Just Gets Better with Time


Just Gets Better with Time is a studio album by American R&B/Soul group The Whispers. It was released on April 9, 1987 via Capitol/SOLAR Records. This album features their highest charting pop single, "Rock Steady," which peaked inside the top 10 at number 7. The song also reached number 1 on the U.S. R&B chart.
Four more singles were released into the following year. Although none of these additional singles brought further pop success, with the follow-up single "Special F/X" only charting in the UK, the group maintained a strong presence on the R&B chart. The album's title track, "Just Gets Better with Time," reached number 12, and "In the Mood"—long a quiet storm radio staple—charted four spots lower at number 16. The fifth and final single, 1988's "No Pain, No Gain" reached #74 on the R&B chart, while landing at number 81 in the UK.
Despite the relative Hot 100 chart failure of the follow-ups to "Rock Steady," the album itself was a strong seller; it charted highly in the U.S. while reaching #3 at R&B. It is RIAA-certified platinum.

Track listing

  1. "I Want You" – 5:42
  2. "Special F/X" – 5:10
  3. "Rock Steady" – 4:49
  4. "No Pain, No Gain" – 4:12
  5. "In The Mood" – 4:47
  6. "Just Gets Better with Time" – 4:30
  7. "Love's Calling" – 4:58
  8. "Give It To Me" – 5:21

Personnel

The Whispers

  • Wallace "Scotty" Scott: lead & backing vocals
  • Walter Scott: lead & backing vocals
  • Marcus Hutson: lead & backing vocals
  • Nicholas Caldwell: lead & backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
  • Leaveil Degree: lead & backing vocals

Additional personnel

  • Babyface: guitars, keyboards
  • Stanley Jones: guitars
  • Michael Thompson: guitars
  • David Grigsby: guitar
  • Larry White: guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Kevin Grady: keyboards, programming, percussion
  • Grady Wilkins: keyboards, synthesizers, bass, backing vocals
  • Ruben Laxamana: keyboards, bass synthesizer
  • Henry Concepcion: synthesizer and grand piano solos
  • Ron Artist: Prophet 2000 flute solo
  • Percy Scott: keyboards
  • Gary Taylor: keyboards, synthesizers, DMX drum programming, backing vocals
  • Leon Sylvers III: keyboards, bass, percussion, drum programming
  • Craig Ragland: bass
  • Melvin Coleman: bass
  • Kayo: bass
  • L.A. Reid: drums, percussion
  • Kirk Perkins: drums, percussion
  • Gregory Sweet: drum programming
  • Don Myrick: saxophone
  • Lee Peters: backing vocals