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By 1984, African-American popular music had become extremely high tech. The horn-powered funk bands that were huge in the 1970s were out of style, and young audiences were demanding hip-hop, electro-funk, and urban contemporary -- not horn bands that sounded like the Ohio Players or Tower of Power circa 1975. Horn bands were still in vogue only in the home of the go-go explosion: Washington, DC. But these changes in the marketplace didn't hurt Cameo; both commercially and creatively, 1984's She's Strange was a winner. Thankfully, Cameo leader Larry Blackmon isn't afraid to try different things on this excellent album. The mysterious title song (a major hit) and the sociopolitical "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck" find Cameo responding to hip-hop's popularity by including a lot of rapping, while "Lé Ve Toi!" is very rock-minded -- it's still funk, but funk laced with lots of rock. "Tribute to Bob Marley" is a reggae gem that salutes the Jamaican legend, and "Hangin' Downtown" is a smooth, jazzy number with a definite quiet storm appeal. When She's Strange soared up Billboard's R&B albums chart, one had to admire Cameo's durability. Other bands that had emerged in the 1970s were hurting, but with She's Strange, Cameo had no problem maintaining both its freshness and its popularity.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 PolyGram Pictures Inc.
Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 PolyGram Pictures Inc.
Larry Blackmon, Producer - Kenneth Hairston, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Larry Blackmon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Michael Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Nathan David Leftenant, ComposerLyricist - Cameo, MainArtist
℗ 1984 PolyGram Pictures Inc.
Album review
By 1984, African-American popular music had become extremely high tech. The horn-powered funk bands that were huge in the 1970s were out of style, and young audiences were demanding hip-hop, electro-funk, and urban contemporary -- not horn bands that sounded like the Ohio Players or Tower of Power circa 1975. Horn bands were still in vogue only in the home of the go-go explosion: Washington, DC. But these changes in the marketplace didn't hurt Cameo; both commercially and creatively, 1984's She's Strange was a winner. Thankfully, Cameo leader Larry Blackmon isn't afraid to try different things on this excellent album. The mysterious title song (a major hit) and the sociopolitical "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck" find Cameo responding to hip-hop's popularity by including a lot of rapping, while "Lé Ve Toi!" is very rock-minded -- it's still funk, but funk laced with lots of rock. "Tribute to Bob Marley" is a reggae gem that salutes the Jamaican legend, and "Hangin' Downtown" is a smooth, jazzy number with a definite quiet storm appeal. When She's Strange soared up Billboard's R&B albums chart, one had to admire Cameo's durability. Other bands that had emerged in the 1970s were hurting, but with She's Strange, Cameo had no problem maintaining both its freshness and its popularity.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:37
- Main artists: Cameo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Mercury
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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