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Secret Omen is the fourth album by the funk band Cameo, released in 1979. It was their first of 9 albums, and first of 5 consecutive albums, to be certified gold in the US for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Secret Omen
Studio album by Cameo
Released	June 25, 1979
Recorded	1978–1979
Studio	H&L Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Funk[1]
Label	Chocolate City
Producer	Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Ugly Ego (1978) Secret Omen (1979) Cameosis (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Energy" – 4:24 (Larry Blackmon)
2. "I Just Want to Be" – 5:19 (Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson)
3. "Find My Way" – 9:05 (Johnny Melfi)
4. "Macho" – 5:03 (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant)
5. "The Rock" – 3:57 (Larry Blackmon)
6. "Sparkle" – 4:53 (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett)
7. "New York" – 5:02 (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett, Aaron Mills)

Personnel

• Larry Blackmon - lead vocals, drums, percussion
• Gregory Johnson - keyboards, piano, vocals
• Aaron Mills - bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Damon Mendes - percussion
• Anthony Lockett - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Fred Wells - guitar
• Randy Stern - keyboards
• Arnett Leftenant - tenor saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
• Nathan Leftenant, Arthur Young - trumpet
• Carl Harleston - trombone
• Seldon Powell, George Marge - flute
• Angel Allende - conga
• Tomi Jenkins, Wayne Cooper - vocals
• Irving Spice's Strings - strings

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[2]
		US	US R&B
1979	Secret Omen	46	4

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1979	"I Just Want to Be"	—	3	52
1980	"Sparkle"	—	10	—

References

External links

• Secret Omen at Discogs

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