Love Is Gonna Getcha

Love Is Gonna Getcha
Love Is Gonna Getcha
Studio album by Patti Austin
Released	March 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Sunset Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre	Smooth jazz, R&B, soul
Length	54:35
Label	GRP
Producer	Dave Grusin, David Paich
Patti Austin chronology

Last updated July 21, 2025

Love Is Gonna Getcha is the eighth studio album by American singer Patti Austin, released in 1990 on GRP Records.^[1] 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.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

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."^[3]

Track listing

"Through the Test of Time" (David Pack, Jeff Pescetto) – 5:05
"Too Soon to Know" (David Pack, Lorraine Feather, Michael McDonald) – 4:21
"In My Life" (Patti Austin) – 4:02
"Love Is Gonna Getcha" (Lou Pardini, Reed Vertelney, Alan Roy) – 4:59
"Ooh-Whee (The Carnival)" (Don Grusin, Patti Austin) – 5:40
"Believe the Children" (Abraham Laboriel, Lynn Laboriel, Lou Pardini) – 5:34
"Good in Love" (Jeff Southworth, Fran Eckert, Robin Batteau) – 4:37
"Wait for Me" (Don Grusin, Kate Markowitz, Christina Trulio) – 5:25
"First Time Love" (Dave Grusin, Harvey Mason) – 5:30
"In My Dream" (Edward Arkin, Beckie Foster) – 5:07
"The Girl Who Used to Be Me" (theme from "Shirley Valentine") (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 4:15

Personnel

Patti Austin – lead vocals, BGV arrangements (1, 4–8, 10), backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Dave Grusin – rhythm arrangements (1–10), synthesizers (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), keyboards (2, 5, 7, 8, 10), acoustic piano (3, 9), string arrangements (3, 9, 10), BGV arrangements (5, 6, 8, 10), harmonica (8)
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (1, 4, 6)
David Paich – keyboards (11), synthesizers (11), arrangements (11)
Steve Porcaro – synthesizers (11)
Lee Ritenour – guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Michael Landau – guitars (11)
Nathan East – bass (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Neil Stubenhaus – bass (2, 5, 7)
Harvey Mason – drums (1–10)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (11)
Michael Fisher – percussion (3, 5, 6, 10)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (8)
Lenny Castro – percussion (11)
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1)
Nelson Rangell – alto saxophone (4)
David Pack – BGV arrangements (2)
Robin Beck – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 7)
Shelton Becton – backing vocals (1, 6)
Jocelyn Brown – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 7)
Rachele Cappelli – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 7)
William Eaton – backing vocals (1, 6)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
James D-Train Williams – backing vocals (1, 4, 6)
Casey Sissik – backing vocals (2, 7)

Strings (3, 9, 10)

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

Executive Producers – Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
Producers – Dave Grusin (Tracks 1–10); David Paich (Track 11).
Recorded and Mixed by Don Murray
Recording Assistants – Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica, Joe Martin and Brian Soucy.
Additional Recording – Bill Cooper, Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica, Joe Martin and Ed Rak.
Mix Assistant – Elaine Anderson
Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); American Recording Co. (Calabasas, CA); Clinton Recording Studio and The Power Station (New York, NY).
Mixed at Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, CA).
Digital Editing by Mike Landy and Robert Vosgien at CMS Digital (Pasadena, CA) and The Review Room (New York, NY).
Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Production Coordinator – Suzanne Sherman
Production Assistant – Barbara Hein
Creative Direction – Andy Baltimore
Graphic Design – David Gibb, Jacki McCarthy, Andy Ruggirello and Dan Serrano.
Photography – Richard Corman
Hair and Stylist – Tokyo
Make-up Stylist – Craig Gadson

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ^[2]	4
US Billboard Top Soul Albums ^[2]	45
US Billboard 200 ^[2]	93

References

↑ Patti Austin. Love Is Gonna Getcha (album). GRP Records.
1 2 3 4 "Patti Austin". Billboard . Retrieved May 24, 2025.
1 2 Widran, Jonathan. "Patti Austin - Love Is Gonna Getcha". Allmusic . Retrieved May 24, 2025.

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[Album-1] Patti Austin. Love Is Gonna Getcha (album). GRP Records.

[Billboard-2] 1 2 3 4 "Patti Austin". Billboard . Retrieved May 24, 2025.

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Widran, Jonathan. "Patti Austin - Love Is Gonna Getcha". Allmusic . Retrieved May 24, 2025.

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