Chameleon (Label album)

Chameleon
Labelle's studio album
Publication (s)	1976
admission	1976
Label (s)	Epic Records
Format (s)	vinyl record
Genre (s)	Soul , funk , funk-rock , glam rock , rock
Title (number)	8th
running time	50:12
occupation	Labels
production	David Rubinson
chronology Phoenix (1975) Chameleon Back to Now (2008)
Single releases 1976 Get You Somebody New 1976 Isn't It A Shame

Chameleon is the sixth album by the American funk / soul trio Labelle . This album was the second which Labelle released in 1976 under her record label on Epic Records . In Patti LaBelle's autobiography, Don't Block The Blessings , she stated that she planned with LaBelle to release a sequel to Chameleon called Shaman , but the album was never produced. The trio didn't record any more works until their comeback Back to Now came out in 2008 . Chameleon reached number 94 on the Billboard 200 and number 21 on the R&B charts. Two songs were released as singles and hit the charts. The first single, Get You Somebody New , reached number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Isn't It A Shame reached number 18 on the R&B charts. Isn't It A Shame was featured in 2004 by rapper Nelly on his hit My Place feat. Jaheim sampled.

Track list

All the tracks were composed by Nona Hendryx ; except for the one with the brackets

1. "Get You Somebody New" (6:10)
2. "Come Into My Life" (6:44)
3. "Isn't It a Shame" ( Randy Edelman ) (7:58)
4. "Who's Watching the Watcher?" (4:15)
5. "Chameleon" (5:15)
6. "Gypsy Moths" (5:00)
7. "A Man in a Trenchcoat (Voodoo)" (7:49)
8. "Going Down Makes Me Shiver" (7:07)

Web links

• Chameleon at Allmusic (English)