Love's Gonna Get Ya! is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1986 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2]

Love's Gonna Get Ya!
Studio album by
Released1986 (1986)
StudioThe Music Mill and Treasure Isle Recorders (Nashville, TN); The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
GenreCountry
Length32:08
LabelEpic
ProducerRicky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Live in London
(1985)
Love's Gonna Get Ya!
(1986)
Comin' Home to Stay
(1988)
Singles from Love's Gonna Get Ya!
  1. "Love's Gonna Get You Someday"
    Released: September 1986
  2. "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This"
    Released: April 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love's Gonna Get You Someday"Carl Chambers3:32
2."I'm Beside Myself"Carl Jackson, Ethan Reilly2:52
3."I Wonder If I Care as Much"Don Everly3:11
4."Don't Stop Gypsy"Larry Cordle2:57
5."Hard Row to Hoe"Jim Rushing3:24
6."I Won't Let You Down"Gary Burr3:58
7."Walking in Jerusalem"Traditional4:42
8."Artificial Heart"Johanna Hall, John Hall3:47
9."Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (duet with Sharon White)Irene Kelley, Nancy Montgomery3:44
10."Daddy Was a Hard Working Honest Man"Wayland Patton3:11
11."Raisin' the Dickens"Buddy Emmons3:02
12."New Star Shining"Johanna Hall, John Hall3:30

Personnel

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  • Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals, harmony vocals (1–4, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (1, 3–6, 8, 9, 12), electric guitar (1, 5, 7), lead guitar (2), acoustic rhythm guitar (2, 11), mandolin (5, 7, 9), fiddle (5, 9), electric rhythm guitar (8), triangle (9), acoustic lead guitar (10), electric lead guitar (10), mandocaster (11)
  • Gary Smith – acoustic piano (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12), Kurzweil synthesizer (4, 9), Yamaha DX7 (4, 9)
  • Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano (3, 4, 5, 9, 10)
  • Dave Innis – keyboards (6, 12)
  • John Hall – electric lead guitar (8), backing vocals (8)
  • Terry Crisp – steel guitar (1, 2, 6, 8, 11)
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar (3, 4, 10)
  • Jesse Chambers – bass (1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 11)
  • Emory Gordy Jr. – bass (3, 4, 10)
  • Joe Osborn – bass (5)
  • Leland Sklar – bass (6, 12)
  • Martin Parker – drums (1, 2, 7, 8, 11), percussion (7)
  • Kenny Malone – drums (3, 4, 10), percussion (3, 4, 10)
  • Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 6, 9, 12)
  • Bobby Hicks – fiddle (1, 11)
  • Wayland Patton – harmony vocals (1, 7)
  • Kathy Chiavola – harmony vocals (4)
  • Louis Pyrtle – harmony vocals (7)
  • Bobby Jones and New Life – choir (7)
  • Larry Hoppen – backing vocals (8)
  • Sharon White-Skaggs – backing vocals (9)
  • James Taylor – backing vocals (12)

Production

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  • Ricky Skaggs – producer
  • Marshall Morgan – engineer (1, 7, 8)
  • Ed Seay – engineer (2–6, 9–12), mixing
  • Tom Harding – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Tom Der – assistant engineer (2–6, 9–12), mix assistant
  • George Massenburg – vocal overdub recording
  • Sharon Rice – vocal overdub recording assistant
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Virginia Team – art direction, design
  • Beverly Parker – photography

Chart performance

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3

References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Love's Gonna Get Ya! review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Love's Gonna Get Ya! Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.