Feel Me (album)

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Feel Me
Cameo Feel Me.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1979–1980
H&L Studios
(Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
Length37:51
Label Chocolate City Records
Producer Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Cameosis
(1980)
Feel Me
(1980)
Knights of the Sound Table
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s B− [2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

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

Contents

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

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [7]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1980"Keep It Hot"477
1981"Feel Me"27

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