Pressin' On

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Pressin' On
Billy Preston Pressin On Album Art.jpg
Studio album by
Billy Preston
Released1982
StudioSalty 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
The Way I Am
(1981)		Pressin' On
(1982)		 On the Air
(1984)
Professional ratings
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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]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pressin' On" (Benny Medina, Billy Preston, Kerry Ashby) - 5:15
  2. "I'd Like to Go Back Home Again" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 5:05
  3. "Loving You Is Easy ('Cause You're Beautiful)" (Preston) - 4:17
  4. "Turn It Out" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 3:44
  5. "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" (Artie Butler, Molly Ann Leikin) - 3:39
  6. "Thanks But No Thanks" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles, Geoffrey Leib) - 3:54
  7. "Don't Try to Fight It" (Benatar, Senogles) - 4:18
  8. "I Love You So" (Preston) - 4:12
  9. "I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) - 3:52

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Pressin' On Billy Preston". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  3. ↑ Leigh, Spencer (June 7, 2006). "Billy Preston". The Independent.
  4. ↑ Betts, Graham (2014). Motown Encyclopedia. AC Publishing.
  5. ↑ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 36. Sep 11, 1982. p. 55.
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