Imagination (band) / discography

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Imagination with Dolly Dots , Lori Spee, Forrest, Suzanne Michaels and the Sky Channel Girls, 1984

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of British radio -, Soul - and dance - band Imagination .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK R&B R&B
1981 Body talk DE37 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK20th
gold
gold

(51 weeks)UK 		R&B46 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1981
Producers: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1982 In the heat of the night DE6 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (6 weeks)
AT 		- UK7th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)UK 		R&B45 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1982
Producers: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1983 Night dubbing DE33 (12 weeks)
DE 		- - UK9
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK 		-
First published: May 1983
Producers: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, remix album
Scandalous (EU)
New Dimension (US) 		DE49 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - UK25th
gold
gold

(8 weeks)UK 		R&B44 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1983
Producers: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1986: Trilogy
  • 1987: Closer
  • 1992: The Fascination of the Physical

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK R&B R&B
1989 All the Hits: Hot Sensational Re-Mixes - - - UK4th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		-
First published: July 1989
Remixes: David Morales , Graeme Park, Mike Pickering
Frankie Knuckles , Craig Kallman, Richard Lengyel
Producers: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain

More compilations

  • 1983: Imagination Gold
  • 1990: The Love Songs
  • 1989: Like It Is: Revised and Remixed Classics
  • 1991: The ★ Collection
  • 1992: Flashback
  • 1994: The Very Best of Imagination
  • 1996: Body Talk / In the Heat of the Night / Scandalous (box with 3 CDs)
  • 2000: The Best of Imagination
  • 2000: The Very Best Of
  • 2003: The Best Of
  • 2004: Golden Hits
  • 2005: Just an Illusion: The Best Of
  • 2006: Just an Illusion: The Very Best Of (2 CDs)
  • 2007: Flashback (2 CDs)
  • 2007: Platinum Collection (2 CDs)
  • 2008: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
  • 2013: Flashback: The Very Best of Imagination (release: October 7th)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK R&B R&B Dance Dance
1981 Body Talk
Body Talk 		- - - UK4th
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		- -
First published: May 1981
Authors: Imagination, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
In and Out of Love
Body Talk 		- - - UK16 (9 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: August 1981
Vibraphone: Orphy Robinson
Authors: Imagination, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Flashback
body talk 		- - - UK16 (15 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: November 1981
Authors: Imagination, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1982 Burnin 'Up
Body Talk 		- - - - R&B68 (6 weeks)
R&B 		Dance6 (17 weeks)
Dance
First published: January 1982
Authors: Imagination, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
So Good, So Right
Body Talk 		- - - - -[Dance: ↑]
First published: January 1982
Authors: Imagination, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Just an Illusion
In the Heat of the Night 		DE7 (29 weeks)
DE 		AT6 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		R&B27 (16 weeks)
R&B 		Dance15 (15 weeks)
Dance
First published: February 1982
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Music and Lights
In the Heat of the Night 		DE18 (17 weeks)
DE 		- CH9 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK5
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK 		R&B52 (9 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: June 1982
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night 		DE48 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: September 1982
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Changes
In the Heat of the Night 		DE43 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK31 (8 weeks)
UK 		R&B46 (7 weeks)
R&B 		Dance66 (7 weeks)
Dance
First published: November 1982
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1983 Looking at Midnight
Scandalous 		- - - UK29 (7 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: May 1983
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
New Dimension
Scandalous 		DE61 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK56 (3 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: October 1983
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1984 This Means War
(Shoobedeedahdabbadoobie)
Scandalous 		- - - - R&B29 (11 weeks)
R&B 		Dance22 (11 weeks)
Dance
First published: January 1984
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
State of Love
Scandalous 		- - - UK67 (3 weeks)
UK 		- Dance13 (9 weeks)
Dance
First published: May 1984
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John,
Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Thank You My Love
Trilogy 		- - - UK22 (15 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: November 1984
Author: Ashley Ingram
1985 Found My Girl
Trilogy 		- - - UK83 (4 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: April 1985
Author: Ashley Ingram
Last Days of Summer
Trilogy 		- - - UK99 (1 week)
UK 		- -
First published: September 1985
Author: Miles Waters
1986 Sunshine
Trilogy 		- - - UK87 (4 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: April 1986
Author: Ashley Ingram
1987 The Last Time
Closer 		- - - UK93 (2 weeks)
UK 		R&B88 (5 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: August 1987
Author: Victor Burks
1988 Instinctual
Closer 		- - - UK62 (3 weeks)
UK 		- Dance1 (10 weeks)
Dance
First publication: December 1987
Authors: Arthur Baker , Paul Gurvitz
1989 Love's Taking Over
All the Hits: Hot Sensational Re-Mixes 		- - CH29 (1 week)
CH 		UK100 (1 week)
UK 		- -
First published: June 1989
Authors: Ashley Ingram, Leee John
Megamix
Like It Is: Revised and Remixed Classics 		- - CH24 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK87 (4 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: April 1986
DJ mix: Baudu

More singles

  • 1981: Tell Me Do You Want My Love
  • 1982: Follow Me
  • 1982: Imagination Medley
  • 1983: Heart 'n' Soul
  • 1985: Breathless / Body Talk (Remix)
  • 1986: Streetmix
  • 1987: I Know What Love Is
  • 1988: Hold Me in Your Arms
  • 1989: Just an Illusion (The 1989 Remix)
  • 1991: I Like It
  • 1992: Loving Tight
  • 1992: Call on Me (The Remixes by Maurizio Jazz Voice Verbeni)
  • 2001: Passion (with Leee John)
  • 2004: Just an Illusion 2004 (Stereorama vs. Imagination)

Video albums

  • 1984: In Concert
  • 1990: Live in Concert
  • 2003: The Very Best Of
  • 2006: Live

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT UK UK R&B R&B
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT UK-UK R&B-R&B
Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT UK3UK R&B-R&B
Albums in the charts DE4thDE AT1AT UK5UK R&B3R&B
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK R&B-R&B Dance1Dance
Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH2CH UK3UK R&B-R&B Dance2Dance
Singles in the charts DE5DE AT1AT CH2CH UK18thUK R&B6thR&B Dance6thDance

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th 0! P- 1,500,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th -

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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