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Track Listings
| 1. Travellin' Prayer |
| 2. Piano Man |
| 3. Ain't No Crime |
| 4. You're My Home |
| 5. Ballad Of Billy The Kid |
| 6. Worst 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 |
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The title track from Billy Joel's major label debut, 1973'sPIANO 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 residentmusician 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 thetitle song. On the whole, PIANO MAN is an important step inJoel'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.
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 thetitle song. On the whole, PIANO MAN is an important step inJoel'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.
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