Imagination (La Toya Jackson album)
Encyclopedia
Imagination is the fourth studio album by American singer La Toya Jackson
, released in 1986.
, which went bankrupt shortly after the album's release. Because of the record company's financial problems, promotion was poor for the album and it failed to chart. Three singles were released, the first being "Baby Sister", which was released in Japan, followed by "He's a Pretender
" and a remix of the title track.
In November of 2011, Funky Town Grooves announced that it would be issuing the Imagination album on CD, using the original master tapes for their source. The release is set for January 2012, and will feature four bonus tracks.
ish" "Baby Sister" was complimented as "ear candy". Allmusic singled out "How Do I Tell Them" as having an "instantly memorable chorus and gripping rhythmic structure" but dismissed the rest of the album as "disposable".
La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model. She is the fifth child of the Jackson family...
, released in 1986.
Album information
Imagination was released in 1986 on Private-I RecordsColumbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, which went bankrupt shortly after the album's release. Because of the record company's financial problems, promotion was poor for the album and it failed to chart. Three singles were released, the first being "Baby Sister", which was released in Japan, followed by "He's a Pretender
He's a Pretender
"He's a Pretender" is a 1983 song by R&B female group High Inergy. This was the lead single of their last album Groove Patrol, before disbanding in 1984, and it peaked at #82 in the Billboard Hot 100, #62 in the R&B charts....
" and a remix of the title track.
In November of 2011, Funky Town Grooves announced that it would be issuing the Imagination album on CD, using the original master tapes for their source. The release is set for January 2012, and will feature four bonus tracks.
Reception
The Baltimore Afro-American described the album's production as "pop-oriented", "well recorded and mixed". The "new waveNew Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
ish" "Baby Sister" was complimented as "ear candy". Allmusic singled out "How Do I Tell Them" as having an "instantly memorable chorus and gripping rhythmic structure" but dismissed the rest of the album as "disposable".