 (Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins)
  2. "This Life Is Not for Me" – 3:30 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  3. "You're a Winner" – 3:30 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  4. "Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:50 (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss)
  5. "Interlude (Serenity)" – 1:30 (Singleton)
  6. "Style" – 5:12 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  7. "Cameo's Dance" – 3:23 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  8. "Let's Not Talk Slot" – 3:31 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  9. "Slow Movin'" – 3:24 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
  10. "Heaven Only Knows" – 3:37 (Blackmon, Kevin Kendrick, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)

Personnel

Cameo

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 53
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 14

References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (August 30, 1983). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. Style (Liner notes). Cameo. Atlanta Artists. 1983. 811 072-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Cameo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  5. "Cameo Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2025.