Word Up! (album)

Word Up! is the 13th studio album by American funk group Cameo, released in 1986. The album reached number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies. It took Cameo to their highest level of popularity, and solidified them as one of the most successful bands of the 1980s. The album includes three of their biggest hit singles, "Word Up!", "Candy", and "Back and Forth".

Track listing

 * Tracks 1–3, 6 and 7 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music.
 * Tracks 4 and 5 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music-Better Nights Music.

Personnel

 * Cameo
 * Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Kevin Kendrick – keyboards
 * Charlie Singleton – guitar, backing vocals
 * Stanley Clarke, Aaron Mills – bass guitar
 * Michael Burnett – bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kenni Hairston, Kevin Kendrick, Merv de Peyer – keyboards
 * Duduka Fonseca, Giovanni Hidalgo, Steve Thornton – percussion
 * Melvin Wells – saxophone, backing vocals
 * Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (solo on "Candy", "Don't Be Lonely" and "She's Mine")
 * Randy Brecker – trumpet
 * Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
 * Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
 * Robert Funk – trombone
 * Paul Litteral – trumpet
 * Sammy Merendino – drum programming
 * Pat Buchanan – guitars
 * Peter Scherer – Synclavier programming
 * Willie Morris – backing vocals

Accolades
Word Up! was ranked number 5 among the "Albums of the Year" by NME.