One for the Road | ||||
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Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Paradise (Burbank, California) | |||
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Length | 56:57 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Willie Nelson and Leon Russell | |||
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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.
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AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B−[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]
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 85 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 25 |
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