Good to Go Lover

Good to Go Lover
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
AllMusic[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]

  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 2019-11-25.
  3. ^ Good to Go Lover at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.)
  5. ^ a b "GWEN GUTHRIE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.