Open Up Your Love

Open Up Your Love
Studio album by the Whispers
Released	1977
Genres	Soul, funk, disco
Label	Soul Train
Producers	Don Cornelius, Dick Griffey, the Whispers
The Whispers chronology
One for the Money (1976) Open Up Your Love (1977) Headlights (1978)

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Open Up Your Love is an album by the Whispers. Released in 1977, this album reached number 23 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart. This was their last album on Don Cornelius and Dick Griffey's Soul Train Records before transitioning over to manager Dick Griffey's SOLAR Records.

The single "I'm Gonna Make You My Wife" was featured in the motion picture Waiting to Exhale, but did not appear on the soundtrack.

Track listing

Personnel

• The Whispers: all lead and backing vocals
• David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Lee Ritenour, Marlo Henderson, Wah-Wah Watson: Guitars
• Joe Sample, Reginald "Sonny" Burke: Keyboards
• Alphonso Johnson (fretless solo on track B3), Wilton Felder: Bass
• Ed Greene, James Gadson: Drums
• Paulinho da Costa: Percussion
• Terry Harrington: Tenor sax solo on track B4

Production

• A&R, Coordinator – Marge Meoli
• Background vocal arrangements by Nick Caldwell
• Rhythm arrangements by Gene Page, Jerry Peters
• String and horn arrangements by Bruce Miller and Gene Page
• Album designed by Gribbitt, Tim Bryant (2)
• Engineer [Mix] – Steve Hodge
• Engineer [Recording] – Mic Litz, Peter Granet, Steve Hirsch, Steve Mazlow
• Executive Producer – Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius
• Photography By – Ron Slenzak
• Producer – Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, the Whispers

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References

External links

• Open Up Your Love at Discogs (list of releases)