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 Curtis Mayfield and Linda Clifford

Released

September, 1980

Genre

Funk, soul

Length

32:09

Label

Curtom

Producer

Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey

Curtis Mayfield and Linda Clifford chronology

Something to Believe In
(1980)

The Right Combination (with Linda Clifford)
(1980)

Love is the Place
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Smash Hits	4/10^[1]

The Right Combination is Curtis Mayfield’s 1980 collaboration with disco singer Linda Clifford. Originally released on Curtom, it was recorded in Chicago except "It's lovin' time" 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

"Rock You to Your Socks" (Joey Carbone, Louis Lambert)
"Right Combination" (Keith Echols, Alice Sanderson, Anthony Miller)
"I'm So Proud" (Curtis Mayfield)
"Ain't No Love Lost" (Mayfield)
"It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)" (Bruce Wayne Gray)
"Love's Sweet Sensation" (Frankie Bleu)
"Between You Baby and Me" (Mayfield)

Personnel

Curtis Mayfield, Linda Clifford – vocals
Bruce Gaitsch, Curtis Mayfield, Ross Traut, Tom Ferrone – guitar
Joseph "Lucky" Scott, Keni Burke – bass
Lonnie Reaves, Tim Tobias – keyboards
Wendell Stewart – drums
Alejo, Henry Gibson, Tony Carpenter – percussion
Sonny Seals – saxophone
Alphonso Surrett, Henry Hicks Jr., Ricky Linton – background vocals
Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey, Norman Harris, Bruce Gray – producers
Gil Askey, Norman Harris – arrangers
Roger Anfisen, Fred Breitberg – sound engineers

References

↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 7–20 1980): 28.

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

Linda Clifford

Studio albums	If My Friends Could See Me Now The Right Combination

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

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