{{Short description|Album by Rhonda Vincent}} {{For|the Michael Jackson song|We've Got a Good Thing Going}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Good Thing Going | type = studio | artist = Rhonda Vincent | cover = Good Thing Going - Rhonda Vincent.jpg | alt = | released = January 8, 2008 | recorded = 2007 | venue = | studio = | genre = Country, bluegrass | length = 40:04 | label = Rounder | producer = Darrin Vincent, Rhonda Vincent | prev_title = All American Bluegrass Girl | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Destination Life | next_year = 2009 }}
'''''Good Thing Going''''' is the 12th studio album released by Rhonda Vincent. The album was released on January 8, 2008, via Rounder Records. It was her third number-one album on the Top Bluegrass Albums chart,<ref name=BB1/> and her second Top 40 album on the Top Country Albums<ref name=BB2/> chart.
The album features an appearance by singer Keith Urban, who sings harmony vocals on "The Water Is Wide".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1578617/20071227/urban_keith.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231043205/http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1578617/20071227/urban_keith.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2007|title=Keith Urban Guests on Rhonda Vincent's New Album|author=CMT News|work=Country Music Television|date=2007-12-27|accessdate=2009-07-12}}</ref> Two singles, "I'm Leavin'" and "I Gotta Start Somewhere", were released, however, neither one charted.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref Name=AM1>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000496410 |label=Review |first=Rick |last=Anderson |accessdate=5 April 2020 }}</ref> |rev2 = Slant Magazine |rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=SM>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/rhonda-vincent-good-thing-going/ |title=Review |last=Keefe |first=Jonathan |date=13 January 2008 |website= |publisher=Slant Magazine |access-date=5 April 2020 |quote=}}</ref>
|rev3 = American Songwriter |rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AS>{{cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/rhonda-vincent-good-thing-going/ |title=Review |last=Connor Bowen |first=Lizza |date=1 March 2008 |website= |publisher=American Songwriter |access-date=5 April 2020 |quote=}}</ref>
|rev4 = My Kind of Country |rev4Score = A−<ref name=MKoC>{{cite web |url=https://mykindofcountry.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/album-review-rhonda-vincent-good-thing-going/ |title=Review |last=X |first=Razor |date=30 July 2012 |website= |publisher=My Kind of Country |access-date=5 April 2020 |quote=}}</ref> }} Rick Anderson of Allmusic said: "''Good Thing Going'' finds Vincent bringing all of those styles together to create a very solid and enjoyable program." He also said the album is "very highly recommended".<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1244035|pure_url=yes}}|title=Allmusic review of ''Good Thing Going''|author=Rick Anderson|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-07-12}}</ref>
Jonathan Keefe of ''Slant Magazine'' gives the album 3 out of a possible 5 stars and writes, "What distinguishes Vincent from the artist to whom she’s most frequently compared, Alison Krauss, is her aggressive vocals; perhaps more so than any contemporary country singer, Vincent’s power and phrasing recall the great Connie Smith."<ref name=SM/>
Lizza Connor Bowen of ''American Songwriter'' gives the album 4 stars and writes, "Seven is certainly Rhonda Vincent’s lucky number. This seven-time International Bluegrass Association female vocalist bowed her seventh Rounder album, ''Good Thing Going'', this January. As the title implies, it’s a testament to why she remains the reigning empress of bluegrass."<ref name=AS/>
''My Kind of Country'''s Razor X gives the album an A− and says, "''Good Thing Going'' is a more eclectic set of songs than we’d heard to date from Rhonda, with elements of traditional folk, Western swing and contemporary country offered up alongside the standard bluegrass."<ref name=MKoC/>
Exclaim!'s Kerry Doole reviews the album and writes, "Her purity of tone and phrasing are impeccable, and there's a pleasing variety to the material, from slow, hurtin? songs like "Scorn of A Lover? to jaunty romp "Hit Parade Of Love."<ref name=Exc>{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rhonda_vincent-good_thing_going |title=Review |last=Doole |first=Kerry |date= |website= |publisher=Exclaim! |access-date=5 April 2020 |quote=}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 40:04 | title1 = I'm Leavin' | length1 = 3:13 | writer1 = Rhonda Vincent | title2 = World's Biggest Fool | length2 = 3:33 | writer2 = {{hlist|Darrell Hayes, Morgane Hayes, Byron Hill}} | title3 = I Give All My Love to You | note3 = with Russell Moore | length3 = 3:30 | writer3 = Vincent | title4 = Good Thing Going | length4 = 3:07 | writer4 = Vincent | title5 = Scorn of a Lover | length5 = 3:09 | writer5 = Vincent | title6 = Hit Parade of Love | length6 = 2:24 | writer6 = Jimmy Martin | title7 = I Will See You Again | length7 = 4:19 | writer7 = Vincent | title8 = Just One of a Kind | length8 = 2:59 | writer8 = Dottie Rambo | title9 = I Gotta Start Somewhere | length9 = 3:35 | writer9 = Jerry Salley, Lisa Shaffer | title10 = Who's Cryin' Baby | length10 = 3:05 | writer10 = Vincent | title11 = The Water Is Wide | note11 = with Keith Urban | length11 = 3:05 | writer11 = Traditional | title12 = Bluegrass Saturday Night | length12 = 3:08 | writer12 = Vincent }}
==Personnel== * Hunter Berry – fiddle, mandolin * Kathy Chiavola – backing vocals * Stuart Duncan – fiddle * Kevin "Swine" Grantt – upright bass * Daniel Grindstaff – 5 string dobro * Andy Hall – resonator guitar * Becky Isaacs Bowman – backing vocals * Andy Leftwich – mandolin * Jesse McReynolds – mandolin * Russell Moore – backing vocals on "I Give All My Love to You" * Tom Roady – percussion * Adam Steffey – mandolin * Ron Stewart – banjo * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar * Keith Urban – duet vocals on "The Water is Wide" * Darrin Vincent – double bass, backing vocals * Rhonda Vincent – mandolin, vocals * Josh Williams – acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Chart (2008) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|BillboardBluegrass|1|artist=Rhonda Vincent|refname=BB1|accessdate=April 5, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|35|artist=Rhonda Vincent|refname=BB2|accessdate=April 5, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|5|artist=Rhonda Vincent|refname=BB3|accessdate=April 5, 2020}} |- |}
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Category:2008 albums Category:Rounder Records albums Category:Rhonda Vincent albums