The Stranger - Billy Joel

Only the best album ever made! (187 words)
by trinity14 - written on 09/08/08 (Useful, 6 readings)
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The first reviewer gives a wonderful description of the album, so I ll just say what I can. If you want to give one defining album that describes B Billy Joel s talents totally, then this album is it. From Just The Way You Are - a great love song with very clever lyrics and such a simple tune, to Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - an epic tale of friends and days gone by, and then to Only The Good Die Young, rather a good dig at the Catholic faith. This album has it all, and then some. The music is great, he finally had the band he wanted all together on an album, with the right producer - Phil Ramone - and they obviously thoroughly enjoyed themselves... and it ...

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Not Strange at All! (2050 words)
by TheChocolateLady - written on 29/09/05 (Very useful, 364 readings)
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along that will make you say "ahhhhh, perfect". Looking back over all of the music I ve listened to over the years, without a doubt, one of those albums is B Billy Joel s "The Stranger". And to think, this artist almost faded into oblivion after four albums that didn t do too terribly well, with the exception of the title track from his second album "Piano Man". The phrase "one hit wonder" was almost tagged onto Joel, but when "The Stranger" came out - starting with a bang with the hit song "Just the way you are" (which was only the first hit from this album) - it was obvious that here was a real talent that was ...

The Ultimate Collection - Billy Joel

Ultimate Is Right (249 words)
by MaynardRob - written on 04/08/01, updated on 04/08/01 (Very useful, 64 readings)
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to say the least. People know that this is not at all my kind of music but I enjoy it nonetheless, and in my life I've heard none better to relax to. B Billy Joel will forever be known as a superb artist, who started music to earn money for his family, but became much more than that in the years that followed. If you are a first-time Billy fan then I strongly recommend this, unless you have the money for his other 13 albums.....(!) ...