The Right Combination

The Right Combination
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)

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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

1. "Rock You to Your Socks" (Joey Carbone, Louis Lambert)
2. "Right Combination" (Keith Echols, Alice Sanderson, Anthony Miller)
3. "I'm So Proud" (Curtis Mayfield)
4. "Ain't No Love Lost" (Mayfield)
5. "It's Lovin' Time (Your Baby's Home)" (Bruce Wayne Gray)
6. "Love's Sweet Sensation" (Frankie Bleu)
7. "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

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