The Best of Cameo, Volume 2
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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 of the legendary band.
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 1996. Complimenting the first volume
The Best of Cameo
The Best of Cameo is a greatest hits album by released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 1993. Following on the heels of the generally subpar Shake Your Pants 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...
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 of the legendary band.
Track listing
- "Don't Be So Cool" – 4:12 - Blackmon/Mills
- "I Want It Now" – 4:29 - Allen/Blackmon/Smith
- "In the Night" – 4:40 - Blackmon/DePayer
- "We're Goin' Out Tonight" – 4:39 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant
- "Why Have I Lost You" – 5:14 - Blackmon
- "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:06 - Hairston
- "It's Serious" – 8:07 - Blackmon/Johnson
- "Freaky Dancin'" – 5:20 - Blackmon/Jenkins
- "Keep It Hot" – 4:41 - Blackmon/Lockett
- "Be Yourself" – 4:07 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton
- "Alligator Woman" – 3:39 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton
- "Insane" – 4:56 - Blackmon
- "We All Know Who We Are" – 5:51 - Blackmon
- "Feel Me" – 6:08 - Blackmon/Lockett
- "Your Love Takes Me Out" – 6:39 - Blackmon
See also
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- The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cameo
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