music.wikisort.org - CompositionWord Up! is an album by American funk group Cameo, released in 1986.[3] The album reached number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies. It took Cameo to their highest level of popularity, and solidified them as one of the most successful bands of the 1980s.[4] The album includes three of their biggest hit singles, "Word Up!", "Candy", and "Back and Forth".
1986 studio album by Cameo
Word Up! |
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Released | September 9, 1986 |
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Recorded | 1985–1986 Quad Recording Studio Counter Point Studio Power Station Studio Sound Ideas Studio (all in New York City) |
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Genre | Funk[1] |
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Length | 34:46 |
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Label | Atlanta Artists |
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Producer | Larry Blackmon |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
The Village Voice | B[2] |
Track listing
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Word Up" | Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins | 4:21 |
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2. | "Candy" | Blackmon, Jenkins | 5:39 |
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3. | "Back and Forth" | Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Blackmon, Jenkins | 6:33 |
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4. | "Don't Be Lonely" | Blackmon, Jenkins, Kendrick, Willlie Morris | 5:19 |
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5. | "She's Mine" | Blackmon, Leftenant, Antonio Matthews, Ray Malloy | 4:37 |
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6. | "Fast, Fierce & Funny" | Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant | 4:09 |
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7. | "You Can Have the World" | Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant | 4:38 |
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- 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.
Personnel
- Cameo
- Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals
- Other players
- Charlie Singleton – guitar, backing vocals
- Aaron Mills – bass guitar
- Michael Burnett – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kenni Hairston, Kevin Kendrick, Merv de Peyer – keyboards
- Duduka Fonseca, Giovanni Hidalgo, Steve Thornton – percussion
- Melvin Wells – saxophone, backing vocals
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (solo on "Candy", "Don't Be Lonely" and "She's Mine")
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
- Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Robert Funk – trombone
- Paul Litteral – trumpet
- Sammy Merendino – drum programming
- Pat Buchanan – guitars
- Peter Scherer – Synclavier programming
- Willie Morris – backing vocals
Critical reception
Accolades
Word Up! was ranked number 5 among the "Albums of the Year" by NME.[5]
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Chart (1986) |
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Australian Albums Chart[6] |
75 |
Canadian Albums Chart |
72 |
Dutch Albums Chart[7] |
48 |
German Albums Chart |
34 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] |
13 |
Switzerland Albums Chart[9] |
30 |
UK Albums Chart[10] |
7 |
US Billboard 200[11] |
8 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[11] |
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Singles
- "Word Up" – released July 1986
- "Candy" – released November 1986
- "Back and Forth" – released March 1987
- "She's Mine" - released June 1987
References
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- Tomi Jenkins
- Charlie Singleton
- Jeryl Bright
- Michael Burnett
- Thomas Campbell
- Wayne Cooper
- Merve de Peyer
- Gary Dow
- Eric Durham
- Gregory Johnson
- Kurt Jeter
- John Kellogg
- Kevin Kendrick
- Arnett Leftenant
- Nathan Leftenant
- Damon Mendes
- Stephen Moore
- William Morris
- Eric Nelson
- Jeff Nelson
- William Revis
- Charles Sampson
- Robert L. Smith
- Billy Allen Jr
- Melvin Wells
- Gregory B. Johnson
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Word Up! — двенадцатый студийный альбом американской фанк-группы Cameo, вышедший в 1986 году.
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