Billy Joel- The Stranger FULL ALBUM REACTION & REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2023
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This is the first time I've ever clicked on the link to go to the full album. That's how good an album this is in my book! You're going to love the rest of this I'm going to listen to the first song so far but I believe you're going to be hooked after this you'll probably have to go to the next album which is 52nd Street. Peace!
You should do more of his albums. I would suggest 52nd Street next. The Stranger was his first with producer Phil Ramone, and they had a long business relationship. BJ is a very eclectic artist with no one signature sound or style. One of my favorite artists.
I love how BJ changes his vocal approach depending on the subject matter. This is even more evident in the next album, 52nd Street, where he takes on various roles (ie a Cuban band member etc). Not to diminish his work here….Vienna and Scenes are my favorites- I have heard Just the Way You Are too many times. Fantastic review….you are top tier, providing some very insightful comments.
The Stranger is a classic album that mostly is unaffected by the tides of times. Scenes and Vienna grow on you too. Godfather II is it for me.
my favourite musician and his greatest album nuth said.
This has always been one of my top albums. Glass Houses is pretty good too.
Hi JP. DP from UK. This album just shines through, and gives me a warm glow, Like The Sun. So many timeless classics on it, my favourites being Just The Way You Are and She's Always A Woman. On Mafia movies, not a big fan, but the original Godfather film takes some beating.
P.S. my song ref Like The Sun is by Judie Tzuke.
While not everybody's cup of tea, there's no denying that Billy Joel can write a hit with the best of them. This album, while not my favorite (I prefer "The Nylon Curtain," "Turnstiles" and "Streetlife Serenader") is packed with hits.
I've got a few suggestions for "Long Song Saturdays"... These albums should be listened to fully to get the impact. They're all just amazing albums that you'll want to return to time and again.
ELTON JOHN - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy" - IMO the BEST Elton John album. At the absolute height of his popularity (cover of TIME magazine, playing in massive venues) he drops this brilliant autobiography (along with Bernie Taupin) that tells the story, so far. It's an amazing album where it kicks off with a bang in the title track... but doesn't let up through the incredible last song, "Curtains."
GRANDADDY - The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy's second album is an incredible journey through Crystal Lakes and electronic wastelands... Think Neil Young fronting Radiohead.
THE DELGADOS - Universal Audio - How to follow up two amazing albums of sonic brilliance (helped out by the massive production of Dave Friddman of Flaming Lips' fame) Scotland's best went shorter pop songs with more hands-on production... and it doesn't sound any less incredible. The amazing songs carry the day and this was absolutely sterling way to end their amazing career. An album I turn to again and again with undeniable riffs, awe-inspiring production, and fascinating lyrical content. Both of their leaders Alan and Emma take turns singing their own songs and it works brilliantly... again and again.They were everything "Modern Rock" could ever hope for.
Vienna is my favourite song from this album! The lyrics were exactly what I needed to hear at just the right time in my life
Joel's voice was once described as a "bruised tenor".
I always took that as a compliment. Genius songwriter! ✌
This is the album that made Billy a superstar. He was known more locally on the east coast especially the New York area until the release of this legendary album with the exception of perhaps one song all these songs were at least memorable if not great. Just The Way You Are was a huge hit. Vienna, Movin’ Out, She’s Always a Woman, and particularly Scenes From An Italian Restaurant are unforgettable tunes. In fact this last tune has become one of the all time favorites of Billy Joel fans! The Godfather is my favorite mafia movie with Goodfellas being next best.Vienna was about Billy’s father who left Billy when he was very little and sent back to Austria to become a relatively famous concert pianist in Europe.
Well this is a surprise treat for me One of my favorite albums and reactors cannot wait to watch love you
I can sort of see how someone can possibly never heard of this album and these songs. The most amazing thing is that if all the songs here, the only one that J.P recognized before the listen was Vienna. So many insanely popular and catchy songs and that is the one he's heard. Don't get me wrong it is great too.
You are so lucky Justin to be able to listen to these great songs in the album format. Most of us heard them as they were fed to us on the radio. One single at a time or if we were lucky, some of the album tracks on an FM station.
Keep up the great work.
I'm humbled to receive a shout-out! It's really worth getting to know more Billy Joel, and I don't think there's any better complete album experience for the beginner than The Stranger.
He's always been on the soundtrack of my life since I was little, and I've had the privilege to see him live at GM Place in Vancouver in 2007.
Ty Kevin! I'm sure it was a great show!
Just finished watching that just flew by glad to hear it and it’s entirety for the first time in a long time loved your enthusiasm and joy
He had a string of albums in the 70's-80's that were all fantastic. 42nd Street, Turnstiles, Glass Houses, Nylon Curtain. YOU CANNOT GO WRONG.
Re: Just the Way You Are. That moment when you finally realize who the artist is that performs the song that you’ve always known.
