description Single Life Overview
Single Life is a 1985 studio album by Cameo, the American funk group led by Larry Blackmon. It continued the electronic direction heard on She's Strange, using synthesizers, drum machines, bass, and clipped vocal arrangements in place of the denser horn-led sound of the group's earlier records. The album includes the title song and represents Cameo's transition toward the streamlined electro-funk style associated with its mid-1980s commercial period.
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Single Life ranks #125 of 204 in the Funk Album ranking, behind In the Slot, ahead of A Whole New Thing.
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Who is the lead singer of Cameo, the band that released Single Life?
Cameo is the American funk group led by frontman Larry Blackmon. Blackmon guided the band through numerous stylistic shifts throughout the 1980s.
What year was the funk album Single Life released?
Single Life was released as a studio album in 1985. It arrived right in the middle of the band's transition from classic funk to electronic R&B.
How does the sound of Single Life compare to Cameo's earlier music?
The album moved away from the denser, horn-led sound of the group's earlier work. Instead, it relied heavily on electronic synthesizers, drum machines, bass, and clipped vocal arrangements.
What earlier Cameo album influenced the electronic direction of Single Life?
Single Life continued the new electronic direction that was first heard on their previous album, She's Strange. This shift proved highly successful for the group on the R&B charts.
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