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Billy Joel
Billy Joel (born William Martin Joel; May 9, 1949) is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist of all-time, according...
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Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor was Billy Joel's first solo album, and was released in 1971. He had already released several albums as a member of the bands The Hassles (1966 to 1969) and Attila (1970). This was his first solo effort. It was released by Family...
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- Nov 1971
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- 1,814.36 s (30.2393 min )
Piano Man
Piano Man is a rock album by Billy Joel, released in 1973. Piano Man, Joel's second album and his first with Columbia Records, emerged out of legal difficulties with his former label, Family Productions, and became his breakthrough album. However,...
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- Nov 2, 1973
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- 2,620.267 s (43.67112 min )
Streetlife Serenade
Streetlife Serenade is Billy Joel's third album, and his second with Columbia Records.
Streetlife Serenade was released in 1974 (see 1974 in music), after the hit songs "Piano Man" and "Captain Jack" from the album Piano Man. The album did not enjoy...
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- Oct 11, 1974
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- 2,272.293 s (37.87155 min )
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Turnstiles
Turnstiles was the fourth album by Billy Joel, released in 1976. In part, the album was made to celebrate Joel's return to New York City after his sojourn in California. Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", "New...
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- May 1976
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- 2,190 s (36.5 min )
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The Stranger
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by musician Billy Joel, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). While his four previous albums had been moderate chart successes, this was his breakthrough album, spending 6 weeks at #2 in the U.S. album charts....
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- Sep 1977
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- 2,569.2 s (42.82 min )
52nd Street
52nd Street is the sixth studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1978. It was also the first of many Joel albums to top the Billboard charts, along with his third and fourth Grammy win. (see 1978 in music). 52nd Street also became, in 1982, the...
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- Oct 1978
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- 2,430.333 s (40.50555 min )
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Glass Houses
Glass Houses is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." The album itself topped...
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- Mar 1980
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- 2,109.693 s (35.16155 min )
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Songs in the Attic
Songs in the Attic is the first live album by Billy Joel, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).
At the time of its release, it was unique as being the first widely available appearance of music from his first album, Cold Spring Harbor from 1971....
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- Sep 10, 1981
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- 2,900 s (48.33 min )
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The Nylon Curtain
The Nylon Curtain is the eighth studio album by Billy Joel. It was released by Columbia Records on September 23, 1982 and produced by Phil Ramone.
The Nylon Curtain peaked at number seven in the Billboard album charts, with two million sales in the...
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- Sep 23, 1982
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- 2,517.627 s (41.96045 min )
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An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man is the 9th album by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). It became one of his best-charted albums since Glass Houses, going directly to #2 in the UK. It featured three Billboard Top 10 hit...
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- Aug 1983
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- 2,426 s (40.43 min )
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Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II
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- 1985
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- 3,326.307 s (55.43845 min )
The Bridge
The Bridge is Billy Joel's 10th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1986 (see 1986 in music) and it was produced by Phil Ramone. This album had several successful singles, including "A Matter of Trust" (peaking at #10), "Modern Woman" (from...
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- Jul 1986
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- 2,435.36 s (40.5893 min )
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Kontsert
Концерт (Russian transliteration: Kontsert; English: Concert English pronunciation: /kɒnˈtsɛrt/), commonly corrupted to Kohuept, is the second live album by Billy Joel, released in 1987. The album was recorded during the Soviet leg of Joel's 1987...
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- Oct 1987
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- 4,383.56 s (73.0593 min )
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Storm Front
Storm Front is the 11th studio album by Billy Joel and his first to be recorded digitally. Released in 1989 (see 1989 in music), the album featured one of Joel's three #1 hits, "We Didn't Start the Fire", a fast-paced song mentioning some of the...
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- Oct 1989
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- 2,699.96 s (44.9993 min )
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River of Dreams
River of Dreams is the twelfth studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1993. This is the last pop album made by Joel, and presented a much more serious tone as a whole, dealing with issues such as trust and long-lasting love; it was rumored that the...
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- Aug 10, 1993
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- 2,975.72 s (49.5953 min )
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Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997
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- Aug 19, 1997
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- 4,578.827 s (76.31378 min )
The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997
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- 1997
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- 3,326.227 s (55.43712 min )
Greatest Hits
Billy Joel's Greatest Hits discs are a collection released in two sets. The first, released in 1985, contained the first two discs. The second was released in 1997. All songs but the last three, "To Make You Feel My Love", "Hey Girl" and "Light as...
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- Oct 20, 1998
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- 3,186.493 s (53.10822 min )
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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. (see 2000 in music).
The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, though some alterations were...
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- May 2, 2000
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- 3,724.493 s (62.07488 min )
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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (disc 2)
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- May 2, 2000
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- 4,009.027 s (66.81712 min )
The Essential Billy Joel
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- Oct 2, 2001
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- 4,631.827 s (77.19712 min )
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
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- Nov 15, 2004
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- 4,788.907 s (79.81512 min )
12 Gardens Live
12 Gardens Live is a Sony music compilation of songs performed by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel during a record run of twelve sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in early 2006. It was released on June 13, 2006....
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- Jun 13, 2006
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Live USA
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Retold, Volume 3
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To Make You Feel My Love
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Fantasies & Delusions
Fantasies & Delusions is the first album of Billy Joel's classical compositions, released in 2001. (see 2001 in music). The pieces were performed by Richard Joo. The album was originally recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, NY with help...
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- Sep 28, 2001
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The Essential Billy Joel
The Essential Billy Joel is a Sony music compilation of songs by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel. It was released on October 2, 2001, and has been certified Double Platinum by the RIAA. In conjunction with the release of the album, The...
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- Oct 2, 2001
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My Lives
My Lives is a Sony music compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel. It was released November 22, 2005. The album name is a derivative of the Billy Joel song "My...
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- Nov 22, 2005
Piano Man: The Very Best of
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel is a greatest hits album, by Billy Joel, originally released on 15 November 2004 on its own, but the album was re-released on 10 July 2006, with a DVD also in the package. The CD contains 18 of his biggest hits...
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- Nov 15, 2004
All My Life
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Tell Her About It
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Uptown Girl
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12 Gardens Live (disc 1)
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The Stranger (disc 1)
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The Stranger (disc 2)
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The Ultimate Collection
The Ultimate Collection is a double-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. It was first released by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in December 2000, and subsequently issued in the most of European and Oceanian countries...
