Black Music Month

It gets no better than Gladys Knight & The Pips.  'Imagination' was released October 1973.  It is a masterpiece, and partnered the group with songwriter Jim Weatherly.   After leaving a 'tense' situation at Motown Records,  the project sold two million copies, AND earned them, their first Grammy Award, It was the sweetest revenge. 

Imagination is the eleventh studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in October 1973 on the Buddah label. The album, the group's first for Buddah after leaving Motown, Knight felt that her group was being overlooked because all the focus and attention was on their labelmate Diana Ross

'Imagination' includes their first and only Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Midnight Train to Georgia", which also reached number-one on the R&B singles chart.

The album also produced other the successful singles, including "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me)", with both songs peaking at number-one on the R&B singles chart and top five on the Billboard Hot 100.  The album was also their second studio album to make the top ten on the Billboard 200 and their second of five R&B albums chart-toppers.

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