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Imagination discography

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{{Infobox artist discography

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|Studio=7

|Compilation=13

|Video=7

|Music videos=20

|Singles=32

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|1Option name=Remix albums}}

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

Albums

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Details

! colspan="10" |Peak positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Certifications

scope="col"|{{small|UK}}
{{Cite web|title=IMAGINATION {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19012/imagination/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.officialcharts.com}}

!scope="col"|{{small|AUT}}
{{Cite web|title=Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal|url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=imagination&cat=a|access-date=2021-02-23|website=austriancharts.at}}

!scope="col"|{{small|FRA}}
{{Cite web|title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste|url=https://infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php?Lettre=I|access-date=2022-01-17|website=infodisc.fr}}

!scope="col"|{{small|GER}}
Peak positions for Imagination's albums in Germany:

  • Body Talk: {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-33716|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • In the Heat of the Night: {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-8476|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • Scandalous: {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-33357|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}

!scope="col"|{{small|IT}}
{{Cite web |title=M&D: Classifiche |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=www.musicaedischi.it}}

!scope="col"|{{small|NL}}
{{cite web|title=Discografie Imagination|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Imagination|access-date=2 October 2011|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien}}

!scope="col"|{{small|NOR}}
{{cite web|title=Discography Imagination|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Imagination|access-date=2 October 2011|publisher=Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien}}

!scope="col"|{{small|SPA}}
{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|isbn=84-8048-639-2|edition=1st|location=Spain|language=es}}

!scope="col"|{{small|SWE}}
{{cite web|title=Discography Imagination|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Imagination|access-date=2 October 2011|publisher=Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien}}

!scope="col"|{{small|US R&B}}
{{Cite magazine|title=Imagination|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/imagination/chart-history/blp/|access-date=2021-02-23|magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row" |Body Talk

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  • Released: 9 October 1981
  • Label: R&B

|20

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|1

|37

|4

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|21

|6

|7

|46

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  • FRA: Gold{{Cite web|title=InfoDisc : Les Certifications Officielles des Formats Longs ((33 T. / CD / Albums / Téléchargements depuis 1973|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php|access-date=2022-01-17|website=www.infodisc.fr}}
  • UK: Gold{{cite web|title=Certified Awards|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|access-date=8 June 2014|publisher=BPI|id=Note: User needs to enter "Imagination" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627040702/https://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" |In the Heat of the Night

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  • Released: 3 September 1982
  • Label: R&B

|7

|16

|1

|6

|5

|12

|26

|4

|16

|45

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  • FRA: Platinum
  • UK: Gold
scope="row" |Scandalous

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  • Released: 4 November 1983
  • Label: R&B
  • Re-titled New Dimension for the US market

|25

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|12

|49

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|16

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|20

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|44

|

  • UK: Gold
scope="row" |Trilogy

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  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Red Bus

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scope="row" |Closer

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  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: RCA

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|70

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scope="row" |The Fascination of the Physical

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scope="row" |Retropia

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  • Released: 21 October 2016 (France); 9 June 2017 (UK)
  • Label: Cristal
  • Released as 'Imagination featuring Leee John'

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colspan="13" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

=Remix albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Details

! colspan="5" |Peak positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Certifications

scope="col"|{{small|UK}}

!scope="col"|{{small|FRA}}

!scope="col"|{{small|IT}}

!scope="col"|{{small|GER}}
{{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-33418|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}

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scope="row" |Night Dubbing

|

  • Released: 6 May 1983
  • Label: R&B

|9

|14

|23

|33

|24

|

  • UK: Gold
scope="row" |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

|4

|5{{efn|Peak position on the Compilations Chart.|group=upper-alpha|name=FRCompilation}}

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  • FRA: Gold
  • UK: Gold
scope="row" |Night Dubbing II

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  • Released: 31 October 2014
  • Label: ISM

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colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

=Compilation albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Details

! colspan="2" |Peak chart
positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Certifications

scope="col"|FRA

!scope="col"|NL

scope="row" |Gold

|

  • Released: 26 October 1984{{cite magazine |date=20 October 1984 |title=News |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/84/Record-Mirror-1984-10-20-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |page=4 |access-date=20 August 2022}}
  • Label: R&B

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scope="row" |The Best of Imagination

|

  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: Arcade
  • Netherlands-only release

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|28

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scope="row" |The Love Songs

|

  • Released: 1990
  • Label: RCA

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scope="row" |Flashback

|

  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Pickwick Music

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|—

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scope="row" |The Very Best of Imagination

|

  • Released: 1994
  • Label: BR Music

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scope="row" |Best of Imagination

|

  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Versailles
  • France-only release

|5{{efn|Peak position on the Compilations Chart.|group=upper-alpha|name=FRCompilation}}

