Scandalous (album)

Scandalous is the fourth album by British soul/dance group Imagination, produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released in November 1983. In the US and Canada, the album was issued under title New Dimension in February 1984.

This article is about the 1983 Imagination album. For other albums, see Scandalous (disambiguation).

Scandalous
Studio album by
Imagination
Released4 November 1983[1]
RecordedSummer 1983
StudioRed Bus (London)
Genre
Length43:43
Label
ProducerJolley & Swain
Imagination chronology
Night Dubbing
(1983)		 Scandalous
(1983)		 Trilogy
(1986)
Singles from Scandalous
  1. "Looking at Midnight"
    Released: 27 May 1983
  2. "New Dimension"
    Released: 28 October 1983
  3. "This Means War (Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee)"
    Released: January 1984
  4. "State of Love"
    Released: May 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Number One[5]
Record Mirror[6]

Scandalous failed to repeat the success of Imagination's previous albums, stalling at No. 25 in the United Kingdom and not producing a top 20 single. It marked the start of a decline in the group's commercial fortunes; subsequent albums were even less successful.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New Dimension"7:18
2."State of Love"4:50
3."Point of No Return"5:05
4."When I See the Fire"4:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee"6:24
6."Wrong in Love"4:40
7."Looking at Midnight"5:50
8."The Need to Be Free"4:56
Total length:43:43

US and Canada release
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New Dimension" (Jonathan Fearing Remix)6:35
2."State of Love" (Jonathan Fearing Remix)6:00
3."Point of No Return"5:10
4."When I See the Fire"4:44
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."This Means War (Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee)"6:27
6."Wrong in Love"4:48
7."Looking at Midnight"5:52
8."The Need to Be Free"4:58
Total length:44:34

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Tony Swain – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Jolley – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Richard Lengyel – engineer, mixing
  • Nigel Askew – photography
  • Chess Creative Services – artwork
  • Recorded and mixed at Red Bus Studios in Summer 1983
  • On the US and Canada release, tracks 1 and 2 were remixed by Jonathan Fearing with engineer Carla Bandini at Sigma Sound Studios in 1984

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 49
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 25
Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under the Top LPs (Billboard)[10] 205
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] 44

References
  1. Imagination Scandalous World Tour 83/84 Programme, 1983, retrieved 24 February 2021 – via flickr.com
  2. "New Dimension – Imagination". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Imagination". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  5. "Albums". Number One. 12 November 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 24 February 2021 – via flickr.com.
  6. "Albums". Record Mirror: 17. 12 November 1983. Retrieved 24 February 2021 – via flickr.com.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Imagination – Scandalous" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Imagination – Scandalous" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. "Imagination | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. "Bubbling Under the Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. 7 April 1984. p. 72. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  11. "Imagination Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
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