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Music : The Essential Billy Joel (2CD)
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The Essential Billy Joel (2CD) from: Sony List Price: $24.98 CD-Charts Price: $15.97 You Save: $9.01 (36%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 6969986005222 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 02, 2001 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 2032 MPN: 86005 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Early in his career, Billy Joel seemed cynical about fame, even as that distrust bore strange fruit: mainstream superstardom (thanks to "Just the Way You Are," "Honesty," and "My Life") and multiple Grammy awards, as well as the critic's-whipping-boy status that went with them. Maybe it was that restlessness--or undiluted cynicism--that inspired left turns into roots and nostalgia (the spunky "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me," "You May Be Right," "Uptown Girl," and "The Longest Time") as his career peaked. Perhaps not surprisingly, not long after Joel's songs seemed to find their most satisfying balance of angst and mature reflection on songs like "Storm Front" and "River of Dreams," he threatened to bolt the pop music business altogether. The 2001 recordings of "Waltz No. 1" and "Invention in C Minor" that round out this set are the unlikely products of Joel's commitment to classical music. Billy Joel remains both a true, if oft-lambasted, American pop icon and that rarest of animals: a bonafide crowd-pleaser with a serious case of 'tude. Both are well chronicled here. --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Billy throat gruffBilly Joel has a past, a rock and roll NY garage band secret that is hidden from this so-called "Essential" two CD set. This flip/flop CD set begins with his break out hit "Piano Man", a self-reveralional look at me! Dammit Look at Me! If that didn't make it sure then howabout. "The Entertainer"? or "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"? (At least that song was covered by Ronnie Spector with Bruce Springsteen's E St. Band backing and a terrific 45). Billy continued to write what he knew," NY State of Mind", etc.., but a songwriter has to have a standard, a song that would be sung by Steve Lawrence, Al Martino, and scored by elevators. "Just the Way You Are" made it and offered a lifetime envelope of bucks. With that security, ... Read More: Rating:  - Talented Artist Billy JoelTalent Talent Talent. What can you say about Talent and Real Achievement. "The Essential Billy Joel" includes "Say Goodbye To Hollywood", "Honesty", "Don't Ask Me Why" and "New York State Of Mind". Billy Joel has become involved in the 2008 Presidential Race. Interestingly, in the 2008 Presidential Primary race, New York Senator Hillary Clinton earned more Votes than any other Presidential Primary candidate in American history (hillaryclintonforum, the denver group) Rating: - Just the creamI can't think of anything that's missing from this album, except maybe "Why Should I Worry" which he did for the animated movie Oliver and Company. Disney must have all the rights, because I don't see it on his regular albums. Probably wasn't enough of a "hit" but I wouldn't mind having a copy of that one. Rating: - I love BillyThis collection is really great, a few harder to find hits such as "Honesty" and "An Innocent Man" as well as some others. It spans pretty much all decades of Billy's career. I just wish they had included "Pressure". Rating: - 'Essential' is right!Everything you could want from his long career history of music is here. Definitely 'essential'! Highly recommended! |
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