Cardiac Arrest (album) explained

Cardiac Arrest
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cameo
Cover:	Cameo-ca.jpg
Recorded:	1975–1976
Studio:	Music Farm Studios, New York City
Genre:	Funk
Length:	35:33
Label:	Chocolate City
Producer:	Larry Blackmon
Next Title:	We All Know Who We Are
Next Year:	1978

Cardiac Arrest is the debut album by American funk band Cameo.^{[1] [2]}

The album reached number 16 on the R&B charts. It contains the hit singles "Rigor Mortis" and "Funk Funk".^{[3] [4]}

Critical reception

Rickey Vincent, in Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, deemed the album an "exquisite [example] of the fertile, erotic realm of R&B-based funk at its most stretched out."^[5]

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

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		US R&B	US Dance ^[6]
"Find My Way"	1975	—	3
"Rigor Mortis"	1977	33	—
"Post Mortem"		70	—
"Funk Funk"		20	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cameo | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: A LONG-TERM CAMEO APPEARANCE. Geoffrey. Himes. November 29, 1996. www.washingtonpost.com.
3. Cameo Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) . . May 4, 2024.
4. Web site: CAMEO LEADER DOESN'T LIKE TO BE LUMPED IN WITH FUNK. Sun-Sentinel.com.
5. Web site: Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One. Rickey. Vincent. November 4, 2014. St. Martin's Publishing Group. Google Books.
6. Cameo Chart History (Dance Club Songs) . . May 4, 2024.