Pressin' On
Appearance
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 | |||
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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
- "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, synthesizer
- David T. Walker, Larry Lingle, Louis Johnson, Thom Rotella - guitar
- Chuck Rainey, Kenny Lee Lewis, Louis Johnson, Neil Stubenhaus - bass
- Bill Mays - additional keyboards
- Gary Ferguson, James Gadson, Steve Schaeffer - drums
- Alan Estes, Bobbye Hall, Paulinho da Costa, Victor Feldman - percussion
- Dorothy Ashby - harp
- Heart Attack Horns - horns
- Bunny Hull, Carla Vaughn, Julia Tillman Waters, Marlena Jeter, Maxi Anderson, Maxine Willard Waters, Merry Clayton, Sharon Robinson, Tony Walthers, Venetta Fields - backing vocals
- Ralph Benatar - string and horn arrangements
- William Henderson - concertmaster
- David Blumberg - arrangement on "I Came to Rest in You"
- Technical
- Galen Senogles, Rick Riccio, Russ Terrana - engineer
- Tony James - executive producer
- Johnny Lee - art direction
- Norman Seeff - photography