The Essential Billy Joel (2CD)

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Description: J J 0 0 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 J ... (more)

Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 2 October 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0696998600522 UPC: 696998600522

Tags: Rock (1), Usa (1), John Mahoney (1), Mick Jones (1), Pop (1), Best (1), Singer-songwriter (1), American (1), Composer (1), Pianist (1), Soft Rock (1), Mingo Lewis (1), Jr. (1), Jewish (1), United States (1), Ray Charles (1), Mike Tyler (1), Cyndi Lauper (1), Michael Brecker (1), David Sanborn (1)

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