Single Life
Encyclopedia
Single Life is a 1985 album
by funk
/R&B group Cameo
. The album reached No. 62 on the Billboard
charts and the title track also reached No. 15 in the UK
charts.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/R&B group Cameo
Cameo (band)
Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several...
. The album reached No. 62 on the Billboard
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
charts and the title track also reached No. 15 in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
charts.
Track listing
- "Attack Me With Your LoveAttack Me With Your Love"Attack Me With Your Love" is a song by Cameo. Released as a single from their album Single Life, it became a top 5 R&B hit and a top 40 Dance hit in America.-Music Video:...
" – 4:30 - L.Blackmon/K.Kendrick - "Single Life" – 6:30 - L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins
- "I've Got Your Image" – 4:45
- "A Good-Bye" – 5:40 - L.Blackmon/N.Leftenant
- "I'll Never Look for Love" – 4:53
- "Urban Warrior" – 4:55
- "Little Boys - Dangerous Toys" – 4:55
Credits
- Backing VocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant - BassBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
- Barry Johnson, Kevin Kendricks, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett - Drum programmerDrum machineA drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
- Sammy Merendino - DrumsDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, Percussion - Larry Blackmon - GuitarGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
- Charlie Singleton, Fred Wells - KeyboardsKeyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
- Eric Rehl, Kevin Kendricks - Lead vocals - Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Barbara Mitchell
- Mixed By - Dave Ogrin, Larry Blackmon
- Producer - Larry Blackmon
- Saxophone (Alto) - Melvin Wells
- TimbalesTimbalesTimbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
- Roy Leftenant - Trombone - Keith O'Quinn
- TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- John Gatchell