I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU
REALLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU
REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU, LORD
BUT IT TAKES SO LONG, MY LORD
Encouraging Words
is the
fifth studio album
by American
soul musician
released in
September 1970
on Apple Records.
It was the last
of Preston's
two albums for
the Beatles' Apple label,
after which he moved to
A&M Records.
The album was
co-produced by
George Harrison
and Preston.
Harrison's songs
"All Things Must Pass"
and
"My Sweet Lord"
were issued here
for the first time,
two months before
his own recordings
appeared on
his triple album
All Things Must Pass.
Released as a single,
Preston's
"My Sweet Lord"
peaked at number 90
on the US
Billboard Hot 100 chart
in February 1971
but the album failed
to chart in Britain
or America.
Despite its lack of
commercial success,
Encouraging Words
is considered by some
commentators to be
among the best
Apple albums
released by an
artist other than
the Beatles
or one of the
band members.
The album was reissued
in 1993
and 2010
with Preston's
non-album single
"All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It to You)"
among the
bonus tracks.
Background and songs
As on the previous year's
That's the Way God Planned It,
Billy Preston worked closely
with
George Harrison
on the album.
With the Beatles'
career essentially over,
after John Lennon had
privately announced
his departure
from the band
in September 1969,
Harrison dedicated himself
to projects by
his Apple signings
such as Preston,
Doris Troy
and devotees
from the London
Radha Krishna Temple.
On Encouraging Words,
he co-produced
with Preston
and contributed
as a musician,
backing vocalist
and songwriter.
Typical of Preston's approach
to developing his
songs over time,
some of the album's tracks
were first recorded
during the sessions for
That's the Way God Planned It.
"Let the Music Play"
and
"Use What You Got"
dated from his time on
Capitol Records,
the label to which he
was signed until,
shortly after Preston
played on
the Beatles'
Let It Be sessions
in January 1969,
Harrison organized
for his transferral to
the Beatles' Apple label.
"You've Been Acting Strange",
written by
Ronnie Lee Williams,
was a song that
Preston rehearsed
with the Beatles
during the
same sessions.
Encouraging Words
also contains
"I've Got a Feeling",
a Lennon–McCartney song
from
Let It Be,
which remained unreleased
until May 1970.
Harrison let Preston
record his composition
"All Things Must Pass",
which the Beatles
had also rehearsed
in January 1969.
"Sing One for the Lord",
written by
Harrison and Preston,
was one of the
first recordings
the pair made together,
in February 1969.
In a 1971 interview,
Preston said of
their respective
cross-denominational approach: "
The names change:
his is Krishna;
mine is Christ.
The spiritual promotion
praising God,
chanting,
spreading it,
turning people onto it
these are the things
we have in common."
TRACKLIST
Right Now
Little Girl
Use What You Got
My Sweet Lord
Let The Music Play
The Same Thing Again
I've Got A Feeling
Sing One For The Lord
When You Are Mine
I Don't Want You To Pretend
Encouraging Words
All Things (Must) Pass
You've Been Acting Strange
As Long As I Got My Baby
All That I've Got
(I'm Gonna Give It To You)
How Long Has The Train Been Gone
Here,There and Everywhere
Get Back
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