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The Stranger by: Billy Joel List Price: $11.98 CD-Charts Price: $7.97 You Save: $4.01 (33%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646938423 Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 20, 1998 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 2291 MPN: 69384 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: This, pop superstar Joel's breakout LP, came years after he first hit the charts with the novelty-ish "Piano Man." In the meantime, the New York-based songwriter released two lackluster and stylistically confused platters that blunted interesting songs with a sound that was neither Elton mellow nor Elton attitude. Produced by Phil Ramone, The Stranger took those who had written Joel off as a one-hit wonder by surprise ("Just the Way You Are" was among the biggest hits of 1977) and it remains a solid introduction to Joel's restless muse at a crucial point in his career. It invited a few comparisons to Bruce Springsteen, with its prominent sax breaks, hard-edged rebel-rockers ("Only the Good Die Young"), and slice-of-life dramatics ("Scenes From an Italian Restaurant"), recounting life in a lower middle-class (Eastern Urban) setting; but Joel's chameleonic, formalist approach to pop wasn't to be so easily pigeonholed (Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man...). --Don Harrison Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - oldies but goodiesthis is a classic album that everyone knows. I already listen to the tape all the time and am just trying to upgrade to keep up with the times Rating: - The album that introduced Billy JoelThe is the album (or I should say CD) that defined Billy Joel as a pop music force. It is truly some of his best work. While he was already recognized by "Piano Man" and a few other songs that got FM airplay, he had not produced any big selling albums before this one came out in 1977. The songs "Movin Out" and "Just the Way you Are", along with "She's Always a Woman" and "Only the Good Die Young" were, and still are, hugely popular. If you haven't heard the whole album, you have to give a listen to "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and "The Stranger". I listened to this for the first time in years, and was reminded what a talented and prolific songwriter Billy Joel is. Rating:  - Used goods sold as newI bought this product and the last track was scratched. Strange for a new CD right. I am still awaiting a refund. Rating: - 5 Star Music + Great Sound, Besides!I won't write a lengthy, positive review. On that score, I'll just say that this is one of those rare albums/tapes/CDs whare ALL the songs got heavy radio play (U2's "Joshua Tree" is another). My point in writing is that, having had this on CD since at least the early '90s, I finally (10 years later!) got this 1998 24-bit remastered version from amazon.com. It has *so* much more life, detail and space to it than the original CD version. I don't (yet) have an SACD player, so I can't comment on that critically acclaimed version; and the jury seems to be out on this year's remaster. This, though, I can highly recommend. Btw, this isn't an exercise in nostalgia ... this is timeless music. Rating: - The Album that turned the Piano Man's keys of ivory into rightfully Platinum and a long legendary career 30 years onNew York native Billy Joel released his fifth album The Stranger in November of 1977. Prior to The Stranger, Billy was almost seen as a pop one-hit wonder thanks to the title track from his 1973 album Piano Man (despite the fact FM rock stations played "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind"). However, pop radio ignored him. It was in the summer of 1977 that Billy and producer Phil Ramone (famed for work with The Carpenters and Paul Simon) went into A&R Recording Studios in New York to record Billy's fourth album for Columbia, which (had it not sold) might have been his last time at bat. Is the album the classic it is or some artifact from a bygone time, read on and find out. We start the album with a great rocker out of "Movin' ... Read More: |
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