The Right Combination

This article is about the Curtis Mayfield album. For the Porter Wagoner/Dolly Parton album, see The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil. For the Joe Albany album, see The Right Combination (Joe Albany album).

Studio album by Linda Clifford and Curtis Mayfield

Released

September, 1980

Genre

Funk, soul

Length

32:09

Label

RSO/Curtom

Producer

Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey, Norman Harris, Bruce Gray

Linda Clifford chronology

Here's My Love
(1979)

The Right Combination
(1980)

I'm Yours
(1980)

Curtis Mayfield chronology

Something to Believe In
(1980)

The Right Combination
(1980)

Love is the Place
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Smash Hits	4/10^[2]

The Right Combination is a 1980 duet album by Linda Clifford and Curtis Mayfield.

History

Originally released on Curtom, it was recorded in Chicago except "It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)" recorded in Philadelphia. The album was produced by Curtis Mayfield and Gil Askey except “Ain't No Love Lost” solely by Mayfield and “It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)” by Curtis Mayfield, Norman Harris and Bruce Gray. Gil Askey arranged the album except “It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)” which was arranged by Norman Harris. Linda Clifford has collaborated with Gil Askey and Curtis Mayfield on her previous four albums for Curtom and with Norman Harris on an album released just before (Here's My Love). In 1980 she would sing "Red light" for the Fame soundtrack and collaborate with Isaac Hayes for her next album. The album was reissued on CD in 1999 in Britain with 11 bonus tracks (8 by Clifford, 3 by Mayfield) and a bonus 1972 radio interview of Mayfield on an additional CD.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock You to Your Socks"	Joey Carbone, Louis Lambert	4:34
2.	"The Right Combination"	Keith Echols, Alice Sanderson, Anthony Miller	4:43
3.	"I'm So Proud"	Curtis Mayfield	3:36
4.	"Ain't No Love Lost"	Curtis Mayfield	4:25

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)"	Bruce Gray	6:21
6.	"Love's Sweet Sensation"	Frankie Blue	3:49
7.	"Between You Baby and Me"	Curtis Mayfield	4:40

Personnel

Lucky Scott, Keni Burke – bass
Sonny Seals – saxophone
Bruce Gaitsch, Ross Traut, Tom Ferrone, Curtis Mayfield – guitars
Lonnie Reaves, Tim Tobias – keyboards
Wendell Stewart – drums
Alejo, Tony Carpenter, Henry Gibson – percussion, toys
Curtom String and Horn Players – horns, strings
Sol Bobrov – strings contractor
Lenard Druss , Arthur Hoyle – horns contractor
Henry Hicks, Jr., Alphonzo Surrett, Ricky Linton – background vocals on "Ain't No Love Lost", "Rock You to Your Socks", and "The Right Combination"

References

↑ Wynn, Ron. The Right Combination review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 7–20 1980): 28.

External links

The Right Combination at Discogs (list of releases)

Linda Clifford

Studio albums	If My Friends Could See Me Now (1978) Let Me Be Your Woman (1979) The Right Combination (1980)

Singles	"If My Friends Could See Me Now" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Red Light" "Shoot Your Best Shot" "Don't Come Crying to Me"

Curtis Mayfield

Albums	Curtis (1970) Roots (1971) Back to the World (1973) Got to Find a Way (1974) Sweet Exorcist (1974) There's No Place Like America Today (1975) Give, Get, Take and Have (1976) Never Say You Can't Survive (1977) Do It All Night (1978) Heartbeat (1979) Something to Believe In (1980) Love Is the Place (1982) Honesty (1983) We Come in Peace with a Message of Love (1985) Take It to the Streets (1990) New World Order (1997)

Live albums	Curtis/Live! (1971) Curtis in Chicago (1973) Live in Europe (1987) Live at Ronnie Scott's (1988)

Soundtracks	Super Fly (1972) Claudine (1974) Let's Do It Again (1975) Sparkle (1976) A Piece of the Action (1977) Short Eyes (1977) The Return of Superfly (1990)

Related articles	The Impressions Curtom Records Discography A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield

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