Imagination (The Whispers album)

Imagination
Studio album by The Whispers
Released	November 30, 1980
Recorded	1980 at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soul Funk Disco
Length	42:13
Label	SOLAR Records
Producer	The Whispers, Dick Griffey, Leon Sylvers III
The Whispers chronology
The Whispers (1979) Imagination (1980) Love Is Where You Find It (1981)

Imagination is the tenth studio album by American R&B/soul vocal group the Whispers, released in 1980 on the SOLAR Records label.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4.1 Singles 5 External links 6 References

Overview

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album contains two singles which made the U.S. Hot R&B charts: "It's a Love Thing", which peaked at number two in early 1981; and "I Can Make it Better". Both singles were produced by SOLAR Records' main in-house producer Leon F. Sylvers III.

Also featured in the album is "Up on Soul Train", the theme song used on the syndicated television series Soul Train from 1980 to 1983; it was composed by the creator, producer, and host of Soul Train, Don Cornelius.

Track listing

1. "Imagination" (Larry White, Grady Wilkins) - 6:15
2. "It's a Love Thing" (Dana Meyers, William Shelby) - 5:10
3. "Say You (Would Love for Me Too)" (Nicholas Caldwell) - 5:03
4. "Continental Shuffle" (Mark Adam Wood, Jr.) - 4:34
5. "I Can Make It Better" (Meyers, Shelby, Stephen Shockley) - 7:14
6. "Girl I Need You" (White, Wilkins) - 4:18
7. "Up on Soul Train" (Don Cornelius) - 5:18
8. "Fantasy" (Werner Schuchner, Ahaguna Sun) 4:21

Personnel

• Wallace "Scotty" Scott, Walter Scott - lead vocals (tenor)
• Leaveil Degree (falsetto), Marcus Hutson (baritone) - background vocals
• Nicholas Caldwell - background vocals (tenor), arranger, album concept
• Albert DeGarcia, Joey Gallo, Kossi Gardner, Greg Phillinganes, William Shelby, Ricky Smith, Kevin Spencer, Grady Wilkins, Mark Adam Wood Jr., - keyboards
• Richard Aevon, Kirk Perkins, Wardell Potts Jr., Ahaguna Sun - drums
• Melvin Coleman, David Agent, Leon F. Sylvers III, Werner Schuchner - bass
• Emilio Conesa, Ernest "Pepper" Reed, Werner Schuchner, Stephen Shockley - guitar
• Dean Boysen, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, John Parrish, Dean Boysen - trumpets
• Kraig Kilbey, Ross Wilson - trombones
• Fred Jackson, Ruben Laxamana, Sonny Lewis, Melecio Magdaluyo - saxophone
• Melecio Megdaluyo - flute
• David Duke, Barbara Korn, Sidney Muldrew - french horns

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums[2]	23
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2]	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1981	"I Can Make It Better"	105	40	4
	"It's a Love Thing"	28	2	4

External links

• The Whispers-Imagination at Discogs

References