Cardiac Arrest (album)

Cardiac Arrest

Studio album by Cameo

Released

June 29, 1977

Recorded

1976-1977
at Music Farm Studios
(New York City, New York)

Genre

Soul, funk

Length

35:33

Label

Chocolate City Records

Producer

Larry Blackmon

Cameo chronology

Cardiac Arrest
(1977)

We All Know Who We Are
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Cardiac Arrest is the first album by the funk/R&B band Cameo.

The album reached #16 on the R&B charts and contained the hit single "Rigor Mortis".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Larry Blackmon, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Still Feels Good"	4:14
2.	"Post Mortem" (Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson)	4:17
3.	"Smile"	3:48
4.	"Funk Funk"	4:44

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Find My Way" (Johnny Melfi)	3:23
6.	"Rigor Mortis" (Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Arnett Leftenant)	5:18
7.	"Good Times"	4:59
8.	"Stay by My Side"	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

Chart (1977)	Peak ^[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	116
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	16

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[1]	US R&B ^[1]	US Dance ^[1]
1976	"Find My Way"	—	—	3
1977	"Rigor Mortis"	103	33	—
	"Post Mortem"	—	70	—
	"Funk Funk"	104	20	—

References

1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Cameo". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

External links

Cardiac Arrest at Discogs

Cameo

Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins Anthony Lockett Aaron Mills 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 Melvin Wells Gregory B. Johnson

Studio albums	Cardiac Arrest (1976) We All Know Who We Are (1977) 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)

Live albums	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)

Compilation albums	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) The Hits Collection (2000) Anthology/Gold (2002/2005) Classic Cameo (2003) The Best of Cameo (2004) The Definitive Collection (2006)

Singles	"Rigor Mortis" "Shake Your Pants" "She's Strange" "Attack Me With Your Love" "Word Up!" "Candy" "Back and Forth" "Loverboy"

Related	Discography

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