Word Up!

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Word Up!
Studio album by Cameo
Released April 15, 1986
Recorded 1986
Quad Recording Studio
Counter Point Studio
Power Station Studio
Sound Ideas Studio
(all in New York City)
Genre R&B
Funk
New jack swing
Length 34:46
Label Casablanca Records
Producer Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Single Life
(1985)
Word Up!
(1986)
Machismo
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (B)[2]

Word Up! is an album by funk/R&B group Cameo released in 1986.[1] The record made Cameo one of the most successful bands of that decade.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  • Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 Published By All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music. Tracks 4 & 5 Published By All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music-Better Nights Music.
  1. "Word Up!" (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins) 4:21
  2. "Candy" (Blackmon, Jenkins) 5:39
  3. "Back and Forth" (Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Blackmon, Jenkins) 6:33
  4. "Don't Be Lonely" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Kendrick, Willlie Morris) 5:19
  5. "She's Mine" (Blackmon, Leftenant, Antonio Matthews, Ray Malloy) 4:37
  6. "Fast, Fierce & Funny" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant) 4:09
  7. "You Can Have the World" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant) 4:38

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Cameo

[edit] Other Players

[4]

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Cameo: Word Up! > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Cameo". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cameo. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 
  3. ^ O'Donnell, David (11 December 2008). "One of the most successful bands of the 80s.". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/p3dp. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "Cameo - Word Up". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Cameo-Word-Up/release/82461. Retrieved 26 March 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Word Up! - Cameo". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/cameo/word-up/3661. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 


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