Knights of the Sound Table

Knights of the Sound Table is the seventh album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1981. It reached numbers 2 and 44 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively and spawned two singles: "Freaky Dancin'" and "I Like It".

Knights of the Sound Table
Studio album by
Cameo
ReleasedMay 18, 1981
Recorded1980–1981
H&L Studios
(Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
Power Station
(New York City, New York)
GenreSoul, funk
Length33:31
LabelChocolate City Records
ProducerLarry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Feel Me
(1980)		 Knights of the Sound Table
(1981)		 Alligator Woman
(1982)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Amy Hanson of AllMusic called it "a transitional album", commending the trademark funk tracks ("Knights by Nights", "Freaky Dancin'") associated with the band but found fault in filler ballads like "I'll Always Stay" and I Never Knew, and found the disco trappings of "The Sound Table" to be overlong and behind the times. Hanson concluded that "Despite such serious wobbles, though, the set is cohesive enough to forgive its failings, the sound of a band keeping their past alive while stretching their wings to the future."[1]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Knights by Nights"Larry Blackmon, Aaron Mills, Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell3:31
2."Freaky Dancin'"Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins5:23
3."I Never Knew"Blackmon, Anthony Lockett4:40
4."Use It or Lose It"Blackmon4:11
5."The Sound Table"Blackmon, Lockett, Mills3:41
6."Don't Be So Cool"Blackmon, Mills4:14
7."I'll Always Stay"Blackmon, Lockett3:54
8."I Like It"Blackmon, Lockett, Campbell4:12

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 Weber - 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]
US US
R&B
1981 Knights of the Sound Table 44 2

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1981 "Freaky Dancin'" — 3 45
"I Like It" — 25 —

References
  1. Hanson, Amy. "Knights of the Sound Table - Cameo". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. "Cameo US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. "Cameo US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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