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She's Strange

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Released
  
January 16, 1984

Length
  
36:44

Artist
  
Cameo

Producer
  
Larry Blackmon

Recorded
  
1983

She's Strange(1984)
  
Single Life(1985)

Release date
  
16 January 1984

Label
  
PolyGram

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Genres
  
Funk, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B

Similar
  
Single Life, We All Know Who We Are, Alligator Woman, Ugly Ego, Emotional Violence

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

Contents

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.

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Track listing

  1. "She's Strange" – 7:12 (L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/N.Leftenant/C.Singleton)
  2. "Love You Anyway" – 5:01 (C.Singleton/M.Wells)
  3. "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:04 (L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/N.Leftenant/C.Singleton)
  4. "Tribute to Bob Marley" – 5:20
  5. "Groove With You" – 5:10
  6. "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:07 (K.Hairston)
  7. "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

    • Songs

    1She's Strange7:13
    2Love You Anyway4:49
    3Talkin’ Out the Side of Your Neck4:05

    References

    She's Strange Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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