Imagination | ||||
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Released | 20 May 1996 | |||
Recorded | Red Bus Studios, 1995-1996 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Mushroom Records Warner Bros. Records | |||
Producer | Ian Green, Martyn Ware | |||
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Imagination is the debut studio album by Australian singer songwriter, Deni Hines.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, Imagination was nominated for two awards - ARIA Award for Best Female Artist losing to "Come On" by Christine Anu and ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album losing to Tu-Plang by Regurgitator. [1]
The album was released in Europe in 1998 under the title Pay Attention.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Like the Way" | Deni Hines, Ian Green | |
2. | "It's Alright" | Ian Green, Michelle Lewis | |
3. | "It's Not Over" | B. Jones, J. Kenny, J. Jones, R. Smith, R. Medhurst | |
4. | "Like A River" | Ian Green | |
5. | "Yes We Can" | Allen Toussaint | |
6. | "Joy" | Deni Hines, Ian Green | |
7. | "Imagination" | Alex Richbourg, Andre Robinson, Rachel Oden | |
8. | "Go Slow" | Deni Hines, Ian Green | |
9. | "When a Woman Pretends" | Adrian Lee, Chris Neil | |
10. | "Personal" | Al B. Sure! | |
11. | "I'm Not in Love" | Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman |
Imagination debuted and peaked at number 15 in June 1996. The album remained in the top 50 for 10 weeks. [2]
Chart | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] | 15 |
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