Knights of the Sound Table
Knights of the Sound Table | ||||
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Studio album by Cameo | ||||
Released | May 18, 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1980–1981 H&L Studios (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Power Station (New York City, New York) | |||
Genre | Funk[1] | |||
Length | 33:31 | |||
Label | Chocolate City Records | |||
Producer | Larry Blackmon | |||
Cameo chronology | ||||
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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.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Amy Hanson of AllMusic called it "the sound of a band keeping their past alive while stretching their wings to the future."[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Knights by Nights" | Larry Blackmon, Aaron Mills, Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell | 3:31 |
2. | "Freaky Dancin'" | Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins | 5:23 |
3. | "I Never Knew" | Blackmon, Anthony Lockett | 4:40 |
4. | "Use It or Lose It" | Blackmon | 4:11 |
5. | "The Sound Table" | Blackmon, Lockett, Mills | 3:41 |
6. | "Don't Be So Cool" | Blackmon, Mills | 4:14 |
7. | "I'll Always Stay" | Blackmon, Lockett | 3:54 |
8. | "I Like It" | Blackmon, Lockett, Campbell | 4:12 |
Personnel
- Larry Blackmon - lead vocals, drums, percussion
- Gregory Johnson - Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, vocals
- Aaron Mills - bass guitar, vocals
- Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell - keyboards
- Anthony Lockett - guitar, vocals
- Arnett Leftenant - saxophone, vocals
- Nathan Leftenant - trumpet, vocals
- David Webber - trumpet
- Jeryl Bright - trombone, vocals
- Clifford Adams - trombone
- Jose Rossy - percussion
- Tomi Jenkins, Steve Moore, Charlie Singleton - vocals
- Nona Hendryx - backing vocals
Charts
Year | Album | Chart positions[2] | |
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US | US R&B | ||
1981 | Knights of the Sound Table | 44 | 2 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions[3] | ||
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US | US R&B | US Dance | ||
1981 | "Freaky Dancin'" | — | 3 | 45 |
"I Like It" | — | 25 | — |
References
External links
- Knights of the Sound Table at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Larry Blackmon
- Anthony Lockett
- Aaron Mills
- Tomi Jenkins
- Charlie Singleton
- Jeryl Bright
- Michael Burnett
- Thomas Campbell
- Wayne Cooper
- Merve de Peyer
- Gary Dow
- Eric Durham
- Gregory Johnson
- Kurt Jeter
- John Kellogg
- Kevin Kendrick
- Arnett Leftenant
- Nathan Leftenant
- Damon Mendes
- Stephen Moore
- William Morris
- Eric Nelson
- Jeff Nelson
- William Revis
- Charles Sampson
- Robert L. Smith
- Billy Allen Jr
- Melvin Wells
- Gregory B. Johnson
- Cardiac Arrest (1977)
- We All Know Who We Are (1978)
- Ugly Ego (1978)
- Secret Omen (1979)
- Cameosis (1980)
- Feel Me (1980)
- Knights of the Sound Table (1981)
- Alligator Woman (1982)
- Style (1983)
- She's Strange (1984)
- Single Life (1985)
- Word Up! (1986)
- Machismo (1988)
- Real Men... Wear Black (1990)
- Emotional Violence (1991)
- In the Face of Funk (1994)
- Sexy Sweet Thing (2000)
- Nasty (1996)
- Live: Word Up (1998)
- Original Artist Hit List (2003)
- Nasty, Live & Funky (2007)
- Word Up! Greatest Hits – Live (2007)
- Keep It Hot (2007)
- Shake Your Pants (1992)
- The Best of Cameo (1993)
- The Best of Cameo, Volume 2 (1996)
- Best of Cameo (1998)
- The Ballads Collection (1998)
- Greatest Hits (1998)
- 12" Collection and More (1999)
- Anthology/Gold (2002/2005)
- Classic Cameo (2003)
- The Best of Cameo (2004)
- The Definitive Collection (2006)
- "Rigor Mortis"
- "Shake Your Pants"
- "She's Strange"
- "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck"
- "Attack Me with Your Love"
- "Word Up!"
- "Candy"
- "Back and Forth"
- "I Want It Now"
- "Loverboy"