# Alligator Woman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alligator_Woman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alligator_Woman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_Woman > Source revision: 1331182055 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Alligator Woman | type = studio | artist = [Cameo](/source/Cameo_(band)) | cover = Alligator woman album cover.jpg | alt = | released = March 22, 1982 | recorded = 1981 | venue = | studio = Cheshire Sound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) | genre = [Funk](/source/Funk) | length = 30:12 | label = [Chocolate City](/source/Chocolate_City_Records) | producer = [Larry Blackmon](/source/Larry_Blackmon) | prev_title = [Knights of the Sound Table](/source/Knights_of_the_Sound_Table) | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = [Style](/source/Style_(Cameo_album)) | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = Alligator Woman | type = studio | single1 = Flirt | single1date = February 6, 1982 | single2 = Alligator Woman | single2date = March 10, 1982 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3190|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review] | rev2 = ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)'' | rev2score = B{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=August 31, 1982|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-82.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)|accessdate=July 12, 2016}} | noprose = yes }} '''''Alligator Woman''''' is a 1982 album by the American [funk](/source/funk) band [Cameo](/source/Cameo_(band)), released by [Casablanca Records](/source/Casablanca_Records). It is the group's eighth studio album, and the first released after group leader [Larry Blackmon](/source/Larry_Blackmon) reduced the band from 11 members to 5: himself, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant, Charlie Singleton, and Gregory Johnson (who would leave the band prior to their next album). ''Alligator Woman'' combined Cameo's traditional funk with elements of rock and new wave, and was the band's fifth consecutive album to be certified Gold by the [RIAA](/source/RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies. The cover artwork model is the Canadian singer/model [Vanity](/source/Vanity_(performer)) (Denise Matthews).{{cite web|title=Funk pioneers Cameo start residency in Las Vegas, working on new album|url=http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2015/12/30/funk-pioneers-cameo-start-residency-in-las-vegas-working-on-new-album/2/ |publisher= |work=New Pittsburgh Courier|accessdate=January 4, 2016}} ==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Be Yourself | writer1 = Charlie Singleton, [Larry Blackmon](/source/Larry_Blackmon), Tomi Jenkins | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Soul Army | writer2 = Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins | length2 = 4:13 | title3 = Flirt | writer3 = Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins | length3 = 4:15 | title4 = Enjoy Your Life | writer4 = Larry Blackmon | length4 = 4:33 | total_length = 17:07 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title5 = Alligator Woman | writer5 = Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Charlie Singleton | length5 = 3:42 | title6 = Secrets of Time | writer6 = Tomi Jenkins, Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton | length6 = 2:52 | title7 = I Owe It All to You | writer7 = Larry Blackmon | length7 = 2:52 | title8 = For You | writer8 = Charlie Singleton | length8 = 3:39 | total_length = 13:05 }} == Personnel == '''Cameo''' * [Larry Blackmon](/source/Larry_Blackmon) – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion * Tomi Jenkins – lead and backing vocals * [Gregory B. Johnson](/source/Gregory_B._Johnson) – [Fender Rhodes](/source/Fender_Rhodes), [Moog synthesizer](/source/Moog_synthesizer), [bell](/source/bell)s, backing vocals * Charlie Singleton – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, lead guitars * Nathan Leftenant – trumpet, backing vocals, horn arrangements '''Additional musicians''' * Kevin Kendricks – Fender Rhodes, [Minimoog](/source/Minimoog), [Prophet-5](/source/Prophet-5), [Roland Jupiter-8](/source/Roland_Jupiter-8) * Randy Stern – [Yamaha CS-80](/source/Yamaha_CS-80) * Michael Burnett – bass guitar * Webster Jackson – saxophones * Lloyd Oby – trombone, backing vocals * Stacey Cole – trumpet * Walter Perry – trumpet * Tina Jackson – backing vocals * Anita Robinson – backing vocals * Vickie Smith – backing vocals * Sheila Weaver – backing vocals === Production === * Larry Blackmon – producer, mixing * Tom Race – engineer, mixing * Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Bob Heimall – art direction * Bill Levy – art direction * Mo Ström – design * [Anthony Barboza](/source/Anthony_Barboza) – photography ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2021}} |} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard''){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2021}} | 29 |} {{col-end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Cameo}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cameo (band) albums Category:1982 albums Category:Casablanca Records albums {{1980s-R&B-album-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alligator Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_Woman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_Woman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.