I Wrote A Simple Song (studio album)
by Billy Preston

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I Wrote A Simple Song by Billy Preston
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 58,307th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 7 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (540th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (5,379th)
Award Best albums of all time (58,307th)

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Billy Preston bestography

I Wrote A Simple Song is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Billy Preston on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billy Preston is That's The Way God Planned It which is ranked number 31488 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26.

Billy Preston album bestography « Higher ranked (31,488th)
That's The Way God Planned It This album (58,307th)
I Wrote A Simple Song Lower ranked (64,019th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (2 out of 11 tracks have been rated).

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Should Have Known Better
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I Wrote A Simple Song
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John Henry
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Without A Song
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The Bus
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Outa Space
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The Looner Tune
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You Done Got Older
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God Is Great
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My Country 'Tis Of Thee
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 7 votes)
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