Machismo (album)

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Machismo

Studio album by Cameo

Released

October 17, 1988

Recorded

???

Genre

R&B/Funk

Length

44:56

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Cameo chronology

Word Up!
(1986)

Machismo
(1988)

Real Men... Wear Black
(1990)

Machismo is funk/R&B group Cameo's 1988 followup to their smash album Word Up!. The album featured R&B hits "You Make Me Work" and "Skin I'm In", both of which have been issued on various compilation albums. Despite these hits and the Miles Davis collaboration "In the Night", the album makes blatant attempts to cash in on the popularity of its predecessor. "Pretty Girls" uses the same delivery and style of "Word Up!" and "Honey" is so close to "Candy", it approaches parody. The album still performed fairly well, reaching #10 on the R&B charts, but this album marked the beginning of the steady decline in Cameo's popularity after their apex of Word Up!.

[edit] Credits

Backing Vocals - Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins, Willie Morris
Bass - Aaron Mills, Kenny Burke, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett
Drum Programming - Merv De Peyer, Sammy Merendino
Drums - Larry Blackmon
Guitar - Charlie Singleton, Jean Beauvoir, Lenny Williams, Little Steven, Mike Dino Campbell
Horn - Uptown Horns
Keyboards - Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kevin Kendricks, Merv De Peyer, Randy Stern
Lead Vocals - Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins
Percussion - Larry Blackmon
Producer - Larry Blackmon
Saxophone - Arnett Leftenant, Dave Tofani, Kenny Garrett, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker
Trombone - Fred Wesley
Trumpet - Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker, Miles Davis
Recording Engineer - Craig Vogel