Good to Go Lover

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Good to Go Lover
File:Gwen Guthrie - Good to go cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1986
GenreDance-pop, R&B
LabelPolydor (829 532-1 Y-1)
ProducerGwen Guthrie, David "Pic" Conley (associate), Jerome Gasper (executive)
Gwen Guthrie chronology
Just for You
(1985)
Good to Go Lover
(1986)
Ticket to Ride
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Robert ChristgauC+[2]

Good to Go Lover is a 1986 studio album by American singer Gwen Guthrie. The album was produced by Guthrie, with musicians performing on the album including Larry Levan, two Surface members and Bernie Worrell, a Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist.

The album spawned one big hit single, "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent", reaching number 1 on both the US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and Hot Black Singles charts and number 42 on the pop chart.[3][4] "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" was also a big hit in the UK, where it reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.[5] The second single released from the album, a cover of "(They Long To Be) Close To You", reached number 25 in the UK.[5]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(They Long to Be) Close to You"Burt Bacharach, Hal David5:33
2."Outside in the Rain"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend, Joshua Thompson5:19
3."Good to Go Lover"Gwen Guthrie, Bill Hagans6:04
4."You Touched My Life"Gwen Guthrie5:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"Gwen Guthrie5:55
6."I Still Want You"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend4:42
7."Stop Holding Back"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend6:01
8."Passion Eyes"Charles W. Rogers5:05
2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" (12" Club Mix)Gwen Guthrie7:16
10."Outside in the Rain" (US Polydor 7" Version)David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend, Joshua Thompson4:02
11."Save Your Love for Me" (Duet with Surface)Gwen Guthrie, David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend4:50
12."(They Long to Be) Close to You" (US Polydor 7" Version)Burt Bacharach, Hal David3:49

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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  • Dave Conley, Gregg Mann, Harvey Goldberg, Larry Levan, Matthew "Krash" Kasha – mixing
  • Gregg Mann – engineer
  • Steve Khan – engineer
  • Scott James – engineer
  • Julian Robertson – engineer
  • Tom Zepp – engineer
  • Kendal Stubbs – engineer
  • Bill Wylie – photography
  • Jack Skinner – mastering
  • Dave Conley – associate producer
  • Ernestine Bell – production assistant
  • Jerome Gasper – mixing, executive producer
  • Gwen Guthrie – producer, mixing

Chart performance

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Charts (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard R&B[3] 20
U.S. Billboard 200[3] 89
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 99
UK Albums Chart[7] 42

Singles

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Year Title Chart positions[3]
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Club Play U.S. Dance Sales AUS
UK
1986 "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" 42 1 1 3 75 5
1986 "Outside the Rain" 51
1987 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" 69 26

References

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  1. ^ Wynn, Ron. Good to Go Lover review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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  3. ^ a b c d Good to Go Lover at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.)
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