| Knights of the Sound Table | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Cameo |
| Cover: | Cameo-knights.jpg |
| Released: | May 18, 1981 |
| Recorded: | 1980–1981 H&L Studios (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Power Station (New York City, New York) |
| Genre: | Funk |
| Length: | 33:31 |
| Label: | Chocolate City Records |
| Producer: | Larry Blackmon |
| Prev Title: | Feel Me |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Alligator Woman |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Knights of the Sound Table is the seventh album by the funk band Cameo, released in 1981. It reached number 2 for 3 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 44 on the Billboard 200 chart), and was the band’s fourth consecutive album to be certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. The album spawned two hit singles: "Freaky Dancin'" (which reached number 3 R&B) and "I Like It" (which reached number 25 R&B. The track “Don’t Be So Cool” featured a guest appearance by former Labelle member Nona Hendryx and also received airplay on R&B stations at the time. Hendryx joined Cameo for a performance of the song on Soul Train that first aired on June 20, 1981.
Amy Hanson of AllMusic called it "the sound of a band keeping their past alive while stretching their wings to the future."
| Year | Single | Chart positions[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Dance | ||
| 1981 | "Freaky Dancin'" | - | 3 | 45 |
| "I Like It" | - | 25 | - | |