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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Anthology
| type       = greatest
| artist     = [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]
| cover      = Cameo-anth.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2002|6|18}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[R&B]], [[funk]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| producer   = [[Larry Blackmon]]
| prev_title = [[The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cameo]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [[Original Artist Hit List]]
| next_year  = 2003
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
| header  = ''Gold'' re-release
| type    = compilation
| cover   = Cameo-gold.jpg
| border  =
| alt     =
| caption =
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}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r591924|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2      =
| rev2Score =
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'''''Anthology''''' is a 2-disc [[greatest hits album]] released by the [[funk]]/[[R&B]] group [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] in 2002. The collection is arguably the best representation of Cameo released to date, containing 23 of their 26 [[Top-40]] R&B hits, though the top 5 single "You Make Me Work" is not present. This collection was repackaged and retitled as ''[[Gold (Cameo album)|Gold]]'' three years later.<ref name=amazon>{{cite web|title=Anthology|url=https://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Cameo/dp/B000068FUQ|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Cameo Anthology|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-mw0000223998|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=apple>{{cite web|title=Cameo: Anthology|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cameo-anthology/id351683|publisher=apple.com|accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=youtube>{{cite web|title=Cameo-Topic|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=ALBTKoXRg38BB8IKxsrXQRtEsDpyU3g6r5|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=29 October 2013}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===Disc 1===
# "Rigor Mortis" – 5:22 - <small>[[Larry Blackmon|Blackmon]]/Leftenant/Leftenant (from ''[[Cardiac Arrest (album)|Cardiac Arrest]]'', 1977)</small>
# "Post Mortem" – 4:22 - <small>Blackmon/Johnson (from ''[[Cardiac Arrest (album)|Cardiac Arrest]]'', 1977)</small>
# "Funk Funk" – 4:49 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[Cardiac Arrest (album)|Cardiac Arrest]]'', 1977)</small>
# "Find My Way" – 5:00 - <small>Melfi (from ''[[Cardiac Arrest (album)|Cardiac Arrest]]'', 1977)</small>
# "It's Serious" – 8:08 - <small>Blackmon/Johnson (from ''[[We All Know Who We Are]]'', 1977)</small>
# "We All Know Who We Are" – 5:53 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[We All Know Who We Are]]'', 1977)</small>
# "Insane" – 4:58 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[Ugly Ego]]'', 1978)</small>
# "I Just Want to Be" [12" version] – 6:19 - <small>Blackmon/Johnson (from ''[[Secret Omen]]'', 1979)</small>
# "Sparkle" – 4:54 - <small>Blackmon/Lockett (from ''[[Secret Omen]]'', 1979)</small>
# "Shake Your Pants" – 6:24 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[Cameosis]]'', 1980)</small>
# "We're Goin' Out Tonight" – 4:42 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant (from ''[[Cameosis]]'', 1980)</small>
# "Why Have I Lost You" [Version 2] – 5:15 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[Cameosis]]'', 1980)</small>
# "Keep It Hot" – 4:44 - <small>Blackmon/Lockett (from ''[[Feel Me (album)|Feel Me]]'', 1980)</small>
# "Feel Me" – 6:09 - <small>Blackmon/Lockett (from ''[[Feel Me (album)|Feel Me]]'', 1980)</small>
===Disc 2===
# "Freaky Dancin'" – 5:23 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins (from ''[[Knights of the Sound Table]]'', 1981)</small>
# "Don't Be So Cool" – 4:14 - <small>Blackmon/Mills (from ''[[Knights of the Sound Table]]'', 1981)</small>
# "Just Be Yourself" – 4:09 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton (from ''[[Alligator Woman]]'', 1982)</small>
# "Flirt" – 4:09 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins(from ''[[Alligator Woman]]'', 1982)</small>
# "Alligator Woman"/"Secrets of Time" – 6:37 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Singleton (from ''[[Alligator Woman]]'', 1982)</small>
# "Style" [Single version] – 4:18 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from ''[[Style (Cameo album)|Style]]'', 1983)</small>
# "She's Strange" – 7:12 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from ''[[She's Strange]]'', 1984)</small>
# "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:07 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton (from ''[[She's Strange]]'', 1984)</small>
# "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:09 - <small>Hairston (from ''[[She's Strange]]'', 1984)</small>
# "Attack Me With Your Love" – 4:33 - <small>Blackmon/Kendrick (from ''[[Single Life]]'', 1985)</small>
# "Single Life – 4:28 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins (from ''[[Single Life]]'', 1985)</small>
# "Word Up!" – 4:21 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins (from ''[[Word Up! (album)|Word Up!]]'', 1986)</small>
# "Candy" – 5:41 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins (from ''[[Word Up! (album)|Word Up!]]'', 1986)</small>
# "Back and Forth" – 3:53 - <small>Blackmon/Jenkins/Kendrick/Leftenant (from ''[[Word Up! (album)|Word Up!]]'', 1986)</small>
# "Skin I'm In" [single version] – 4:38 - <small>Blackmon (from ''[[Machismo (album)|Machismo]]'', 1988)</small>
# "I Want It Now" [single version] – 4:29 - <small>Allen/Blackmon/Smith (from ''[[Real Men... Wear Black]]'', 1990)</small>
==References==
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