Condition: Used
BILLY JOEL - PIANO MAN
Label: CBS distributed by Gramophone Record Co. (Pty)
Catalog#: ASF 1859
Issue: South Africa
Format: Vinyl LP
RECORD VG+ VG ++ (listen to our copy)
COVER is laminated with slight corner wear and minor ring wear on the back cover, with half inch fold marks along the top edge. (see our picture)
Country: Canada issue
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Track listing:
1. Travelin' Prayer
2. Piano Man
3. Ain't No Crime
4. You're My Home
5. Ballad Of Billy The Kid
6. Worse Comes To Worst
7. Stop In Nevada
8. If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
9. Somewhere Along The Line
10. Captain Jack
Album notes:
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.
Billy Joel - Piano Man
brilliant song, just really good early billy is great
Billy Joel - You're My Home
Supposedly this is from the concert from Sparks in Manhasset, NY sometime in the summer of 1981.
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