When you remark how Billy Joel's music fit the tone and mood of his lyrics, you should know that Joel almost always wrote the music first, then wrote lyrics. As clever as he was writing lyrics, Billy Joel spoke first through his music, and I say that as someone who grew up with his music: I was 11 when The Stranger was released, I didn't yet have a record player, so I spent my last waking moments every night twirling the knob of my AM-radio so I could fall asleep listening to Joel sing the rhythmic lullaby of my youth, "She's Always a Woman to Me."
A great album, I played it repeatedly years ago & know every note, every lyric by heart. 😊
Having relistened to album with you, I realize that I still really like Vienna. Some of the songs were played to death which is unfortunate because they really very good.
Road to Perdition. You can't pick a better Billy Joel album as an introduction. It is a classic. Classic Rock radio used to play the first 7 songs on this album quite regularly. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant is my favorite.
Always warm feelings about this album. Part of its charm is it's the second of three albums Billy recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York, previously used by Simon & Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Elton John (11-7-70), and Paul McCartney recorded some orchestra for his Ram album there.
11-17-70 is my favorite Elton John album.
@@SteelyDaddy59 I like the US album alot - the UK album, for some reason, has a different mix.
Full album review? Well you find anything on this album not to like! Classic album from Billy.
I have this album from those times. I seriously played it over and over at one stage. To me this and Turnstiles is his best work.
Turnstiles was Billy's first New York album after moving back from L.A., and opens with "Say Goodbye To Hollywood". Lots of lasting classics there, like "Angry Young Man".
@@bobholtzmann Summer highland Falls, New York State of Mind.
@@rosmeeker1964 "Miami 2017" was played by Billy live at a 2001 TV concert memorial fundraiser for 9-11 victims.
After Uptown Girl, Vienna is the second most listened to Billy Joel song on Spotify. It wasn't always like that. I think Ariana Grande may have covered it? I just love how that song flows, and the meaning is a bit ambiguous. The perfect song. And Italian Restaurant is about as close as Billy Joel gets to prog - he paints such a vivid, nostalgic picture. An album for the ages...
This is the perfect next step from Piano Man. You should definitely listen to 52nd Street next, then Glass Houses followed by Turnstiles
I'm going to have to wait till the 1st of the month to subscribe on your patreon but I'm definitely hooking that up! I'm glad you like this album so much! It was one of the first albums that I ever fell in love with and could listen to from the beginning to the end. Take care brother! Peace!
A very well put together album, and he is a great songwriter. The thing I noticed most was how he used different singing styles on different songs.
I can't think of a particular gangster movie, so I'll mention a heist movie: The Italian Job, with Michael Caine.
Love it. You and the music you react to brings me here
I don't care for Billy Joel but this is a good LP
We all know the sounds of synths, how they can add so much sound to a song, but it is nice to hear the sharp clear clean notes of a piano on these songs.
This album was huge back in 77. So many hits. Nice to hear it again. Thx.
Just what I needed today. Thank you.
Shout out to alto sax jazz legend Phil Woods for his soulful playing on "Just the Way You Are". This album is fire from start to finish. A master songwriter and performer with a top notch backing band supporting his musical vision. Billy Joel at his best.
I am glad that you enjoyed the album. If you have a chance to see him in concert, it is worth it. Many of these songs are played during his set. I saw him last February and it was a great show. He is also having some dates with Stevie Nicks and others.
This was his big break out album although his earlier work is quick good as well such and "Cold Spring Harbor" and "Piano Man". Other great Billy Joel albums would be "52nd street", "Glass Houses" and "An Innocent Man". I am sure that you know many of the hits from that era. The album "The Nylon Curtain" was written as he was recovering after a motorcycle accident and when he wasn't sure if he would be able to play piano again. Glad he recovered.
This literally a best of record and yet he made many other records just as good.
One detail you may have missed in summing up Scenes From An Italian Restaurant is that when it returns to the restaurant part it's "Bottle of reds, bottle of whites", suggesting it's not wine anymore.
Ohh thats a good one!
A great album start to finish. I pretty much wore out my copy back in the day and it’s just as good 46 years later.
In my humble opinion, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is his magnum opus.
@@robertpearson8798Stupendo!
Brilliant album! His 52nd Street album is great. So is the album Glass Houses. The Nylon Curtain album has some really good stuff on it, as well.
Turnstiles fantastico : Summer Highland falls... I love these days ... Miami 2017 .... Angry young Man ... NYSOM.....Say Goodbye to Holliwood ... James ....
Uno dei pochissimi album che ha solo autentici gioielli ... 🎹👏Piano Man il più competo songwriter
Justin, it's great that you like this album, BJ had several great albums!
I am pretty certain when you get to "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" you will be completely sold!
@@XFLexiconMattStupendo!
Love this album but glass houses is probably my favorite cause it’s more upbeat and rocking
Almost as good as his album, 52nd Street :) it’s 🔥 🔥. A total vibe
Nothing quite stacks up to the original Godfather movie. Just like this album, in it's category and era! 😄
The Godfather is the best movie ever, never mind gangster movie. Anyway, Billy Joel is a master of this type of music though I would normally rarely listen to it and prefer Dean Friedman anyway (but that's just me).
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