Billy Joel - The Stranger [Remaster]
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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 Binding Audio CD. Artist(s): Billy Joel. Publisher(s): Sony Music Canada. Label: Sony Music Canada. Format: Enhanced.
| Manufacturer: | Sony Music Canada Inc. |
| Part Number: | CK69384 |
| Lowest Price (CAD): | $26.46 |
Product Features |
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| Artist : | Billy Joel |
| Brand : | Sony Mid-Price |
| Director : | Billy Joel |
| Distributor : | Sony |
| Format : | CD |
| music_track : | Everybody Has a Dream |
