'' It's Gonna Be Right'' is a 1985 album by
American
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singer
Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song " Got to Be Real" from her albu ...
, released on
. The album was a follow-up to her successful 1983 album, ''
Preppie''. The album was also Lynn's final album for the Columbia Label. It was produced by
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/ pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with var ...
, who had produced her hit single "
Encore
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".
The first single, "Fidelity", though bearing similarities to Cheryl Lynn's previous Jam & Lewis-produced smash "Encore," only reached #25 on the R&B charts, its lacklustre performance was widely blamed on its predecessor still being in heavy rotation at the time of its release. Cheryl Lynn, co-wrote and produced the follow-up single "Fade To Black" herself, but it only reached #85 on the R&B charts. The Jam & Lewis helmed title track bore several sonic similarities to her smash hit "
Got To Be Real
"Got to Be Real" is a song by American singer Cheryl Lynn from her 1978 self-titled debut studio album. The song, which was released in August 1978 as Lynn's debut single, was written by Lynn, David Paich and David Foster.
Composition
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." Despite employing the popular production duo, the album only reached #56 on the R&B albums chart.
The album was reissued in September 2010, as an import on Sony Records Japan, however no bonus material was included. In September, 2015 it was rereleased by PTG on CD including one bonus track, the long version of "Fidelity".
Critical reception
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editor Ron Wynn rated the album three out of five stars.
Referring to Lynn's departure from
after the release of ''It's Gonna Be Right'', he called the album "a fitting conclusion to a tenure that had some chart hits but never jelled the way everyone felt it would (or should). Lynn got two more good numbers from the final effort, including the Jam/Lewis number "Fidelity," but again, there weren't enough songs to make the album a big success, nor did it have a unified concept or strategy."
Track listing
# "Fidelity" - 4:50
# "Fade to Black" - 6:32
# "Love's Been Here Before" - 3:18
# "It's Gonna Be Right" - 4:02
# "Let Me Love You" - 5:50
# "Find Somebody New" - 4:06
# "Loafin'" - 5:14
# "Slipped Me a Mickey" - 4:18
# "Tug'O'War" - 4:57
Charts
References
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1985 albums
Cheryl Lynn albums
Albums produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Columbia Records albums