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The Way I Am (Billy Preston album)

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Released
  
10 November 1981

Length
  
34.54

Artist
  
Billy Preston

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Recorded
  
March–May 1981

The Way I Am(1981)
  
Pressin' On(1982)

Release date
  
10 November 1981

Genre
  
Soul music

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Producers
  
Billy Preston, David Shire, David Paich, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, Paul Jabara, Marty Paich, Arthur G. Wright

Similar
  
Billy Preston albums, Soul music albums

Hope


The Way I Am is the fourteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1981. The album was arranged by Bob Esty, David Blumberg, Arthur G. Wright, Marty Paich, Gene Page and Billy Preston.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hope" (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara) – 3:19
  2. "Good Life Boogie" (Preston) – 4:17
  3. "Keep On Truckin" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Jr., Anita Poree) – 4:25
  4. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:57
  5. "Lay Your Feelings On Me" (Kay Lewis, Helen Lewis) – 4:20
  6. "I Won't Mistreat Your Love" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:57
  7. "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:18
  8. "Until Then" (Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene) – 3:34
  9. "The Way I Am" (David Paich) – 4:55

Personnel

  • Billy Preston: Piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, vocals.
  • Bobby Kimball: Backing vocals.
  • Steve Lukather: Guitars.
  • David Paich: Keyboard, piano.
  • David Hungate: Bass guitar.
  • Steve Porcaro: Keyboards.
  • Jeff Porcaro: Drums.
  • Ollie Brown: Drums
  • William Bryant: Keyboards
  • Dave Budimir: Synthesizer
  • Reginald "Sonny" Burke: Keyboards
  • Nathan East: Bass
  • Charles Fearing: Guitar
  • James Gadson: Drums
  • Marlo Henderson: Guitar
  • Paul Jackson, Jr.: Guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel: Bass
  • Mike Lang: Keyboards
  • Reggie McBride: Bass
  • Greg Poree: Guitar
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin: Guitar
  • Red Rhodes: Guitar
  • Herman Riley: Saxophone
  • David Shire: Keyboards
  • Rick Shlosser: Drums
  • Syreeta Wright: Backing Vocals
  • Trevor Veitch: Guitar
  • David T. Walker: Guitar
  • Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington: Bass
  • Eddie N. Watkins, Jr.: Bass
  • Nathan Watts: Bass
  • Les Hurdle: Bass
  • Marvin Charlot: Bass
  • Arthur G. Wright: Guitar
  • Oma Drake, Mona Lisa Young, Terry Young, Mike Reed, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland, Stephanie Spruill, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters: Backing vocals

    • References

    The Way I Am (Billy Preston album) Wikipedia
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