Cardiac Arrest
Studio album by
Cameo
ReleasedJanuary 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]

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

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

  • Larry Blackmon - lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • Gregory Johnson - keyboards, piano, vocals
  • William Revis - bass guitar
  • Eric Durham - guitar
  • Arnett Leftenant - saxophone
  • Nathan Leftenant - trumpet
  • Tomi Jenkins, Kurt Jetter - vocals

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. 1 2 "Cardiac Arrest - Cameo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 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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