She's Strange
She's Strange | ||||
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Studio album by Cameo | ||||
Released | January 16, 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Studio | Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1] | |||
Genre | Funk[2] | |||
Length | 36:44 | |||
Label | Atlanta Artists Records | |||
Producer | Larry Blackmon | |||
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Singles from She's Strange | ||||
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Allmusic | [2] |
She's Strange is the tenth album by the funk band Cameo, released in 1984. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, number 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.
This album is dedicated to the late Polygram A&R representative, Bill Haywood; as Cameo mentions in the liner-notes of the album, "The album which he always wanted". The track "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" is a commonly performed arrangement amongst marching bands, especially those from HBCUs.[3] The titular track became the group's first number one single on the R&B charts, topping the charts for four weeks in April 1984.
Track listing
- "She's Strange" – 7:12 (L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, N.Leftenant/C.Singleton)
- "Love You Anyway" – 5:01 (C.Singleton, M.Wells)
- "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:04 (L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, N.Leftenant/C.Singleton)
- "Tribute to Bob Marley" – 5:20
- "Groove With You" – 5:10
- "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:07 (K.Hairston)
- "Lé Ve Toi!" – 4:50
Personnel
- Rod Antoon – keyboards
- Anthony Barboza – photography
- Larry Blackmon – percussion, arranger, drums, bass guitar, vocals, producer, horn arrangements, mixing
- Michael Burnett – bass guitar
- Glen Christensen – graphic design
- Mac James – artwork
- Tomi Jenkins – vocals
- Steve Jerome – mixing
- Kevin Kendrick – synthesizer, keyboards
- Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals, horn arrangements
- Bill Levy – art direction
- Wesley Phillips – trumpet
- Alan "Funt" Prater – trombone
- Tom Race – engineer, mixing
- Charlie Singleton – synthesizer, guitar, percussion, arranger, keyboards, vocals
- Jack Skinner – mastering
- Melvin Wells – bass guitar, alto saxophone, backing vocals, horn arrangements
Chart positions
The Billboard 200 – #27
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – #1
Singles
- "She's Strange" – released: December 11, 1983
- "Talkin’ Out The Side Of Your Neck"
- "Hangin’ Downtown"
Later samples
- "She's Strange"
- "Young Niggaz" by 2Pac from the album Me Against the World
- "She's Strange" by Nate Dogg from the album "G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2"
- "We Want Yo Hands Up" by Mr. Malik featuring Warren G & Hershey Locc
- "The Party Continues" by Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat & Usher from the album "Life in 1472"
- "Kill 'em with the Shoulders" by Snoop Dogg featuring Lil Duval
References
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/UniqueRecordingStudios/photos/a.649655181769411/649655408436055/?type=3&theater [user-generated source]
- ^ a b link
- ^ Huggins, Gerald (December 30, 2019). "The Origin of 'Neck': How Cameo's hit became an HBCU band anthem". HBCUGameday. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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- Larry Blackmon
- Anthony Lockett
- Aaron Mills
- Tomi Jenkins
- Charlie Singleton
- Jeryl Bright
- Michael Burnett
- Thomas Campbell
- Wayne Cooper
- Merve de Peyer
- Gary Dow
- Eric Durham
- Gregory Johnson
- Kurt Jeter
- John Kellogg
- Kevin Kendrick
- Arnett Leftenant
- Nathan Leftenant
- Damon Mendes
- Stephen Moore
- William Morris
- Eric Nelson
- Jeff Nelson
- William Revis
- Charles Sampson
- Robert L. Smith
- Billy Allen Jr
- Melvin Wells
- Gregory B. Johnson
- Cardiac Arrest (1977)
- We All Know Who We Are (1978)
- Ugly Ego (1978)
- Secret Omen (1979)
- Cameosis (1980)
- Feel Me (1980)
- Knights of the Sound Table (1981)
- Alligator Woman (1982)
- Style (1983)
- She's Strange (1984)
- Single Life (1985)
- Word Up! (1986)
- Machismo (1988)
- Real Men... Wear Black (1990)
- Emotional Violence (1991)
- In the Face of Funk (1994)
- Sexy Sweet Thing (2000)
- Nasty (1996)
- Live: Word Up (1998)
- Original Artist Hit List (2003)
- Nasty, Live & Funky (2007)
- Word Up! Greatest Hits – Live (2007)
- Keep It Hot (2007)
- Shake Your Pants (1992)
- The Best of Cameo (1993)
- The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 (1996)
- Best of Cameo (1998)
- The Ballads Collection (1998)
- Greatest Hits (1998)
- 12" Collection and More (1999)
- Anthology/Gold (2002/2005)
- Classic Cameo (2003)
- The Best of Cameo (2004)
- The Definitive Collection (2006)
- "Rigor Mortis"
- "Shake Your Pants"
- "She's Strange"
- "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck"
- "Attack Me with Your Love"
- "Word Up!"
- "Candy"
- "Back and Forth"
- "I Want It Now"
- "Loverboy"