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It's one of the cruel ironies of music today that Billy Joel has been relegated to a kind of adult-contemporary hell, where his legacy is measured by soft-rock staples such as "Just the Way You Are," "Piano Man," and "New York State of Mind." To be sure, well-crafted ballads are a part of his legacy, but they're hardly the whole story, as this collection of his early and mid-period hits amply demonstrates. From the unbridled biographical boasting of "The Entertainer" and the ambitious storytelling of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" to the careening abandon of "Only the G
It's one of the cruel ironies of music today that Billy Joel has been relegated to a kind of adult-contemporary hell, where his legacy is measured by soft-rock staples such as "Just the Way You Are," "Piano Man," and "New York State of Mind." To be sure, well-crafted ballads are a part of his legacy, but they're hardly the whole story, as this collection of his early and mid-period hits amply demonstrates. From the unbridled biographical boasting of "The Entertainer" and the ambitious storytelling of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" to the careening abandon of "Only the Good Die Young" and the thoughtful social commentary of "Allentown," Joel was as complete an artist as the last three decades have produced. --Daniel Durchholz
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Manufacturer: Columbia
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0074644012125 UPC: 074644012125
Tags: Rock (1), Usa (1), John Mahoney (1), Mick Jones (1), Pop (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), Dave Bargeron (1)
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