Word Up!

Word Up!
Studio album by Cameo
Released	April 15, 1986
Recorded	1986 Quad Recording Studio Counter Point Studio Power Station Studio Sound Ideas Studio (all in New York City)
Genre	R&B Funk New jack swing
Length	34:46
Label	Casablanca Records
Producer	Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Single Life (1985) Word Up! (1986) Machismo (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B)[2]

Word Up! is an album by funk/R&B group Cameo released in 1986.^[1] The record made Cameo one of the most successful bands of that decade.^[3]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Cameo 2.2 Other Players 3 Chart positions 4 References

Track listing

• Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 Published By All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music. Tracks 4 & 5 Published By All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music-Better Nights Music.

1. "Word Up!" (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins) 4:21
2. "Candy" (Blackmon, Jenkins) 5:39
3. "Back and Forth" (Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Blackmon, Jenkins) 6:33
4. "Don't Be Lonely" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Kendrick, Willlie Morris) 5:19
5. "She's Mine" (Blackmon, Leftenant, Antonio Matthews, Ray Malloy) 4:37
6. "Fast, Fierce & Funny" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant) 4:09
7. "You Can Have the World" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant) 4:38

Personnel

Cameo

• Larry Blackmon: Lead Vocals, Electric Bass, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
• Tomi Jenkins: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
• Nathan Leftenant: Backing Vocals

Other Players

• Charlie Singleton: Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Aaron Mills: Bass
• Michael Burnett: Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kenni Hairston, Kevin Kendrick, Merv de Peyer: Keyboards
• Duduka Fonseca, Giovanni Hidalgo, Steve Thornton: Percussion
• Melvin Wells: Saxophone, Backing Vocals
• Michael Brecker: Saxophone
• Randy Brecker: Saxophone
• Arno Hecht: Tenor Saxophone
• Crispin Cioe: Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
• Robert Funk: Trombone
• Paul Litteral: Trumpet
• Sammy Merendino: Drum Programming
• Patrick Buchanon: Guitars
• Peter Scherer: Synclavier Programming
• Willie Morris: Backing Vocals

^[4]

Chart positions

• No.8 - The Billboard 200^[5]
• No.1 - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[5]

References