Good to Go Lover

Good to Go Lover
Studio album by Gwen Guthrie
Released January 21, 1986
Label Polydor (829 532-1 Y-1)
Producer Gwen Guthrie, David "Pic" Conley (associate), Jerome Gasper (executive)
Gwen Guthrie chronology
Just for You'
(1985)Just for You'1985		 Good to Go Lover
(1986)		 Ticket To Ride
(1987)Ticket To Ride1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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.[2][3] "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.[4] The second single released from the album, a cover of "(They Long To Be) Close To You", reached number 25 in the UK.[4]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "(They Long To Be) Close To You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:31
  2. "Outside in the Rain" (David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend, Joshua Thompson) – 5:18
  3. "Good to Go Lover" (Gwen Guthrie, Bill Hagans) - 6:05
  4. "You Touched My Life" (Gwen Guthrie) – 5:08
Side B
  1. "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" (Gwen Guthrie) – 5:59
  2. "I Still Want You" (David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend) – 4:38
  3. "Stop Holding Back" (David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend) – 5:58
  4. "Passion Eyes" (Charles W. Rogers) – 5:11

Personnel

  • 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

Performance

Chart performance

Charts (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard R&B[2] 20
U.S. Billboard 200[2] 89
UK Albums Chart[5] 42

Singles

Year Title Chart positions[2]
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Club Play U.S. Dance Sales UK
1986 "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" 42 1 1 3 5
1986 "Outside the Rain" — 51 — — —
1987 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" — 69 — — 26

References

  1. ↑ "Good to Go Lover - Gwen Guthrie - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Good to Go Lover at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.)
  4. 1 2 "GWEN GUTHRIE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 238. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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