Cardiac Arrest (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cardiac Arrest
| type = studio
| artist = Cameo
| cover = Cameo-ca.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1977|01}}
| recorded = 1975–1976
| venue =
| studio = Music Farm Studios, New York City
| genre = Funk
| length = 35:33
| label = Chocolate City
| producer = Larry Blackmon
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = We All Know Who We Are
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cardiac-arrest-mw0000112836|title=Cardiac Arrest - Cameo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=144}}
| rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=132}}
}}
Cardiac Arrest is the debut album by American funk band Cameo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cameo-mn0000944349/biography|title=Cameo | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/11/29/a-long-term-cameo-appearance/14e1c395-4e47-4f6a-86b5-043037f4c5b6/|title=A LONG-TERM CAMEO APPEARANCE|first=Geoffrey|last=Himes|date=November 29, 1996|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
The album reached number 16 on the R&B charts. It contains the hit singles "Rigor Mortis" and "Funk Funk".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cameo/chart-history/bsi/ |title=Cameo Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 4, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-07-17-8702280746-story.html|title=CAMEO LEADER DOESN'T LIKE TO BE LUMPED IN WITH FUNK|website=Sun-Sentinel.com}}
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."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb-FBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA225|title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One|first=Rickey|last=Vincent|date=November 4, 2014|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|via=Google Books}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Larry Blackmon, except where noted
| title1 = Still Feels Good
| length1 = 4:14
| title2 = Post Mortem
| writer2 = Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Smile
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Funk Funk
| length4 = 4:44
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Find My Way
| writer5 = Johnny Melfi
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Rigor Mortis
| writer6 = Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Arnett Leftenant
| length6 = 5:18
| title7 = Good Times
| length7 = 4:59
| title8 = Stay by My Side
| length8 = 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
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1977)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|116|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|access-date=May 4, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|16|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|access-date=May 4, 2024|refname="blp"}} |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US Dance |
| scope="row"| "Find My Way"
| 1975 | — | 3 |
| scope="row"| "Rigor Mortis"
| rowspan="3"| 1977 | 33 | — |
| scope="row"| "Post Mortem"
| 70 | — |
| scope="row"| "Funk Funk"
| 20 | — |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|5728}}
{{Cameo}}
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