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Piano Man-Very Best Of (Import) (CD)

By: Billy Joel (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Piano Man-Very Best Of (Import) (CD) Album By Billy Joel (Artist)
1   Tell Her About It  
2   Uptown Girl  
3   Don't Ask Me  
4   Piano Man - Radio Edit  
5   New York State Of Mind  
6   River Of Dreams, The  
7   It's Still Rock And Roll To Me  
8   We Didn't Start The Fire - Single Version  
9   Goodnight Saigon  
10   My Life  
11   She's Always A Woman  
12   She's Got A Way  
13   Scandinavian Skies  
14   Innocent Man, An  
15   Movin' Out - Anthony's Song  
16   Only The Good Die Young  
17   All About Soul - Radio Edit  
18   Honesty  
19   Just The Way You Are - Radio Edit  
 

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This nineteen track 'best of' collection brings together classic moments from Billy Joel's career so far. Featuring the Joel's classic MOR sound the album includes four UK top ten hits and his only UK number one single, 'Uptown Girl', which was released back in October 1983.

Title Note

The title track from Billy Joel's major label debut, 1973's PIANO MAN, became a smash hit, and put the singer-songwriter/piano player on the musical map for good. A story-song, the verses consist of character sketches given by the resident musician at a bar-lounge, and these build toward a sweeping, melodically infectious chorus, and a melancholic, carnivalesque refrain. The tune demonstrates Joel's flair for narrative and lyrical detail, as well as his unmistakable knack for a catchy hook--qualities that would be the bedrock of his success through the 1970s and '80s.

Joel was still developing his trademark style here, and while the rest of the album doesn't quite measure up to the strength of "Piano Man," it fits quite neatly into the rubric of the one-man folk-rock artists of the era (namely Elton John, but also acoustic guitar-wielding troubadours like Harry Chapin). Still, there is evidence of Joel's signature tendencies throughout, like the tender love ballad "You're My Home" and the closer, "Captain Jack," a character-heavy story-song on the order of the title song. On the whole, PIANO MAN is an important step in Joel's development, and contains the musical and lyrical seeds that would sprout to full flower on albums like THE STRANGER, and subsequently catapult the artist to singer-songwriter stardom.

Album Description

This nineteen track 'best of' collection brings together classic moments from Billy Joel's career so far. Featuring the Joel's classic MOR sound the album includes four UK top ten hits and his only UK number one single, 'Uptown Girl', which was released back in October 1983.

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