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Pressin' On
Studio album by
Released1982
StudioSalty Dog Recording Studios, Van Nuys, California; Evergreen Studios, Burbank, California; Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelMotown
ProducerBilly Preston, Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Artie Butler
Billy Preston chronology
The Way I Am
(1981)
Pressin' On
(1982)
On the Air
(1984)

Pressin' On is the fifteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1982. 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.

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

Technical
  • Galen Senogles, Rick Riccio, Russ Terrana - engineer
  • Tony James - executive producer
  • Johnny Lee - art direction
  • Norman Seeff - photography