Just Gets Better with Time is an album by R&B vocal group The Whispers. It was released in 1987 on SOLAR Records

SOLAR Records

S.O.L.A.R. Records was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.-Company history:In 1975, Soul Train Records was founded by Dick Griffey and...

 and features their highest charting pop

Billboard Hot 100

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  single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, "Rock Steady

Rock Steady (The Whispers song)

"Rock Steady" was a single released by American R&B group The Whispers, from their eighteenth studio album, Just Gets Better with Time ....

," which peaked inside the top 10 at number 7. The song also reached number 1 on the U.S. R&B chart.

The album had four more singles released into the following year, but none of them had pop success. "Special F/X" only made the UK chart, scraping by at number 69. The title track performed decently on the R&B charts, reaching number 12, while "In The Mood," now a quiet storm

Quiet storm

Quiet storm is a late-night radio format, featuring soulful slow jams, pioneered in the mid-1970s by then-station-intern Melvin Lindsey at WHUR-FM, in Washington, D.C. Smokey Robinson's like-titled hit single, released in 1975 as the title track to his third solo album, lent its name to the format...

 staple, charted four spots lower at number 16. The fifth and final single, 1988's "No Pain, No Gain" reached a dismal 74 on the R&B chart, while limping to number 81 in the UK.

Despite the relative failure of the follow-ups to "Rock Steady," the album itself was a strong seller; it charted high in the U.S. (number 22 on the pop charts-their second highest showing there) while reaching number three on R&B. It is RIAA-certified platinum.

Track listing

1. "I Want You" (Richard Aguon, Ruben Laxamana, Lee Peters, Larry White; Copyright
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    Kamalar Publishing/Let's Shine Music-ASCAP) – 5:42
2. "Special F/X" (Leon F. Sylvers III, J.M. Sylvers; Copyright RKS Music/Jobete Music Co., Inc-ASCAP) – 5:10
3. "Rock Steady
   Rock Steady (The Whispers song)
   "Rock Steady" was a single released by American R&B group The Whispers, from their eighteenth studio album, Just Gets Better with Time ....
   
   " (Babyface, L.A. Reid, Bo Watson, Dwayne Ladd; Copyright Hip Trip Music/Hip Chic Music/Midstar Music-BMI
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   /Hitwell Music-ASCAP) – 4:50
4. "No Pain, No Gain" (Kenny Aubrey, Kevin Grady, Sylvers III; Copyright RKS Music/Jobete Music Co., Inc.-ASCAP) – 4:12
5. "In The Mood" (Babyface, Daryl Simmons; Copyright Hip Trip Music/Hip Chic Music/Kermy Music-BMI) – 4:47
6. "Just Gets Better with Time" (Gary Taylor; Copyright Morning Crew Music/Irving Music-BMI) – 4:30
7. "Love's Calling" (Grady Wilkins; Copyright Yours, Mines & Ours-ASCAP) – 4:58
8. "Give It To Me" (Nicholas Caldwell; Copyright Whisperdex Music-BMI) – 5:21

The Whispers

• Wallace "Scotty" Scott: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Walter Scott: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Marcus Hutson: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Nicholas Caldwell: Lead & Backing Vocal, Rhythm Arrangements
• LaVeil Degree: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Gordy Harmon: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Melvin Clark: Bass

Additional personnel

• Babyface: Guitars, Keyboards
• Stanley Jones: Guitars
• Michael Thompson: Guitars
• Larry White: Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion
• Kevin Grady: Keyboards, Percussion
• Ruben Laxamana, Percy Scott, Grady Wilkins: Keyboards, Synthesizers
• Leon F. Sylvers III: Keyboards, Bass, Percussion, Drum Programming
• Kayo: Bass
• Kirk Perkins, L.A. Reid: Drums, Percussion
• Gregory Sweet: Drum Programming
• Don Myrick: Saxophone

External links

• "Just Gets Better with Time" at discogs