Ima (BT album)

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Ima (今, ima, "now") is the debut studio album by American electronica artist BT, released on October 9, 1995 through Perfecto Records. The album is considered a major stepping stone in trance music, popularizing a more progressive approach. The album includes the 1995 single "Embracing the Future", which reached number one on the UK Dance Chart, as well as "Loving You More" featuring Vincent Covello. Following its release, Ima appeared on the UK Albums Chart for four weeks, peaking at 45. In 1996, the album was re-released in a double disc format with the US Dance number one single "Blue Skies" featuring Tori Amos.

Background

Ima was re-released in 1996 in a double disc format, featuring the single "Blue Skies", with vocals by Tori Amos, as well as its remix, "Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix)". "Blue Skies" was previously featured in edited form on the soundtrack for the TV show Party of Five. This package also includes several singles released prior to the album, (several of which were originally mixed together in "Sasha's Voyage of Ima") as well as the B-sides to "Embracing the Sunshine" and "Nocturnal Transmission". Several of the tracks were edited to fit the format, and all songs segue into the next to create a continuous mix.

A portion of "Nocturnal Transmission" is featured in the film The Fast and the Furious, for which BT also composed the score.

The cover art is a photograph of Christ of the Abyss, which is also photographed in the cover art of Empty by God Lives Underwater.

Track listing

All songs written by Brian Transeau, except where noted.

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:07
2.	"Quark"	7:22
3.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	6:31
4.	"Sasha's Voyage of Ima" (mixed by Sasha) "Embracing the Future" (Embracing the Sunshine Mix) "Quark" "Deeper Sunshine" "Loving You More" (BT's Garden of Ima Dub; featuring Vincent Covello) "Loving You More" (BT's Final Spiritual Journey; featuring Vincent Covello) "Nocturnal Transmission" "Tripping the Light Fantastic"	42:31
5.	"Divinity"	10:59
Total length:		78:40

Vinyl

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Divinity"	10:57
2.	"Loving You More" (Radio Edit)	4:29

Side two

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:36
4.	"Embracing the Future"	5:11

Side three

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Quark"	8:07
6.	"Deeper Sunshine"	7:05

Side four

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	7:15
8.	"Poseidon"	9:28

2CD re-release

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:07
2.	"Quark"	7:22
3.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	6:31
4.	"Embracing the Future" (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)	5:16
5.	"Deeper Sunshine"	7:00
6.	"Loving You More" (BT's Garden of Ima Dub)	9:31
7.	"Loving You More" (BT's Final Spiritual Journey)	3:29
8.	"Poseidon"	8:58
9.	"Embracing the Sunshine"	10:57

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue Skies" (featuring Tori Amos)	5:04
2.	"Blue Skies" (The Delphinium Days Mix; featuring Tori Amos)	12:52
3.	"Sasha's Voyage of Ima"	42:45
4.	"Divinity"	10:58

Personnel

• Roger Lyons – engineering on "Quark"
• Aiden Love – additional engineering on "Tripping the Light Fantastic"
• Vincent Covello – vocals on "Loving You More"
• Tori Amos – vocals on "Blue Skies"
• Sasha – DJ mix ("Sasha's Voyage of Ima")
• BT – all other vocals, instruments and programming

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums Chart (OCC)	45