Good to Go Lover
Album by Gwen Guthrie
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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.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 21, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, R&B | |||
| Label | Polydor (829 532-1 Y-1) | |||
| Producer | Gwen Guthrie, David "Pic" Conley (associate), Jerome Gasper (executive) | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 5:33 |
| 2. | "Outside in the Rain" | David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend, Joshua Thompson | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Good to Go Lover" | Gwen Guthrie, Bill Hagans | 6:04 |
| 4. | "You Touched My Life" | Gwen Guthrie | 5:08 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" | Gwen Guthrie | 5:55 |
| 6. | "I Still Want You" | David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Stop Holding Back" | David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend | 6:01 |
| 8. | "Passion Eyes" | Charles W. Rogers | 5:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 9. | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" (12" Club Mix) | Gwen Guthrie | 7:16 |
| 10. | "Outside in the Rain" (US Polydor 7" Version) | David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend, Joshua Thompson | 4:02 |
| 11. | "Save Your Love for Me" (Duet with Surface) | Gwen Guthrie, David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend | 4:50 |
| 12. | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (US Polydor 7" Version) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 3:49 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Michael Clark – keyboards
- David Conley – drum programming, keyboards, Moog Bass, synthesizer
- Sly Dunbar – drum programming
- Steve Ferrone – drums
- Gwen Guthrie – vocal arrangement, background vocals, vocals
- Bill Hagans – drum programming, keyboards
- Gary Henry – keyboards
- Brian Morgan – performer
- Onaje Allan Gumbs – performer
- Ira Siegel – guitar
- David Townsend – keyboards
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards
Production
- 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
| 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
| Year | Title | Chart positions[3] | |||||||
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| 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 | ||