| Pressin' On | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Salty Dog Recording Studios (Van Nuys, California); Evergreen Studios (Burbank, California); Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (Hollywood, California). | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Billy Preston, Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Artie Butler | |||
| Billy Preston chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Pressin' On is a studio album by the American musician Billy Preston, released in 1982.[3][4] It was his final album released on Motown Records, although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single ("Since I Held You Close"). The song "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" was used for the Ed Asner/Jodie Foster film O'Hara's Wife. Norman Seeff was the photographer for the album's cover. The album was produced primarily by Preston, Galen Senogles, and Ralph Benatar.[5]
Track listing
- "Pressin' On" (Benny Medina, Billy Preston, Kerry Ashby) - 5:15
- "I'd Like to Go Back Home Again" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 5:05
- "Loving You Is Easy ('Cause You're Beautiful)" (Preston) - 4:17
- "Turn It Out" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 3:44
- "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" (Artie Butler, Molly Ann Leikin) - 3:39
- "Thanks But No Thanks" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles, Geoffrey Leib) - 3:54
- "Don't Try to Fight It" (Benatar, Senogles) - 4:18
- "I Love You So" (Preston) - 4:12
- "I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) - 3:52
Personnel
- Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements (1-4, 8)
- Bill Mays – additional keyboards
- Louis Johnson, Larry Lingle, Thom Rotella and David T. Walker – guitars
- Louis Johnson, Kenny Lee Lewis, Chuck Rainey and Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Gary Ferguson, James Gadson and Steve Schaeffer – drums
- Paulinho da Costa, Alan Estes, Victor Feldman and Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Heart Attack Horns – horns
- Ralph Benatar – horn and string arrangements, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7)
- David Blumberg – arrangements (9)
- William Henderson – concertmaster
- Maxi Anderson, Merry Clayton, Venetta Fields, Bunny Hull, Marlena Jeter, Sharon Robinson, Carla Vaughn, Tony Walthers, Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
Production
- Tony James – executive producer
- Ralph Benatar – producer (1-4, 6, 7)
- Billy Preston – producer (1-4, 8, 9)
- Galen Senogles – producer (1-4, 6, 7), engineer
- Artie Butler – producer (5)
- Rick Riccio – engineer
- Russ Terrana – engineer
- Tony Autore, Dean Knight, Murray McFadden, Deborah Scott and James Warmack – assistant engineers
- Johnny Lee – art direction
- Ian Campbell – design
- Norman Seeff – photography
References
- ↑ "Pressin' On Billy Preston". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
- ↑ Leigh, Spencer (June 7, 2006). "Billy Preston". The Independent.
- ↑ Betts, Graham (2014). Motown Encyclopedia. AC Publishing.
- ↑ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 36. Sep 11, 1982. p. 55.
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