Imagination discography

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Imagination discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums13
Singles32
Video albums7
Music videos20
Remix albums3

The discography of British post-disco/funk band Imagination consists of 7 studio albums, 13 compilation albums, 3 remix albums, and 7 video releases.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

AlbumDetailsPeak positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUT
[2]
FRA
[3]
GER
[4]
IT
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
US R&B
[10]
Body Talk
  • Released: 9 October 1981
  • Label: R&B
201374216746
In the Heat of the Night
  • Released: 3 September 1982
  • Label: R&B
716165122641645
Scandalous
  • Released: 4 November 1983
  • Label: R&B
  • Re-titled New Dimension for the US market
251249162044
Trilogy
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Red Bus
Closer70
The Fascination of the Physical
Retropia
  • Released: 21 October 2016 (France); 9 June 2017 (UK)
  • Label: Cristal
  • Released as 'Imagination featuring Leee John'
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Remix albums

AlbumDetailsPeak positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
FRA
[3]
IT
[5]
GER
[15]
NL
[6]
Night Dubbing
  • Released: 6 May 1983
  • Label: R&B
914233324
All the Hits – Hot Sensational Re-Mixes
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Stylus Music, RCA
  • Released outside the UK as Like It Is – Revised and Remixed Classics
45 [A]
Night Dubbing II
  • Released: 31 October 2014
  • Label: ISM
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
FRA
[3]
NL
[6]
Gold
  • Released: 26 October 1984 [16]
  • Label: R&B
The Best of Imagination
  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: Arcade
  • Netherlands-only release
28
The Love Songs
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: RCA
Flashback
  • Released: 19 October 1992 [17]
  • Label: Pickwick Music
The Very Best of Imagination
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: BR Music
Best of Imagination
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Versailles
  • France-only release
5 [A]
Double Gold
  • Released: June 1999
  • Label: Arcade
  • Netherlands-only release
69
The Very Best of Imagination
Golden Hits
  • Released: October 2004
  • Label: MCP Sound & Media
Just an Illusion – The Best Of
  • Released: July 2006
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe
Burnin' Up – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Spectre
Flashback – The Very Best of Imagination
Greatest Hits212 [18]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
BE
[19]
FRA
[20] [21]
GER
[22]
IRE
[23]
IT
[24]
NL
[25]
SWI
[26]
US
Dance

[27]
US
R&B

[28]
"Body Talk"19814251091216Body Talk
"In and Out of Love"1620
"Flashback"1630
"Just an Illusion"19822937821221527In the Heat of the Night
"Burnin' Up" (US-only release)668Body Talk
"So Good, So Right" (Japan-only release)
"Music and Lights"5101185116952In the Heat of the Night
"In the Heat of the Night"222719481118
"Changes"311643266646
"Follow Me" (Italy-only release)198315Non-album single
"Looking at Midnight"2926173664Scandalous
"New Dimension"5613611421
"This Means War (Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee)"1984432229
"State of Love"6713
"Thank You My Love"2236Trilogy
"Found My Girl"198583
"Last Days of Summer"99
"Breathless" (Italy-only release)
"Sunshine"19868736
"Streetmix" (12-inch medley)Non-album single
"The Last Time"19879388Closer
"I Know What Love Is"
"Instinctual"6234481
"Hold Me in Your Arms"1988
"Just an Illusion" (1989 remix)1989All the Hits – Hot Sensational Re-Mixes
"Love's Taking Over"10029
"Megamix"624Like It Is – Revised and Remixed Classics
"I Like It"1991The Fascination of the Physical
"Loving Tight"1992
"Call on Me"
"Secrets" (featuring Leee John)2016Retropia
"Do It Right Now" (featuring Leee John)2017
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Videos

Video releases

TitleDetails
Music & Lights – Imagination in Concert
Video E.P.
  • Released: October 1983 [33]
  • Label: Red Bus
  • Medium: VHS, Betamax
  • Promo videos
In Concert
Live in Concert
  • Released: 1990 [34]
  • Label: Renegade Video
  • Medium: VHS
  • Live material
Best Of
  • Released: 1995 [35]
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Medium: VHS
  • Promo videos
  • France-only release
The Very Best of Imagination
  • Released: 19 March 2004 [36] [37]
  • Label: Fonte
  • Medium: DVD
  • Promo videos and live material
  • Italy-only release
Live
  • Released: 2006 [38]
  • Label: IMPH
  • Medium: DVD
  • Live material
  • Germany-only release

Music videos

TitleYear
"Body Talk"1981
"In and Out of Love"
"Flashback"
"Just an Illusion"1982
"Burnin' Up"
"Music and Lights"
"In the Heat of the Night"
"Changes"
"Heart 'n Soul"
"Follow Me"
"Follow Me"
"Looking at Midnight"1983
"New Dimension"
"State of Love"1984
"Thank You My Love"
"The Last Time"1987
"I Know What Love Is"
"Instinctual"1988
"Hold Me in Your Arms"
"Loving Tight"1991

Notes

  1. 1 2 Peak position on the Compilations Chart.

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