Editing Let's Get to It (section)

==Music and lyrics==
[[File:Keith Washington.jpg|thumb|alt=Photo of American vocalist Keith Washington seated in a chair with his right hand against his head | American R&B vocalist [[Keith Washington]] (''pictured in 2012'') co-wrote his duet with Minogue, "[[If You Were with Me Now]]"]]

[[Music critic]]s identified ''Let's Get to It'' as a genre-spanning record, departing from the predominantly [[teen pop]] sound of Minogue's early works.<ref>{{harvnb|Barron|2012|p=65}}; {{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|Griffiths|1991}}</ref> Minogue stated her songs on the album ranging from "big band [[swing music|swing]] stuff to a more [[soul music|soulful]] kind of thing", and more sophisticated dance music.<ref>{{harvnb|''Big!''|1991}}; {{harvnb|Doyle|1991}}</ref> Chris True of [[AllMusic]] found the songs have "heavy breathing effects" and are as danceable as ''Rhythm of Love''.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Sal Cinquemani of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' and Lee Barron noted the sounds of [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[hip hop]], [[new jack swing]], and [[house music|house]] are featured prominently on ''Let's Get to It''.<ref>{{harvnb|Cinquemani|2018}}; {{harvnb|Barron|2012|p=65}}</ref> Nathan Wood of [[Foxtel]]'s MaxTV called the album "a musical exploration". He felt Minogue's fondness for dance music began to emerge on the album, with forays into house and [[techno]].<ref name="maxtv">{{harvnb|Wood|2014}}</ref>

''Let's Get to It'' opens with "Word Is Out", a new jack swing track with elements of [[jazz fusion]].<ref>{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}; {{harvnb|Eggar|1991}}</ref> Minogue duplicated [[General Johnson (musician)|General Johnson]]'s trademark vocal style on her cover of "Give Me Just a Little More Time".<ref name="reissue15">{{harvnb|Sweeney|2015}}</ref> Joe Sweeney from ''[[PopMatters]]'' noted she puts more of her own personality into it than previous cover songs like "[[The Loco-Motion]]" or "[[Tears on My Pillow]]".<ref name="reissue15"/> The house track "Too Much of a Good Thing" is followed by "Finer Feelings", a song that includes a reference to [[Marvin Gaye]]'s "[[Sexual Healing]]" (1982) in the [[Refrain|chorus]] with the lyrics: "What is love without the finer feelings / It's just sex without the sexual healing."<ref>{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]{{'}}s Nick Levine felt that the lyrics show a "sexier and more sophisticated" side of Minogue.<ref name="ds">{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}</ref> "If You Were with Me Now", Minogue's duet with Washington, is a non-sexual and string-drenched [[sentimental ballad]].<ref>{{harvnb|PWL|1991d}}; {{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}</ref>

Minogue urges her lover to "get this thing on the move" in the [[Cathy Dennis]]-influenced title track.<ref>{{harvnb|PWL|1991d}}; {{harvnb|Page|1991}}</ref> "Right Here, Right Now", a house floor-filler track, follows it.<ref name="ds"/> Sweeney found the song has a similar [[Groove (music)|groove]] vibe to the work of [[CeCe Peniston]], while the title is the same as that of [[Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song)|the 1990 song]] by British rock band [[Jesus Jones]].<ref name="reissue15"/> It is entirely unrelated to the song [[Right Here, Right Now (Giorgio Moroder song)|of the same name]] that Minogue recorded with Italian producer [[Giorgio Moroder]] in 2015.<ref>{{harvnb|Hamard|2015}}</ref> Minogue sings about living life to the fullest in "Live and Learn", followed by the [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] ballad "No World Without You".<ref>{{harvnb|PWL|1991d}}; {{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|Page|1991}}</ref> The six-minute [[Synth-pop|techno-pop]] "I Guess I Like It Like That", which serves as the album's closer, includes grunting samples and a [[stadium]] [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] part that lays the foundation of the song.<ref>{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|True A}}; {{harvnb|Page|1991}}</ref> The song contains a sample from 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready for This", and an uncredited [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] of "I Like It Like That" (1988) by [[Salt-N-Pepa]].<ref name="heatworld">{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|page=32}}; {{harvnb|Smith|Simms|2018}}</ref> Belgian producers Phil Wilde and Jean-Paul de Coster, who wrote and produced "Get Ready for This", were only credited as co-authors of "I Guess I Like It Like That" on the 2012 re-release of ''Let's Get to It'' in Japan.<ref name="japan12"/>