Gladys Knight & The Pips – Imagination (Bonus Track Edition)

Description

Imagination (Buddah, 1973) might have been Gladys Knight and the Pips’ eleventh studio album and first since leaving Berry Gordy’s Motown empire, but it marked a rebirth for the group. Their first album for Buddah, Imagination yielded three smash hit singles. Jim Weatherly’s “Midnight Train to Georgia” topped both the R&B and Pop charts, while Jim “You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” and Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg’s “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” both topped the R&B chart and went Top 5 Pop. In addition to three more Weatherly compositions, the album also featured the group’s takes on Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now,” Paul Williams’ “Perfect Love” and the group’s own composition “Window Raisin’ Granny.” FTG is adding both sides of the single “Midnight Train” b/w “Granny,” as well as a rare and never-before-released instrumental of “Midnight Train.”

Tracklisting

1 Midnight Train To Georgia
2 I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
3 Storms Of Troubled Times
4 Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
5 Once In A Lifetime Thing
6 Where Peaceful Waters Flow
7 I Can See Clearly Now
8 Perfect Love
9 Window Raisin’ Granny
10 Midnight Train To Georgia (Single Version)
11 Window Raisin’ Granny (Single Version)
12 Midnight Train To Georgia (Short Version)
13 Midnight Train To Georgia (Instrumental)