Good coupling of Cameo’s 1978 and 1979 albums, ‘Ugly Ego’ comprises a strong mix of dancers, soul tracks and steppers, like the dreamy ‘The Two of Us’ the mellow ‘Friend To Me’ and ‘Give Love A Chance. ‘Anything You Want To Do’ is a great clubby funky soul, the popping opener ‘I’ll Be With You’ is a tight mid tempo dance cut while the seeds of the later Cameo sound are sown in the boogie of ‘Insane’ and the title track ‘Ugly Ego’. ‘Secret Omen’ definitely heralds a move to a harder boogie sound with most tracks being club oriented dancers. ‘Find My Way’ was huge in the UK at the time while ‘I Just Want To Be’ was also a smash while ‘New York’ is driven by a tough, funky B-line. ‘Sparkle’ shows the group could still pen a good mid tempo soul moment, with its spacey vibe and stepper feel.
Track listings:
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01 I’Ll Be With You by Cameo
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02 Insane by Cameo
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03 Give Love A Chance by Cameo
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04 I Want You by Cameo
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05 Ugly Ego by Cameo
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06 Anything You Wanna Do by Cameo
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07 Friend To Me by Cameo
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08 Two Of Us by Cameo
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09 Energy by Cameo
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10 I Just Want To Be by Cameo
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11 Find My Way by Cameo
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12 Macho by Cameo
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13 The Rock by Cameo
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14 Sparkle by Cameo
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15 New York by Cameo
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