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Description --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameo - Style --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Review by Alex Henderson from allmusic.com R&B was experiencing a year of transition in 1983. Soul music was evolving into urban contemporary, R&B producers were becoming increasingly high tech, and horn funk was losing ground to synth-funk and electro-funk. Also, the hip-hop factor could not be overlooked -- some old-timers insisted that hip-hop was a passing fad, but younger R&B producers realized that rap was becoming the music of choice for many young African Americans and paid close attention to hip-hop production techniques. Inevitably, all of these things affected Cameo. Released in 1983, Style is more high-tech than 1979's Secret Omen or 1980's Cameosis but not as high-tech as 1985's Single Life or 1986's Word Up! It is also an LP that finds singer/producer Larry Blackmon leading a downsized Cameo -- while the band had ten members at the start of the 1980s, it only has four on Style: Tomi Jenkins, Charles Singleton, Nathan Leftenant, and Blackmon himself. (And by Single Life in 1985, Cameo would only be a trio.) Having cut way back on the horns on Style, Blackmon makes sure that keyboards and synthesizers play a major role on snappy funk items like "Cameo's Dance," "Aphrodisiac," "Slow Movin'," and the hit title song. On Cameo's late-'70s albums, keyboards took a back seat to horns -- on Style, it's just the opposite. Even on a remake of the standard "Can't Help Falling in Love" (a ballad that had been recorded by everyone from Elvis Presley to Doris Day), Cameo is more technology-minded. Style isn't among Cameo's essential albums, but it's an enjoyable effort that will appeal to die-hard fans. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklisting --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameo - Aphrodisiac [04:40] 2. Cameo - Cameo's Dance [03:16] 3. Cameo - Can't Help Falling in Love [02:56] 4. Cameo - Heaven Only Knows [03:35] 5. Cameo - Interlude (Serenity) [01:24] 6. Cameo - Let's Not Talk Slot [03:27] 7. Cameo - Slow Movin' [03:19] 8. Cameo - Style [05:06] 9. Cameo - This Life Is Not for Me [03:26] 10. Cameo - You're a Winner [03:25] Playing Time.........: 34:38 Total Size...........: 84.72 MB --------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist...............: Cameo Album................: Style Genre................: Electronic, Funk / Soul Source...............: CD Year.................: 1983 Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520 Codec................: LAME 3.82 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3 Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/style-mw0000841067 Ripped by............: mrtude on 8/19/2013 Posted by............: mrtude on 8/19/2013 Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE Covers...............: Front Back NFO generated on.....: 8/19/2013 5:55:24 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Generated by Music NFO Builder v1.21b Sharing Widget |