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Cardiac Arrest is the debut album by the funk band Cameo.[5][6]

Cardiac Arrest
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1977
Recorded1975–1976
StudioMusic Farm Studios, New York City
GenreFunk[1][2]
Length35:33
LabelChocolate City[3]
ProducerLarry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Cardiac Arrest
(1977)
We All Know Who We Are
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The album reached No. 16 on the R&B charts.[7] It contains the hit singles "Rigor Mortis" and “Funk Funk”.[8][9]


Critical reception


Rickey Vincent, in Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, deemed the album an "exquisite [example] of the fertile, erotic realm of R&B-based funk at its most stretched out."[2]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Larry Blackmon, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Feels Good" 4:14
2."Post Mortem"Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson4:17
3."Smile" 3:48
4."Funk Funk" 4:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Find My Way"Johnny Melfi3:23
6."Rigor Mortis"Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Arnett Leftenant5:18
7."Good Times" 4:59
8."Stay by My Side" 4:23

Personnel



Charts


Chart (1977) Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 116[10]
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 16
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
US
R&B
US
Dance
1976 "Find My Way" 3
1977 "Rigor Mortis" 103 33
"Post Mortem" 70
"Funk Funk" 104 20

References


  1. "Cardiac Arrest - Cameo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. Vincent, Rickey (November 4, 2014). "Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One". St. Martin's Publishing Group via Google Books.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 144.
  4. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 132.
  5. "Cameo | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Himes, Geoffrey (November 29, 1996). "A LONG-TERM CAMEO APPEARANCE" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. "Cameo". Billboard.
  8. "Cameo". Billboard.
  9. "CAMEO LEADER DOESN'T LIKE TO BE LUMPED IN WITH FUNK". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  10. "Cameo". Billboard.





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