She's Strange

Studio album by Cameo

Released

January 16, 1984

Recorded

1983

Genre

R&B, funk

Length

36:44

Cameo chronology

Style
(1983)

She's Strange
(1984)

Single Life
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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She's Strange is the tenth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1984.

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, "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck", is an extremely popular arrangement amongst marching bands, especially those from HBCUs.

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

Album cover

The 1980s and early 1990s singer/actress/model Vanity appears on the album's cover, as well as on cover of the band's 1982 album, Alligator Woman.

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

References

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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