The Impressions discography
The discography of the Impressions, an American R&B and soul group, includes 20 studio albums and 78 singles.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
Soundtracks
[edit]| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||
| 1974 | Three the Hard Way | 202 | 26 | Curtom | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [2] |
US R&B [2] |
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 | |||||||
- * The figures from November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965, are from the Cashbox, because the Billboard then did not publish an R&B singles chart.
DVD release
[edit]- "Movin On Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions" (2008)[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "The Impressions US albums chart history". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Impressions US singles chart history". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ "The Impressions Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ "The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions". Amazon. May 6, 2008.
External links
[edit]- The Impressions discography at Discogs