The Essential Billy Joel

The Essential Billy Joel Artist: Billy Joel
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 696998600546
EAN: 0696998600546
ASIN: B00005Q45Z


Release Date: 2001-10-02

The Essential Billy Joel


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Tracks:

  1. Piano Man
  2. You're My Home
  3. Captain Jack
  4. Entertainer
  5. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  6. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  7. New York State of Mind
  8. She's Always a Woman
  9. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  10. Only the Good Die Young
  11. Just the Way You Are
  12. Honesty
  13. My Life
  14. It's Still Rock & Roll to Me
  15. You May Be Right
  16. Don't Ask Me Why
  17. She's Got a Way
  18. Allentown

Tracks:

  1. Goodnight Saigon
  2. Innocent Man
  3. Uptown Girl
  4. Longest Time
  5. Tell Her About It
  6. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
  7. Matter of Trust
  8. Baby Grand - Ray Charles, Billy Joel
  9. I Go to Extremes
  10. We Didn't Start the Fire
  11. Leningrad
  12. Downeaster "Alexa"
  13. And So It Goes
  14. River of Dreams
  15. All About Soul [Remix]
  16. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
  17. Waltz #1 (Nunley's Carousel) - Richard Joo
  18. Invention in C Minor - Richard Joo

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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. <I>--Jerry McCulley</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars MARVELOUS COLLECTION!!!.......2007-05-06

This is the pure Billy Joel; I was always waiting for a collection like this; every song in my favourite song, all of this album is perfect, for me is teh most complete compilation of Billy Joel's songs, from the mystic PIANO MAN, the finest song HONESTY, the great ballads JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, SHE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN and INNOCENT MAN, great rhythms like ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG, DON'T ASK ME WHY, RIVER OF DREAMS and MY LIFE, fast rockers like WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE, GO TO THE EXTREME, humanitarian songs like GOODNIGHT SAIGON, and lullabyes like AND SO IT GOES and GOODNIGHT MY ANGEL; also it has two instrumental piano compositions whom are very brillant... the work of a GENIUS!!!

5 out of 5 stars A great compilation very much like the three Greatest Hits discs.......2007-04-04

First,three volumes of GREATEST HITS material,and now this essential compilation covering Billy Joel's career,spanning exactly three decades,at the time of this release. However,the last two tracks on disc two are instrumental classical pieces which were recorded following Joel's semi-retirement from pop/rock music. The other tracks that Joel's fans know and love were all previously released. Some of them never made it to the GREATEST HITS compilations,one of them being LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE from 1983's AN INNOCENT MAN. As for SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD,a fan will wonder before purchasing this item,if the track is the TURNSTILES studio version or the live version from SONGS IN THE ATTIC. I would buy this item just for the classical tracks. Anyway,it's an excellent compilation.

5 out of 5 stars Joe's Review.......2007-01-05

I really enjoyed this CD and made it a part of my collection. I then went back and bought a second copy for my son who is a big BJ fan.

5 out of 5 stars The Piano Man Strikes Back.......2006-12-14

Billy Joel fans will love this. If you don't like Billy Joel, don't bother, cause that's all it is! Some fans may be disappointed that some songs didn't make it ("Big Shot"), but it is a good selection of his best.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. 80's Navi ~ Various Artists
  2. A Tribute to Whitney Houston ~ Various Artists
  3. Tenacious D ~ Tenacious D
  4. Rose Kennedy/Negatif
  5. Toto ~ Toto
  6. Enigma Grotesque ~ Sorg
  7. Return to Central ~ Bis
  8. For the People ~ Brutus
  9. Emergency Broadcast System Samples ~ Various Artists
  10. Ill Gotten Hatred ~ Confront James

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Where to Now ~ Vic Stevens Mistaken Identities

Passing Tones ~ Joanie Pallatto

It's Crazy, But I'm in Love ~ Freddy Cole

Born on a Friday ~ Cleo Laine

Iste ~ Mustafa Sandal

Visit to Ireland ~ Various Artists

Aijo/Can't Hold Me Back ~ Yuki Koyanagi

Glider ~ Indigo

Ashitagaarusa: Aoshima Yukio Sa ~ Various Artists

Celtic Moods ~ The Gardyne Chamber Ensemble