Word Up!

Word Up!

Infobox Album |
Name = Word Up!
Type = Album
Artist = Cameo


Released = October 30 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = R&B
Funk
Length = 34:46
Label = Casablanca Records
Producer = Larry Blackmon
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xx5ibkk96ak0 link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cameo link]
Last album = "Single Life"
(1985)
This album = "Word Up!"
(1986)
Next album = "Machismo"
(1988)

"Word Up!" is a 1986 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. The title track was a smash-hit R&B/Dance single, and was their most commercially successful record which charted around the world.

This song was later covered by a number of bands, among them Gun (who had a top 10 hit in the UK with their version) and KoЯn (for their Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Album).

Credits

*Arrangement - Larry Blackmon
*Backing vocals - Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Melvin Wells, Michael Burnett, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins, Willie Morris
*Bass - Aaron Mills, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett
*Drum Programming - Sammy Merendino
*Drums - Larry Blackmon
*Guitar - Charlie Singleton, Patrick Buchanon
*Horns - Melvin Wells, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Uptown Horns
*Keyboards - Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kenni Hairston, Kevin Kendricks, Merv De Peyer
*Lead Vocals - Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
*Percussion - Duduka Fonseca, Giovanni Hidalgo, Larry Blackmon, Steve Thornton
*Producer - Larry Blackmon
*Programmed by Synclavier - Peter Scherer

Track listing

# "Word Up!" – 4:21 - L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins
# "Candy" – 5:39 - L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins
# "Back and Forth" – 6:33 - L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/K.Kendrick/N.Leftenant
# "Don't Be Lonely" – 5:19 - L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/K.Kendrick/G.Morris
# "She's Mine" – 4:37 - L.Blackmon/N.Leftenant/Ray Malloy/A.Matthews
# "Fast, Fierce & Funny" – 4:09
# "You Can Have the World" – 4:38

Chart positions

* No.12 - The Billboard 200
* No.1 - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums


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