See also: Curtis Mayfield discography. The discography of the Impressions, an American R&B and soul group, includes 20 studio albums and 78 singles.
Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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US Pop [1] | US R&B | |||||
1963 | The Impressions | 43 | - | ABC-Paramount | ||
1964 | The Never Ending Impressions | 52 | - | |||
Keep On Pushing | 8 | 4 | ||||
1965 | People Get Ready | 23 | 1 | |||
One by One | 104 | 4 | ||||
1966 | Ridin' High | 79 | 4 | |||
1967 | The Fabulous Impressions | 184 | 16 | ABC | ||
1968 | We're a Winner | 35 | 4 | |||
This Is My Country | 107 | 5 | Curtom | |||
1969 | The Versatile Impressions | - | - | ABC | ||
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | 104 | 21 | Curtom | |||
1970 | Check Out Your Mind | - | 22 | |||
1972 | Times Have Changed | 192 | - | |||
1973 | Preacher Man | 204 | 31 | |||
1974 | Finally Got Myself Together | 176 | 16 | |||
1975 | First Impressions | 115 | 13 | |||
1976 | Loving Power | 195 | 24 | |||
It's About Time | - | - | Cotillion Records | |||
1979 | Come to My Party | - | - | Chi-Sound | ||
1981 | Fan the Fire | - | - | |||
"—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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US Pop | US R&B | |||||
1974 | Three the Hard Way | 202 | 26 | Curtom | ||
"—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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US Pop | US R&B | |||||
1963 | For Your Precious Love | - | - | Vee-Jay Records | ||
1965 | Greatest Hits | 83 | 2 | ABC-Paramount | ||
1968 | The Best of the Impressions | 172 | 23 | ABC | ||
1970 | The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred | - | 23 | Curtom | ||
1971 | 16 Greatest Hits | 180 | 23 | ABC | ||
1973 | Curtis Mayfield / His Early Years with the Impressions | 180 | - | |||
1977 | The Vintage Years | 199 | - | Sire | ||
1989 | Definitive Impressions | - | - | Kent | ||
1997 | The Very Best of the Impressions | - | - | Rhino | ||
2001 | Ultimate Collection | - | - | Hip-O | ||
"—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||
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US Pop [2] | US R&B | UK [3] | |||||
1958 | "For Your Precious Love" b/w "Sweet Was the Wine" (Non-album track) (as Jerry Butler & The Impressions) | 11 | 3 | - | For Your Precious Love | ||
"Come Back My Love" b/w "Love Me" (as The Impressions featuring Jerry Butler) | - | 29 | - | Non-album tracks | |||
"The Gift of Love" b/w "At the County Fair" | - | - | - | For Your Precious Love | |||
1959 | "Listen" b/w "Shorty's Got to Go" | - | - | - | Non-album tracks | ||
"Lovely One" b/w "Senorita I Love You" (from For Your Precious Love) | - | - | - | ||||
"All Through the Night" b/w "Meanwhile, Back in My Heart" | - | - | - | ||||
1960 | "Say That You Love Me" b/w "A New Love" | - | - | - | For Your Precious Love | ||
1961 | "Gypsy Woman" b/w "As Long as You Love Me" | 20 | 2 | - | The Impressions | ||
1962 | "Don't Leave Me" b/w "I Need Your Love" (from The Impressions) | - | - | - | Non-album track | ||
"Grow Closer Together" b/w "Can't You See" (Non-album track) | 99 | - | - | The Impressions | |||
"Senorita I Love You" b/w "Say That You Love Me" | - | - | - | For Your Precious Love | |||
"Little Young Lover" b/w "Never Let Me Go" | 96 | - | - | The Impressions | |||
"Minstrel and Queen" b/w "You've Come Home" | 113 | - | - | ||||
1963 | "I'm the One Who Loves You" b/w "I Need Your Love" | 73 | - | - | |||
"I'm So Proud" b/w "Never Let Me Go" (from The Impressions) | - | - | - | The Never Ending Impressions | |||
"Sad, Sad Girl and Boy" b/w "Twist and Limbo" | 84 | - | - | The Impressions | |||
"It's All Right" b/w "You'll Want Me Back" (Non-album track) | 4 | 1 | - | ||||
1964 | "Talking About My Baby" b/w "Never Too Much Love" (Non-album track) | 12 | 2 | - | Keep On Pushing | ||
"Girl You Don't Know Me" b/w "Woman Who Loves Me" Cancelled single | - | - | - | The Never Ending Impressions | |||
"I'm So Proud" b/w "I Made a Mistake" (from Keep On Pushing) | 14 | 2 | - | ||||
"Keep On Pushing" b/w "I Love You (Yeah)" | 10 | 1 | - | Keep On Pushing | |||
"You Must Believe Me" b/w "See the Real Me" | 15 | 3 | - | People Get Ready | |||
"Amen" / | 7 | 1 | - | Greatest Hits | |||
1965 | "Long, Long Winter" | - | 35 | - | Keep On Pushing | ||
"People Get Ready" / | 14 | 3 | - | People Get Ready | |||
"I've Been Trying" | 133 | 35 | - | Keep On Pushing | |||
"Woman's Got Soul" b/w "Get Up and Move" | 29 | 9 | - | People Get Ready | |||
"Meeting over Yonder" b/w "I've Found That I Lost" (from People Get Ready) | 48 | 12 | - | Non-album tracks | |||
