''Machismo'' is the

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group Cameo's 1988 follow up to their album '' Word Up!''. It includes the hits "You Make Me Work" and "Skin I'm In". The album reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart, No. 56 on the

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Pop Albums chart, and No. 86 on the

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. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Critical reception

Chris Heim of the

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placed Machismo at No. 6 on his list of the top 10 albums of 1988.

Track listing

# "You Make Me Work" (Larry Blackmon) – 6:08 # "I Like the World" (Blackmon, Simeo Overall) – 6:14 # "Promiscuous" (Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant) – 4:33 # "In the Night" featuring

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(Blackmon, Merv De Peyer) – 4:43 # "Skin I'm In" (Blackmon) – 6:25 # "Pretty Girls" (Blackmon, Gregory Magnus) – 4:59 # "Honey" (Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins) – 2:07 # "Soul Tightened" (Blackmon, Jenkins) – 4:39 # "DKWIG" (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant) – 4:37

Personnel

Cameo * Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion * Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals * Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals Additional musicians * Merv De Peyer – keyboards, drum programming * Kevin Kendricks – keyboards * Eric Rehl – keyboards * Randy Stern – keyboards *

Bernard Wright Bernard Wright (November 16, 1963 – May 19, 2022) was an American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer who began his career as a session musician and later released four solo albums. Biography Wright was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. I ...

– keyboards *

Jean Beauvoir Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and entertainment executive. He came to prominence in the early 1980s with the punk group the Plasmatics and went on to work with Little Stev ...

– guitars * Mike Dino Campbell – guitars * Charlie Singleton – guitars, backing vocals *

Little Steven Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has appeared i ...

– guitars *

Lenny Williams Leonard Charles Williams (born February 16, 1945)"Biography by Alex Henderson"
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– guitars * Kenni Burke – bass guitar * Michael Burnett – bass guitar, backing vocals * Aaron Mills – bass guitar * Sammy Merendino – drum programming *

Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. Garrett's primary instruments are ...

– alto saxophone *

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...

– alto saxophone *

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in ...

– tenor saxophone * Arnett Leftenant – tenor saxophone * Dave Tofani – tenor saxophone *

Fred Wesley Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s. Biography Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band le ...

– trombone *

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock music, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was ...

– trumpet *

Alan Rubin Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet. Early life and education Rubin was born in Brooklyn. He began attending Juilliard ...

– trumpet *

– trumpet solos (4) * Willie Morris – backing vocals Uptown Horns * Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone * Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone * Bob Funk – trombone * Paul Litteral – trumpet

Production

* Larry Blackmon – producer * Mark Cobrin – recording * Alan Meyerson – recording * Dave Ogrin – mixing * Keith Seppenen – recording, mixing * Craig Vogel – recording, mixing * Scott Forman – assistant engineer * Robert Smith – assistant engineer * Andrew Spiegelman – assistant engineer * Rich Travali – assistant engineer * José Rodriguez – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Reiner Design Consultants, Inc. – design * Drew Carolan – photography * Toyce Anderson – stylist * Roxanne Floyd – hair, make-up * Anderson Phillips – hair, make-up * Jean Paul Gaultier – clothes * Q Prime, Inc. – management

Chart positions

Singles

*"You Make Me Work" – released September 1988 *"Skin I'm In" – released December 1988 *"Pretty Girls" – released May 1989

References

{{Authority control Cameo (band) albums 1988 albums