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. "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. The second single released from the album, a cover of "(They Long To Be) Close To You", reached number 25 in the UK.
Track listing
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