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  • FRA: Gold
scope="row" |Double Gold

|

  • Released: June 1999
  • Label: Arcade
  • Netherlands-only release

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|69

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scope="row" |The Very Best of Imagination

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scope="row" |Golden Hits

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  • Released: October 2004
  • Label: MCP Sound & Media

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scope="row" |Just an Illusion – The Best Of

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  • Released: July 2006
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe

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scope="row" |Burnin' Up – The Greatest Hits

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  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Spectre

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scope="row" |Flashback – The Very Best of Imagination

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scope="row" |Greatest Hits

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  • Released: June 2014
  • Label: Wagram Music
  • France-only release

|212{{Cite web|title=Meilleures ventes d'Albums en France le 13 juin 2014 2014 (Top Albums)|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/1425/albums.php,p5|access-date=2022-01-17|website=www.chartsinfrance.net}}

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colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Singles

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! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Single

! rowspan="2" |Year

! colspan="10" |Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Certifications

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Album

scope="col"|UK

!scope="col"|BE
{{Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=imagination&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|access-date=2021-02-23|website=ultratop.be}}

!scope="col"|FRA
{{Cite web|title=InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par I|url=http://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_I.php|access-date=2021-02-23|website=infodisc.fr}}{{Cite web|title=lescharts.com - Les charts français|url=https://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=imagination&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|access-date=2021-02-23|website=lescharts.com}}

!scope="col"|GER
Peak positions for Imagination's singles in Germany:

  • "Just an Illusion": {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-847|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • "Music and Lights": {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-867|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • "In the Heat of the Night": {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-8228|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • "Changes": {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-8227|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}
  • "New Dimension": {{Cite web|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-22344|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}

!scope="col"|IRE
{{Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|access-date=2021-02-23|website=irishcharts.ie}}

!scope="col"|IT
{{Cite web|last=Chartsventes|date=2016-08-24|title=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: IMAGINATION|url=http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/2016/08/imagination.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries}}

!scope="col"|NL
{{Cite web|title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=imagination&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|access-date=2021-02-23|website=dutchcharts.nl}}

!scope="col"|SWI
{{Cite web|title=Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&artist=imagination&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts|access-date=2021-02-23|website=swisscharts.com}}

!scope="col"|US
Dance
{{Cite magazine|title=Imagination|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/imagination/chart-history/dsi/|access-date=2021-02-23|magazine=Billboard}}

!scope="col"|US
R&B
{{Cite magazine|title=Imagination|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/imagination/chart-history/bsi/|access-date=2021-02-23|magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row" |"Body Talk"

| rowspan="3" |1981

|4

|25

|10

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|9

|12

|16

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  • UK: Silver

| rowspan="3" |Body Talk

scope="row" |"In and Out of Love"

|16

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|20

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|—

|—

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scope="row" |"Flashback"

|16

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|30

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scope="row" |"Just an Illusion"

| rowspan="6" |1982

|2

|9

|3

|7

|8

|2

|12

|2

|15

|27

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  • FRA: Gold{{Cite web|title=InfoDisc : Les Certifications Officielles des 45 T. / Singles / Titres (Depuis 1073)|url=https://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certifications.php|access-date=2022-01-17|website=www.infodisc.fr}}
  • UK: Silver

|In the Heat of the Night

scope="row" |"Burnin' Up" (US-only release)

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|6

|68

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| rowspan="2" |Body Talk

scope="row" |"So Good, So Right" (Japan-only release)

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scope="row" |"Music and Lights"

|5

|10

|1

|18

|5

|1

|16

|9

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|52

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  • FRA: Gold
  • UK: Gold

| rowspan="3" |In the Heat of the Night

scope="row" |"In the Heat of the Night"

|22

|27

|19

|48

|11

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|18

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scope="row" |"Changes"

|31

|16

|—

|43

|—

|—

|26

|—

|66

|46

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scope="row" |"Follow Me" (Italy-only release)

| rowspan="3" |1983

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|15

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| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |"Looking at Midnight"

|29

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|26

|17

|36

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|64

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| rowspan="4" |Scandalous

scope="row" |"New Dimension"

|56

|13

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|61

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|14

|21

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scope="row" |"This Means War (Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee)"

| rowspan="3" |1984

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|43

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|22

|29

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scope="row" |"State of Love"

|67

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|13

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scope="row" |"Thank You My Love"

|22

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|36

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| rowspan="5" |Trilogy

scope="row" |"Found My Girl"

| rowspan="3" |1985

|83

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scope="row" |"Last Days of Summer"

|99

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scope="row" |"Breathless" (Italy-only release)

