Good to Go Lover

Good to Go Lover
Studio album by Gwen Guthrie
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)
Gwen Guthrie chronology
Just for You (1985) Good to Go Lover (1986) Ticket to Ride (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+[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

Side one

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

Side two

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

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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]
		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

1. Wynn, Ron. Good to Go Lover review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Good to Go Lover review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
3. Good to Go Lover at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
4. Joel Whitburn (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.)
5. "GWEN GUTHRIE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 131. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 238. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Good to Go Lover at Discogs (list of releases)