| Body Talk | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Imagination |
| Cover: | Imagination - Body Talk.jpg |
| Released: | 9 October 1981 |
| Recorded: | Early–mid 1981 |
| Studio: | Red Bus |
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| Length: | 37:06 |
| Label: | R&B |
| Producer: | Jolley & Swain |
| Next Title: | In the Heat of the Night |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Body Talk is the debut album by British soul/dance group Imagination, produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released in October 1981. It is one of the earliest albums of its genre to have a distinctive 'British' sound as opposed to being an attempt to recreate contemporary American styles.
The title track was an immediate hit, reaching No. 4 on the UK singles chart. Two further singles, "In and Out of Love" and "Flashback", also reached the top 20. The album itself peaked at No. 20.
Body Talk proved to be an enduring album, with the tracks "So Good, So Right" and "Burnin' Up" being cited as influential and ahead of their time (the latter has been acknowledged by Frankie Knuckles as a key track in the development of house music).
All tracks composed by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
In July 1982, with the success of "Just an Illusion", the album was re-released in the US as an 8-track album, with the single version of "Just an Illusion" included as the fourth track.
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