Style is the ninth studio album by the American funk band Cameo, released in 1983. It was their first album to introduce their Atlanta Artists label, with which they maintained their distribution through PolyGram.
At the time, Cameo was going through a transition, having gone from five members (Alligator Woman, 1982) to four, with an extreme makeover in their sound. Their former big funk band sound was now being replaced by all the elements of the electronic age (i.e., keyboards, synthesizers and Simmons drums). Their music was self-proclaimed as "21st Century Bebop".
Contents
Track listing
"Aphrodisiac" – 5:00 (Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Nathan Leftenant, Tomi Jenkins)
"This Life Is Not for Me" – 3:30 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"You're a Winner" – 3:30 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:50 (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss)
"Interlude (Serenity)" – 1:30 (Singleton)
"Style" – 5:12 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"Cameo's Dance" – 3:23 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"Let's Not Talk Slot" – 3:31 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"Slow Movin'" – 3:24 (Blackmon, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
"Heaven Only Knows" – 3:37 (Blackmon, Kevin Kendrick, Singleton, Leftenant, Jenkins)
Personnel
Cameo
Larry Blackmon – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion
Tomi Jenkins – lead and backing vocals
Charlie Singleton – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, bass guitar
Nathan Leftenant – trumpet, backing vocals
Additional musicians
Kevin Kendrick – Prophet-5, Roland Jupiter-8, Fender Rhodes, grand piano, Minimoog, Yamaha grand piano
Production
Larry Blackmon – producer, mixing
Tom Race – engineer, mixing
Charlie Singleton – mixing
Kenny LaMorta – assistant engineer
Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
Bill Levy – art direction
Garrett/Lewis/Johnson – art design
Anthony Barboza – photography
Yolanda McCoy – hair stylist
Atlanta Artists Management, Inc. – management and direction