All Systems Go (Donna Summer album)

Infobox Album
Name = All Systems Go
Type = studio
Artist = Donna Summer


Released = September 15, 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, Dance, Soul, R&B
Length = 43:04
Label = Geffen
Producer = Harold Faltermeyer, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Richard Perry, Donna Summer, Keith Nelson, Jeffrey Lams
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fexq85ldke~T1 link]
Last album = ""
(1987)
This album = "All Systems Go"
(1987)
Next album = "Another Place and Time"
(1989)|

"All Systems Go" is an album by Donna Summer released in 1987. Best remembered for her disco hits during the 1970s, Summer had been signed to Geffen Records since 1980 and this became her final album with the label.

During her time with Geffen, Summer's work had often been turned down for release by them. In 1981 she had recorded an entire double album entitled "I'm a Rainbow" which had been completely shelved. Her hit 1983 album "She Works Hard for the Money" had also been turned down by Geffen and was instead released by Polygram. By 1987, it had been three years since Summer's last Geffen release "Cats Without Claws". There have been rumours among fans for years that more unreleased material had been recorded since then, but nevertheless "All Systems Go" was issued in 1987.

This album was a fusion of typical 1980s synth-style pop/dance with soul and R&B elements, including both upbeat songs and ballads. Most tracks were produced by Giorgio Moroder associate Harold Faltermeyer, although Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Richard Perry, Keith D. Nelson, Jeffrey Lams and Summer herself were also given production credits on certain songs. Summer was credited as co-writer on seven of the nine tracks. The album also included a version of Brenda Russell's song "Dinner with Gershwin" and a ballad duet with Starship's lead singer Mickey Thomas entitled "Only the Fool Survives".

Although the album itself did generally not perform very well, Summer's version of "Dinner with Gershwin" gave her her highest UK chart placing (Number 13) since the end of the 1970s. The title track also became a minor hit.

Track listing

ide one

#"All Systems Go" (Harold Faltermeyer, Donna Summer) – 4:13
#"Bad Reputation" (Peter Bunetta, Joe Erickson, Summer) – 4:14
#"Love Shock" (Faltermeyer, Bruce Sudano, Summer) – 4:16
#"Jeremy" (Faltermeyer, Pit Floss, Andy Slovic, Summer, Hannes Treiber) – 4:40
#"Only the Fool Survives" (John Bettis, Michael Omartian, Sudano, Summer, Virgil Weber) – 4:42

ide two

#"Dinner with Gershwin" (Brenda Russell) – 4:39
#"Fascination" (Eddie Schwartz, David Tyson) – 4:30
#"Voices Cryin' Out" (Faltermeyer, Summer) – 5:20
#"Thinkin' Bout My Baby" (Jeffrey Lams, Keith D. Nelson, Summer) – 6:20

Charts

;Single{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"!align="left"|Year!align="left"|Single!align="left"|Chart!align="left"|Position
-
align="left"|1987
align="left"|"Dinner With Gershwin"
align="left"|UK singles chart
align="left"|13
-
align="left"|1988
align="left"|"Dinner With Gershwin"
align="left"|US R&B singles chart
align="left"|10
-
align="left"|1988
align="left"|"All Systems Go"
align="left"|UK singles chart
align="left"|54
-}

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