"I Need You" / | 64 | 26 | - | ||||
"Never Could You Be" | - | 35 | - | ||||
"Just One Kiss from You" b/w "Twilight Time" | 76 | - | - | One by One | |||
"You've Been Cheatin'" b/w "Man, Oh Man" (Non-album track) | 33 | 12 | - | The Best of the Impressions | |||
1966 | "Since I Lost the One I Love" b/w "Falling in Love with You" (from One by One) | 90 | - | - | Non-album track | ||
"Too Slow" b/w "No One Else" | 91 | - | - | Ridin' High | |||
"Can't Satisfy" b/w "This Must End" | 65 | 12 | - | The Best of the Impressions | |||
"Love's a Comin'" b/w "Wade in the Water" (Non-album track) | - | - | - | The Fabulous Impressions | |||
1967 | "You Always Hurt Me" b/w "Little Girl" | 96 | 20 | - | |||
"You've Got Me Runnin'" b/w "It's Hard to Believe" (from People Get Ready) | - | 50 | - | Non-album track | |||
"I Can't Stay Away from You" b/w "You Ought to Be in Heaven" | 80 | 34 | - | The Fabulous Impressions | |||
"We're a Winner" b/w "It's All Over" (from The Fabulous Impressions) | 14 | 1 | - | We're a Winner | |||
1968 | "We're Rolling On (Part 1)" b/w "We're Rolling On (Part 2)" | 59 | 17 | - | The Best of the Impressions | ||
"Fool for You" b/w "I'm Loving Nothing" | 22 | 3 | - | This Is My Country | |||
"I Loved and I Lost" b/w "Up, Up and Away" | 61 | 9 | - | We're a Winner | |||
"This Is My Country" b/w "My Woman's Love" | 25 | 8 | - | This Is My Country | |||
"Don't Cry My Love" b/w "Sometimes I Wonder" (from People Get Ready) | 71 | 44 | - | The Versatile Impressions | |||
1969 | "My Deceiving Heart" b/w "You Want Somebody Else" (from This Is My Country) | 104 | 23 | - | The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | ||
"East of Java" b/w "Just Before Sunrise" | - | - | - | The Versatile Impressions | |||
"Seven Years" b/w "The Girl I Find" | 84 | 15 | - | The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | |||
"Choice of Colors" b/w "Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)" | 21 | 1 | - | ||||
"Say You Love Me" b/w "You'll Always Be Mine" | 58 | 10 | - | Check Out Your Mind | |||
1970 | "Amen (1970)" / | 110 | 44 | - | The Best Impressions...Curtis, Sam & Fred | ||
"Wherever She Leadeth Me" | 128 | 31 | - | The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | |||
"Check Out Your Mind" b/w "Can't You See" | 28 | 3 | - | Check Out Your Mind | |||
"(Baby) Turn On to Me" b/w "Soulful Love" (from The Young Mods' Forgotten Story) | 56 | 6 | - | ||||
1971 | "Ain't Got Time" b/w "I'm So Proud" (from The Best Impressions...Curtis, Sam & Fred) | 53 | 12 | - | Non-album track | ||
"Love Me" b/w "Do You Wanna Win" (from Check Out Your Mind | ) | 94 | 25 | - | Times Have Changed | ||
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" b/w "We Must Be in Love" (from Check Out Your Mind | ) | - | - | - | |||
1972 | "This Love's for Real" b/w "Times Have Changed" | - | 41 | - | |||
1973 | "I Need to Belong to Someone" b/w "Love Me" | - | - | - | |||
"Preacher Man" b/w "Times Have Changed" (from Times Have Changed) | - | - | - | Preacher Man | |||
"I'm Loving You" b/w "Thin Line" | - | - | - | ||||
"If It's in You to Do Wrong" b/w "Times Have Changed" (from Times Have Changed) | - | 26 | - | Finally Got Myself Together | |||
1974 | "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" b/w "I'll Always Be Here" | 17 | 1 | - | |||
"Something's Mighty, Mighty Wrong" b/w "Three the Hard Way" | - | 28 | - | Three the Hard Way (Soundtrack) | |||
1975 | "Sooner or Later" b/w "Miracle Woman" (Non-album track) | 68 | 3 | - | First Impressions | ||
"Same Thing It Took" b/w "I'm So Glad" | 75 | 3 | - | ||||
"Loving Power" / | 103 | 11 | - | Loving Power | |||
"First Impressions" | - | - | 16 | First Impressions | |||
1976 | "Sunshine" b/w "I Wish I'd Stayed in Bed" | - | 36 | - | Loving Power | ||
"This Time" b/w "I'm a Fool for Love" | - | 40 | - | It's About Time | |||
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" b/w "Silent Night" | - | - | - | Funky Christmas (Various artists) | |||
1977 | "You'll Never Find" b/w "Stardust" | - | 99 | - | It's About Time | ||
"Can't Get Along" b/w "You're So Right for Me" | - | 42 | - | Non-album tracks | |||
1979 | "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" b/w "Sorry" | - | - | - | Come to My Party | ||
1980 | "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" b/w "Maybe I'm Mistaken" | - | - | - | |||
1981 | "For Your Precious Love" (re-recorded version) b/w "You're Mine" | - | 58 | - | Fan the Fire | ||
"Love, Love, Love" b/w "Fan the Fire" | - | - | - | ||||
1987 | "Can't Wait 'Til Tomorrow" b/w "Love Workin' on Me" | - | 91 | - | Non-album tracks | ||
" - " denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||