Late at Night (Billy Preston album)

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Late at Night
Late At Night.jpg
Studio album by
Billy Preston
Released1979
Recorded1977–1979
StudioMotown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).
Genre Soul
Length39:35
Label Motown
Producer Billy Preston;
David Shire & James Di Pasquale on "With You I'm Born Again"
Billy Preston chronology
A Whole New Thing
(1977)		Late at Night
(1979)		 The Way I Am
(1981)

Late at Night is a studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1979, and his debut for Motown Records. It includes his hit duet with Syreeta Wright, "With You I'm Born Again", from the film Fast Break . The album peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Omaha World-Herald wrote that "Preston's strutting music often has a Ray Charles feel." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Give It Up, Hot" (Billy Preston, Ronnie Vann, Bruce Fisher) – 5:59
  2. "Late at Night" (Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene) – 4:49
  3. "All I Wanted Was You" (Preston, Carol Connors) – 4:43
  4. "You" (Preston, Gloria Jones, Richard Jones) – 4:25
  5. "I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) – 3:52
  6. "It Will Come in Time" (Preston) – 4:57
  7. "Lovely Lady" (Preston, Jack Ackerman) – 3:52
  8. "With You I'm Born Again" (David Shire, Carol Connors) – 3:38
  9. "Sock-It, Rocket" (Preston) – 3:10

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Billy Preston". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Late at Night at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 Smith, Will (14 Aug 1979). "New Sounds". Omaha World-Herald. p. 12.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 266.
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