The Best of Cameo is a greatest hits album by released by funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

/R&B group Cameo

Cameo (band)

Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several...

 in 1993. Following on the heels of the generally subpar Shake Your Pants

Shake Your Pants

"Shake Your Pants" is a funk song by the band Cameo from the 1980 album, Cameosis. It was also released as a single and has since been re-released on many of the band's greatest hits albums, including one named after the song....

from the previous year, this superior collection is a proper intro to the group's most well-known hits. In total, 9 albums are represented by the 14 tracks. A volume two

The Best of Cameo, Volume 2

The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 is a followup greatest hits album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 1996. Complimenting the first volume from 1993, this collection focuses on Cameo's lesser hits, but combined with the first volume, it spans nearly their entire career and offers a true presentation...

 would be released 3 years later which rounds out a true presentation of Cameo.

Track listing

1. "Word Up!" – 4:19 - Blackmon/Jenkins
2. "Single Life – 6:35 - Blackmon/Jenkins
3. "Candy" – 5:39 - Blackmon/Jenkins
4. "Shake Your Pants" – 6:21 - Blackmon
5. "Rigor Mortis" – 5:21 - Blackmon/Leftenant/Leftenant
6. "Attack Me With Your Love" – 4:30 - Blackmon/Kendrick
7. "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:05 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton
8. "Sparkle" – 4:51 - Blackmon/Lockett
9. "Back and Forth" – 3:52 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Kendrick/Leftenant
10. "Flirt" – 4:06 - Blackmon/Jenkins
11. "She's Strange" – 6:52 ([12 Rap Version) - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton
12. "I Just Want to Be" – 5:18 - Blackmon/Johnson
13. "Skin I'm In" – 6:25 - Blackmon
14. "It's Over" – 4:16 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant

See also

• The Best of Cameo, Volume 2
  The Best of Cameo, Volume 2
  The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 is a followup greatest hits album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 1996. Complimenting the first volume from 1993, this collection focuses on Cameo's lesser hits, but combined with the first volume, it spans nearly their entire career and offers a true presentation...
  
  
• Best of Cameo
  Best of Cameo
  Best of Cameo is a compilation album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 1998. It is not to be confused with 1993's The Best of Cameo. Oddly, their biggest hits are not included in this 11-track release...
  
  
• The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cameo
• The Best of Cameo (2004)
  The Best of Cameo (2004)
  The Best of Cameo is a compilation album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 1998. It is not to be confused with 1993's The Best of Cameo. However, it is a repackaging of 1998's Best of Cameo, only with "The" added to the album's title, even using the same cover art...