Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, Dennis Budimir, Helen Reddy, JR Robinson, Marty Walsh, Michael McDonald, Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus, Paul Jackson Jr, Paulinho Da Costa, Ricky Lawson, Robbie Buchanan, Vinnie Colaiuta
Imagination is the fourteenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1983 by MCA Records. As with the first of the two, 1981’s Play Me Out, it did not reach Billboard magazine’s Top LP’s & Tapes chart. Reddy was subsequently dropped from the record label after the release; in her 2006 autobiography, The Woman I Am: A Memoir, Reddy wrote, “I was not surprised when I received a form letter from [MCA]’s legal department telling me that I’d been dropped from the label.”
Tracks
1 Handsome Dudes (Barry Mann; Cynthia Weill) 04:20
2 Don’t Tell Me Tonight (Antonina Armato; Gary Benson; Frank Wildhorn) 03:08
3 A Winner in Your Eyes (Randy Goodrum; Candy Parton) 03:24
4 Let’s Go Up (Franne Golde; Peter Ivers) 03:54
5 Imagination (Dane Jeffries) 04:12
6 Looks Like Love (Keith Stegall) 02:47
7 The Way I Feel (Eric Kaz; Wendy Waldman) 03:30
8 Guess You Had to Be There (Barbara Ann Suber) 03:40
9 Yesterday Can’t Hurt Me (Dennis Lambert; Brian Potter) 03:05
10 Heartbeat (Eric Kaz; Wendy Waldman) 03:21
Musicians
1 Handsome Dudes
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
| Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
2 Don’t Tell Me Tonight
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | David Kemper |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Sax | Lori Williams |
| Background Vocals | Lori Williams |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
3 A Winner in Your Eyes
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vibes | Kenny Watson |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
4 Let’s Go Up
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Background Vocals | Arnold McCuller |
| Background Vocals | David Lasley |
| Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
5 Imagination
| Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
| Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
| Steel Drums | Robert Greenidge |
| Didgeridoo | Richard Walley |
| Timbales | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
6 Looks Like Love
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
7 The Way I Feel
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Fender Rhodes | Robbie Buchanan |
| Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
8 Guess You Had to Be There
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vibes | Kenny Watson |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
9 Yesterday Can’t Hurt Me
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
| Vocals | Helen Reddy |
10 Heartbeat
Liner Notes
Producer – Joe Wissert
Arranged By – Nick DeCaro
Arranged By (Horns) – Larry Williams (Tracks 1, 4)
Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone
Conductor – Nick DeCaro
Engineer (Mixing) – Tom Perry
Engineer (Recording) – Tom Perry, Ross Pallone
Engineer (Assistant Mixing) – Ross Pallone
Mastered By – Mike Reese
Photography – George Hurrell
Recorded At Devonshire Sound Studios, LA, CA
Phonographic Copyright MCA Records Inc
Copyright MCA Records Inc
Imagination is the fourteenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1983 by MCA Records. As with the first of the two, 1981’s Play Me Out, it did not reach Billboard magazine’s Top LP’s & Tapes chart. Reddy was subsequently dropped from the record label after the release; in her 2006 autobiography, The Woman I Am: A Memoir, Reddy wrote, “I was not surprised when I received a form letter from [MCA]’s legal department telling me that I’d been dropped from the label.”