Love's Gonna Get Ya!

Love's Gonna Get Ya!
Love's Gonna Get Ya!
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs
Released	1986
Studio	The Music Mill and Treasure Isle Recorders (Nashville, TN); The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
Genre	Country
Length	32:08
Label	Epic
Producer	Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Singles from Love's Gonna Get Ya!
	"Love's Gonna Get You Someday"; Released: September 1986; "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This"; Released: April 1987;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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]

Track listing[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

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[edit]

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 Massenberg – 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

[allmusic-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.

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v t e Ricky Skaggs
Studio albums	That's It Sweet Temptation Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Family & Friends Highways & Heartaches Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Country Boy Love's Gonna Get Ya! Comin' Home to Stay Kentucky Thunder My Father's Son Solid Ground Life Is a Journey Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Mosaic Country Hits Bluegrass Style
Collaborative albums	Second Generation Bluegrass One Way Track Skaggs & Rice Bluegrass Rules! Ancient Tones Soldier of the Cross History of the Future The Three Pickers Brand New Strings Instrumentals Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Salt of the Earth Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 Music to My Ears Hearts Like Ours
Live albums	Live in London Live at the Charleston Music Hall Cluck Ol' Hen
Compilation albums	Favorite Country Songs Super Hits
Notable singles	"You May See Me Walkin'" "Crying My Heart Out Over You" "I Don't Care" "Heartbroke" "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" "Highway 40 Blues" "You've Got a Lover" "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" "Honey (Open That Door)" "Uncle Pen" "Something in My Heart" "Country Boy" "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" "Cajun Moon" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) "Thanks Again" "Lovin' Only Me" "Let It Be You" "Heartbreak Hurricane" "Hummingbird" "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" "Same Ol' Love" "Cat's in the Cradle"
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