Length 40:03 Release date 25 June 1971 Label A&M Records | ||
Released 8 November 1971 (US)14 January 1972 (UK) Recorded February, August−September 1971 I Wrote a Simple Song(1971) Music Is My life(1972) Similar Billy Preston albums, Rock music albums | ||
Billy preston i wrote a simple song 1971 full album
I Wrote a Simple Song is the sixth studio album by Billy Preston. Released in 1971, this was his first for A&M Records.
Contents
- Billy preston i wrote a simple song 1971 full album
- Billy preston i wrote a simple song
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Billy preston i wrote a simple song
Reception
This album continued Preston's inclusion of gospel-themed songs which had started with the 1967 album Club Meeting. Preston's friend George Harrison supplied dobro accompaniment on the title track.
The instrumental "Outa-Space" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1973. It was also one of the clarion calls for the coming importance of the Hohner Clavinet in popular music.
Track listing
All songs by Billy Preston and Joe Greene, except where noted.
Side One
- "Should Have Known Better" – 2:28
- "I Wrote a Simple Song" – 3:28
- "John Henry" (Preston, Robert Sam) – 3:15
- "Without a Song" (William Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans) – 4:57
- "The Bus" – 3:32
Side Two
- "Outa-Space" – 4:08
- "The Looner Tune" (Preston, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland) – 2:47
- "You Done Got Older" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:08
- "Swing Down Chariot" (Traditional; arranged by Billy Preston and Joe Greene) – 4:13
- "God Is Great" – 3:32
- "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (Traditional) – 4:27
Personnel
Songs
1Should Have Known Better2:28
2I Wrote a Simple Song3:28
3John Henry3:15
References
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