Pressin' On
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pressin' On
| type = Album
| artist = Billy Preston
| cover = Billy_Preston_Pressin_On_Album_Art.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Salty Dog Recording Studios (Van Nuys, California); Evergreen Studios (Burbank, California); Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (Hollywood, California).
| length =
| label = Motown
| producer = Billy Preston, Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Artie Butler
| prev_title = The Way I Am
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = On the Air
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |title=Pressin' On Billy Preston |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pressin-on-mw0000905619 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 July 2023}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}
}}
Pressin' On is a studio album by the American musician Billy Preston, released in 1982.{{cite news |last1=Leigh |first1=Spencer |title=Billy Preston |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/billy-preston-481336.html |work=The Independent |date=June 7, 2006}}{{cite book |last1=Betts |first1=Graham |title=Motown Encyclopedia |date=2014 |publisher=AC Publishing}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard's Recommended LPs |magazine=Billboard |date=Sep 11, 1982 |volume=94 |issue=36 |page=55}}
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, arrangements (1-4, 8)
- Bill Mays – additional keyboards
- Louis Johnson, Larry Lingle, Thom Rotella and David T. Walker – guitars
- Louis Johnson, Kenny Lee Lewis, Chuck Rainey and Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Gary Ferguson, James Gadson and Steve Schaeffer – drums
- Paulinho da Costa, Alan Estes, Victor Feldman and Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Heart Attack Horns – horns
- Ralph Benatar – horn and string arrangements, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7)
- David Blumberg – arrangements (9)
- William Henderson – concertmaster
- Maxi Anderson, Merry Clayton, Venetta Fields, Bunny Hull, Marlena Jeter, Sharon Robinson, Carla Vaughn, Tony Walthers, Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
= Production =
- Tony James – executive producer
- Ralph Benatar – producer (1-4, 6, 7)
- Billy Preston – producer (1-4, 8, 9)
- Galen Senogles – producer (1-4, 6, 7), engineer
- Artie Butler – producer (5)
- Rick Riccio – engineer
- Russ Terrana – engineer
- Tony Autore, Dean Knight, Murray McFadden, Deborah Scott and James Warmack – assistant engineers
- Johnny Lee – art direction
- Ian Campbell – design
- Norman Seeff – photography
References
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