One for the Road (Willie Nelson and Leon Russell album)


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. 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. It was re-released on CD in 1989, 2008 and 2017.

Critical reception

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."

Track listing

  1. "Detour" - 2:24
  2. "I Saw the Light" - 3:04
  3. "Heartbreak Hotel" - 3:00
  4. "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - 3:46
  5. "Trouble in Mind" - 2:40
  6. "Don't Fence Me In" - 2:25
  7. "The Wild Side of Life" - 3:21
  8. "Ridin' Down the Canyon" - 3:20
  9. "Sioux City Sue" - 3:15
  10. "You Are My Sunshine" - 2:49
  11. "Danny Boy" - 3:58
  12. "Always" - 2:16
  13. "Summertime" - 2:27
  14. "Because of You" - 2:04
  15. "Am I Blue?" - 2:16
  16. "Tenderly" - 3:58
  17. "Far Away Places" - 3:08
  18. "That Lucky Old Sun" - 2:38
  19. "Stormy Weather" - 2:35
  20. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" - 2:32

Personnel