Best Billy Joel Studio Albums

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	"Every song is excellent. It edges out The Stranger because of its excellent musicianship due to some great  session players.."

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	"This is the album that is generally regarded as a classic with Billy at the height of his songwriting powers. You can really see the gutsy New York boxer in him with many of the classics."

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	"This is a massively underratted album. Billy's piano playing is both graceful and playful. This album was meant to have been rushed!"

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	"A really depressed album full of Beatlesque moments and aching lyrics. It has a lonely and empty feel but is none the less compelling."

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	"This album confirmed Billy as a worldwide star. This is an enjoyable reminisce of the sounds of his youth from Motown to Frankie Valli but given Billy's fantastic melodies."

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	"Like Streetlife Serenade, very influenced by his western location. His first album for Columbia has many a fan's favourite song."

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	"A real rocker, perhaps Billy's attempt at jumping onto the New Wave bandwagon. Not as credible as his previous two (Stranger and 52nd Street), but just as successful."

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	"Almost all songs on this album have a hit quality with a commercial late 80s rock sound similar to something like Bon Jovi but are still very appealing."

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	"Billy's last rock album is full of anger which subsides into a sort of contented mood at the end. Yet again Billy produces a good album but not with as many special moments asyou get on previous ones."

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	"The production lets it down. Otherwise this may have been his breakthrough he was looking for. Nevertheless New York State of Mind is one of his best songs."

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	"A promising start. Some of the songs needed a makeover though, which they got in Songs In The Attic."

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	"Still has its moments but it can sometimes sound slightly naff."