The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil is the seventh duet album by Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, released on January 3, 1972. It included the humorous "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home" (in which a wife leaves her husband, taking their trailer with her, leaving him abandoned and homeless), which became a concert favorite.
The two title songs, "The Right Combination" and "Burning the Midnight Oil" were both top twenty hits on the U.S. country chart; the album reached #6 on the country albums chart.
Track listing
Track listing, writing credits and track length adapted from LP sleeve.[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "More Than Words Can Tell" | Porter Wagoner | 2:44 |
| 2. | "The Right Combination" | Porter Wagoner | 2:52 |
| 3. | "I've Been This Way Too Long" | Dolly Parton | 2:40 |
| 4. | "In Each Love Some Pain Must Fall" | Dolly Parton | 2:04 |
| 5. | "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home" | Dave Kirby, Don Stock | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Burning the Midnight Oil" | Porter Wagoner | 1:45 |
| 7. | "Somewhere Along the Way" | Dolly Parton | 3:06 |
| 8. | "On and On" | Eddie Sovine | 2:03 |
| 9. | "Through Thick and Thin" | Bill Owens | 2:01 |
| 10. | "The Fog Has Lifted" | Porter Wagoner | 2:18 |
