Just Gets Better with Time

Just Gets Better with Time is the 16th 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.

Just Gets Better with Time
Studio album by The Whispers
Released	April 9, 1987
Recorded	December 1986–March 1987
Genre	R&B, dance-pop, soul
Length	39:30
Label	SOLAR, Capitol
Producer	L.A. Reid & Babyface, Leon Sylvers III, Nicholas Caldwell, Larry White, Gary Taylor, Grady Wilkins
The Whispers chronology
So Good (1984) Just Gets Better with Time (1987) More of the Night (1990)

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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 (peaking at #69), 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. (#22 on the Billboard Top 200 chart—their second-highest showing there) while reaching #3 at R&B. It is RIAA-certified platinum.

Track listing

1. "I Want You" (Richard Aguon, Ruben Laxamana, Lee Peters, Larry White) – 5:42
2. "Special F/X" (Leon Sylvers III, J.M. Sylvers) – 5:10
3. "Rock Steady" (Babyface, L.A. Reid, Bo Watson, Dwayne Ladd) – 4:49
4. "No Pain, No Gain" (Kenny Aubrey, Kevin Grady, Leon Sylvers III) – 4:12
5. "In The Mood" (Babyface, Daryl Simmons) – 4:47
6. "Just Gets Better with Time" (Gary Taylor) – 4:30
7. "Love's Calling" (Grady Wilkins) – 4:58
8. "Give It To Me" (Nicholas Caldwell) – 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

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