Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)

Imagination

Released

October 1973

Recorded

1973

Length

36:55

Tony Camillo
Gladys Knight & the Pips

Professional reviews

All I Need is Time
(1973)

Imagination
(1973)

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(1974)

Imagination is an album recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in late 1973 (see 1973 in music) by Buddah Records. The album, the group's first after leaving Motown Records for Buddah, includes Knight & the Pips' most successful single, the U.S. number-one hit "Midnight Train to Georgia", along with the successful singles "Where Peaceful Waters Flow", "I've Got to Use My Imagination", and "Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me"

[edit] Track listing

"Midnight Train to Georgia" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:38 (US:1, RB:1, UK:10)
"I've Got to Use My Imagination" (Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg) – 3:28 (US:4, RB:1)
"Storms of Troubled Times" (Weatherly) – 3:44
"Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me" (Weatherly) – 3:45 (US:3, RB:1, UK:7)
"Once in a Lifetime Thing" (Weatherly) – 3:41
"Where Peaceful Waters Flow" (Weatherly) – 4:24
"I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash) – 4:28^[1]
"Perfect Love" (Paul Williams) – 2:37
"Window Raisin' Granny" (William Guest, Gladys Knight, Merald Knight, Edward Patten) – 6:09

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	Imagination	Billboard Pop Albums	9
1973	Imagination	Billboard Soul Albums	1
1973	"Where Peaceful Waters Flow"	The Billboard Hot 100	28
1973	"Where Peaceful Waters Flow"	Billboard Hot Soul Singles	6
1973	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	The Billboard Hot 100	1 (2 weeks)
1973	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1 (4 weeks)
1973	"I've Got to Use My Imagination"	The Billboard Hot 100	4
1973	"I've Got to Use My Imagination"	Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
1974	"Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1974	"Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"	Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1 (2 weeks)