The Way I Am (Billy Preston album)

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The Way I Am
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981
Studio Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Ocean Way Recording and NSP Studios (Hollywood, California); Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles, California).
Genre Soul
Length34.54
Label Motown
Producer Billy Preston (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 9), David Shire (track 8), David Paich (track 9), Bob Esty (track 1), Hal Davis (tracks 2, 3, 6), Berry Gordy Jr. (track 5), Paul Jabara (track 1), Marty Paich (tracks 4, 9), Arthur G. Wright (tracks 2, 3, 6), Russ Terrana (track 2, 6, 8), Suzee Ikeda (track 5)
Billy Preston chronology
Late at Night
(1979)
The Way I Am
(1981)
Pressin' On
(1982)
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The Way I Am is the fourteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1981. The album was arranged by Bob Esty, David Blumberg, Arthur G. Wright, Marty Paich, Gene Page and Billy Preston.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hope" (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara) – 3:19
  2. "Good Life Boogie" (Billy Preston) – 4:17
  3. "Keep on Truckin'" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Jr., Anita Poree) – 4:25
  4. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:57
  5. "Lay Your Feelings on Me" (Kay Lewis, Helen Lewis) – 4:20
  6. "I Won't Mistreat Your Love" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:57
  7. "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:18
  8. "Until Then" (Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene) – 3:34
  9. "The Way I Am" (David Paich) – 4:55

Personnel

Production

References

  1. The Way I Am at AllMusic