Album
Word Up!
1986 · Electronic, Hip Hop
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
Word Up! is a Soul & Funk album by Cameo, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 64 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Led by chief songwriter and lead singer Larry Blackmon, Cameo's ten-year run culminated with the two big hits off this album, "Word Up' and "Candy." Built around a slang phrase popular in the day, "Word Up" followed the vibe set on Cameo's earlier hit from 1984 "She's Strange." And if that weird vocal by Blackmon sounds like it was recorded off a transistor radio-well, it was. Besides the album's two biggest hits, Cameo kept the funk and roll vibe alive with strong album cuts such as "Fast, Fierce and Funny" and "Back and Forth."
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Word Up4:15
- A2Candy5:32
- A3Back And Forth6:30
Side B
- B1Don't Be Lonely5:12
- B2She's Mine4:34
- B3Fast, Fierce & Funny4:07
- B4You Can Have The World4:36
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aaron MillsBASS BASS GUITAR
- Arno HechtHORNS , TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, HORNS
- Bernard WrightKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, HORNS
- Bob FunkHORNS , TROMBONE TROMBONE TROMBONE, HORNS
- CameoARRANGED BY
- Charlie SingletonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR GUITAR
- Crispin CioeALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, HORNS HORNS , ALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Duduka Da FonsecaPERCUSSION
- Eric RehlKEYBOARDS
- Giovanni HidalgoPERCUSSION
- Kenni HairstonKEYBOARDS
- Kevin KendrickKEYBOARDS
- Larry BlackmonARRANGED BY BACKING VOCALS BASS
- Melvin WellsBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, SAXOPHONE HORNS
- Merv De PeyerKEYBOARDS
- Michael BreckerHORNS SAXOPHONE
- Michael BurnettBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, BASS, GUITAR BASS
- Nathan LeftenantBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 64 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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