Word: albums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...title track on this newest album tells about the hidden side of Billy Joel. As the lyrics suggest...
Trying on these new faces is what Joel's new album is all about. From the traditional storyteller to the disco rocker to the gospel vocalist, Joel plays many roles as he experiments with differing styles of music...
Interestingly enough, the four cuts on side one, all of which have received considerable airplay on both the AM and FM dials, are the least innovative songs on the album. They fit neatly into the pattern that Joel has established in his past releases, but their success is still a tribute to the freshness and originality Joel brings to each of his new songs--even the ones that most resemble his familiar ballads...
...Movin' Out" leads off the album with an upbeat rocker that, as the album's first single, did not do well. It is a coarse song that ends with the revving of a motorcycle engine as the music fades away and hardly ranks as one of Joel's best releases. It is balanced out, however, by the blockbuster of the album, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant...
...popularity of side one, the album's second side has remained obscure. For six years, Billy Joel has been turning out superb music that has gone relatively unnoticed, and the success of the four cuts on side one of The Stranger is a first for him. It seems that the listening public has now accepted the Billy Joel who has been around for years, but they are not yet ready to accept his new experiments--or as he calls it, "a face that we hide away...