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scope="row" |"Sunshine"

| rowspan="2" |1986

|87

|36

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scope="row" |"Streetmix" (12-inch medley)

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| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |"The Last Time"

| rowspan="2" |1987

|93

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|88

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| rowspan="4" |Closer

scope="row" |"I Know What Love Is"

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scope="row" |"Instinctual"

| rowspan="2" |1988

|62

|34

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|48

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|1

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scope="row" |"Hold Me in Your Arms"

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scope="row" |"Just an Illusion" (1989 remix)

| rowspan="3" |1989

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| rowspan="2" |All the Hits – Hot Sensational Re-Mixes

scope="row" |"Love's Taking Over"

|100

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|29

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scope="row" |"Megamix"

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|6

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|24

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  • FRA: Silver

|Like It Is – Revised and Remixed Classics

scope="row" |"I Like It"

|1991

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| rowspan="3" |The Fascination of the Physical

scope="row" |"Loving Tight"

| rowspan="2" |1992

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scope="row" |"Call on Me"

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scope="row" |"Secrets" (featuring Leee John)

|2016

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| rowspan="2" |Retropia

scope="row" |"Do It Right Now" (featuring Leee John)

|2017

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colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Videos

=Video releases=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Details

scope="row" |Music & Lights – Imagination in Concert

|

  • Released: November 1982{{cite magazine|date=22 November 1982|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-11-22-S-OCR.pdf|magazine=Record Business|page=2|accessdate=24 February 2021}}
  • Label: Precision Video
  • Medium: VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc{{Cite web|title=Pre-Certification Video: View Catalogue|url=http://www.pre-cert.co.uk/viewCatalogue.php?cId=175|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.pre-cert.co.uk}}{{Citation|title=Imagination – Music & Lights Imagination In Concert (1983, 625 Lines, Double Sided, Laserdisc)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Imagination-Music-Lights-Imagination-In-Concert/release/10795069|language=en|access-date=2021-02-24}}
  • Live material filmed at The Dominion, London
scope="row" |Video E.P.

|

  • Released: October 1983{{Cite web|title=Imagination - Video E.P. on Red Bus (VTC)|url=http://www.pre-cert.co.uk/display.php?vId=UK10041|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Pre-Certification Video}}
  • Label: Red Bus
  • Medium: VHS, Betamax
  • Promo videos
scope="row" |In Concert

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scope="row" |Live in Concert

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  • Released: 1990{{Citation|title=Imagination – Live In Concert (1990, VHS)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Imagination-Live-In-Concert/release/3388521|language=en|access-date=2021-02-24}}
  • Label: Renegade Video
  • Medium: VHS
  • Live material
scope="row" |Best Of

|

  • Released: 1995{{Citation|title=Imagination – Best Of (1995, VHS)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Imagination-Best-Of/release/14078016|language=en|access-date=2021-02-24}}
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Medium: VHS
  • Promo videos
  • France-only release
scope="row" |The Very Best of Imagination

|

  • Released: 19 March 2004{{Cite web|title=Self distribuzione / IMAGINATION - The Very Best Of|url=http://www.self.it/ita/details.php?nb=8019991855157|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.self.it}}{{Citation|title=Imagination – The Very Best Of (2004, DVD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Imagination-The-Very-Best-Of/release/1322083|language=en|access-date=2021-02-24}}
  • Label: Fonte
  • Medium: DVD
  • Promo videos and live material
  • Italy-only release
scope="row" |Live

|

  • Released: 2006{{Citation|title=Imagination – Live (2006, DVD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Imagination-Live/release/789632|language=en|access-date=2021-02-24}}
  • Label: IMPH
  • Medium: DVD
  • Live material
  • Germany-only release

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" |Title

!scope="col"|Year

scope="row" |"Body Talk"

| rowspan="3" |1981

scope="row" |"In and Out of Love"
scope="row" |"Flashback"
scope="row" |"Just an Illusion"

| rowspan="8" |1982

scope="row" |"Burnin' Up"
scope="row" |"Music and Lights"
scope="row" |"In the Heat of the Night"
scope="row" |"Changes"
scope="row" |"Heart 'n Soul"
scope="row" |"Follow Me"
scope="row" |"Follow Me"
scope="row" |"Looking at Midnight"

| rowspan="2" |1983

scope="row" |"New Dimension"
scope="row" |"State of Love"

| rowspan="2" |1984

scope="row" |"Thank You My Love"
scope="row" |"The Last Time"

| rowspan="2" |1987

scope="row" |"I Know What Love Is"
scope="row" |"Instinctual"

| rowspan="2" |1988

scope="row" |"Hold Me in Your Arms"
scope="row" |"Loving Tight"

|1991

Notes

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