One for the Road
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
and Leon Russell
Released1979
Recorded1979
StudioParadise (Burbank, California)
Genre
Length56:57
LabelColumbia
ProducerWillie Nelson and Leon Russell
Willie Nelson
and Leon Russell chronology
Americana
(1978) 		One for the Road
(1979) 		Life and Love
(1979)

One for the Road is an album by the American musicians Willie Nelson and Leon Russell, released in 1979 as a double vinyl LP by Columbia Records.[2][3] Produced by the pair, the album was recorded in Leon's new facility, Paradise Studios, in Burbank, California. The album peaked at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, No. 3 on US country albums chart, No. 28 on the Canada albums chart, No. 1 on the Canada country albums chart and No. 11 on the New Zealand albums chart. The album has gold certification for sales of over 500,000 albums in the US and Canada .[4] It was re-released on CD in 1989, 2008 and 2017.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[5]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

The Boston Globe noted that "Nelson and Russell do have a few years, perhaps even a generation, on much of their audience, but this kind of lead weighted schmaltz is enough to make anyone old before his or her time."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Detour" (Paul Westmoreland) - 2:24
  2. "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) - 3:04
  3. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) - 3:00
  4. "Let the Rest of the World Go By" (Ernest Ball, J. Keirn Brennan) - 3:46
  5. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:40
  6. "Don't Fence Me In" (Cole Porter) - 2:25
  7. "The Wild Side of Life" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) - 3:21
  8. "Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette) - 3:20
  9. "Sioux City Sue" (Dick Thomas, Ray Freedman) - 3:15
  10. "You Are My Sunshine" (Charles Mitchell, Jimmie Davis) - 2:49
  11. "Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) - 3:58
  12. "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 2:16
  13. "Summertime" (Dudley Heyward, George Gershwin) - 2:27
  14. "Because of You" (Dudly Wilkinson) - 2:04
  15. "Am I Blue?" (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) - 2:16
  16. "Tenderly" (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross) - 3:58
  17. "Far Away Places" (Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney Kramer) - 3:08
  18. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) - 2:38
  19. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:35
  20. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:32

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 85
United States (Billboard 200) 25

Personnel

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Willie Nelson, Leon Russell One for the Road Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 582.
  3. ^ Willistein, Paul (2 Sep 1984). "'Living Legend' Is Returning for Allentown Fair Show Today". The Morning Call. p. F1.
  4. ^ All Music, One for the Road
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 499.
  7. ^ Jahnke, Art (10 Jan 1980). "Willie Nelson One for the Road". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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