Love Is Gonna Getcha
Love Is Gonna Getcha is the eighth studio album by American singer Patti Austin, released in 1990 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 45 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
Critical reception
Jonathan Widran of Allmusic, in a 3/5 star review remarked, "With apologies to Dianne Reeves, Patti Austin has always quite simply been the best jack-of-all-genre singers on the planet, crossing effortlessly from jazz to pop and R&B with a voice that's so sweet, rich, and lovely, it can't help but warm the heart. On the heels of her 1988 masterpiece The Real Me, her GRP debut packs a wallop of festive up tempo tunes, lite funk pop, torchy message songs, passionate ballads, and breezy tenderness -- all delivered with a truly Austin-tatious flair."Track listing
- "Through the Test of Time" – 5:05
- "Too Soon to Know" – 4:21
- "In My Life" – 4:02
- "Love Is Gonna Getcha" – 4:59
- "Ooh-Whee " – 5:40
- "Believe the Children" – 5:34
- "Good in Love" – 4:37
- "Wait for Me" – 5:25
- "First Time Love" – 5:30
- "In My Dream" – 5:07
- "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" – 4:15
Personnel
- Patti Austin – lead vocals, BGV arrangements, backing vocals
- Dave Grusin – rhythm arrangements, synthesizers, keyboards, acoustic piano, string arrangements, BGV arrangements, harmonica
- Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano
- David Paich – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
- Lee Ritenour – guitars
- Michael Landau – guitars
- Nathan East – bass
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Michael Fisher – percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
- Nelson Rangell – alto saxophone
- David Pack – BGV arrangements
- Robin Beck – backing vocals
- Shelton Becton – backing vocals
- Jocelyn Brown – backing vocals
- Rachele Cappelli – backing vocals
- William Eaton – backing vocals
- Lani Groves – backing vocals
- James D-Train Williams – backing vocals
- Casey Sissik – backing vocals
- David Nadien – concertmaster
- Charles McCracken and Richard Locker – cello
- Deborah Henson-Conant – harp
- Jean R. Dane, Carol Landon and Sue Pray – viola
- Elena Barere, Arnold Eidus, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Louann Montesi, David Nadien, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Marti Sweet and Gerald Tarack – violin
Production
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Dave Grusin – executive producer, producer
- David Paich – producer
- Don Murray – recording, mixing
- Brian Soucy – recording assistant
- Elaine Anderson – mix assistant
- Bill Cooper – additional recording
- Ed Rak – additional recording
- Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica – additional recording assistant
- Joe Martin – additional recording assistant
- Michael Landy – digital editing at The Review Room
- Robert Vosgien – digital editing at CMS Digital
- Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios
- Suzanne Sherman – GRP production coordinator
- Barbara Hein – production assistant
- Andy Baltimore – GRP creative director
- David Gibb – graphic design
- Jacki McCarthy – graphic design
- Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
- Dan Serrano – graphic design
- Richard Corman – photography
- Tokyo – hair, stylist
- Craig Gadson – make-up stylist