Glass Houses
Billy Joel
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | You May Be Right | Billy Joel | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Sometimes a Fantasy (Live) | Billy Joel | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Don't Ask Me Why | Billy Joel | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me | Billy Joel | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | All for Leyna | Billy Joel | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | I Don't Want to Be Alone | Billy Joel | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Sleeping With the Televison On | Billy Joel | 3:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | C'etait toi (You Were the One) | Billy Joel | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Close to the Borderline | Billy Joel | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Through the Long Night | Billy Joel | 2:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
iTunes Review
For those who only knew Billy Joel from his impeccably crafted, multiple Grammy-winning '70s triumphs The Stranger and 52nd Street, this 1980 collection might have sounded like a sassy throwaway on first listen. In fact, its spirit is closer in tone to contemporary rock (indeed it won him the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance) and Joel's rollicking early club days. If the stone-throwing, black leather jacket clad singer on the cover wasn't clue enough, Joel's opening blast of New Wave-bred energy, "You May Be Right," assured fans that the weightier concerns of his recent commercial triumphs would be taking a back seat on this breezy ride. The infectious "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" presages the roots-rock retrenchment of 1983's An Innocent Man, while upbeat numbers like "Sleeping With the Television On," "Leyna" and the downright attitudinal "Close to the Borderline" show that Joel wasn't about to be confined by the soft rock stereotyping that had come in the wake of his success.
Recent Customer Reviews
the best
by mrk901Of all of Billy Joel's albums, this one is in the top five for amazing songs from start to finish. If it weren't for the albums "The Stranger" and "52nd Street", "Glass Houses" would be my favorite album.
Looking for a lunatic
by Clarinet24Man! Billy's done it again! While the rest of the world was still recovering from disco, the Piano Man managed to hit the ground running in 1980. Heavily influenced by other popular bands of the day, such as Elvis Costello and Devo, Glass Houses comes out sounding simultaneously like an ironic caricature of popular music and an anthemic salute to the snappy, hard-edged eighties rock we all love so much. Hats off to Joel and his entorage once again. Go, Billy!
One of the Essential Billy Joel Albums
by Okapi80Billy Joel had his ups and downs, but get this one, The Stranger, and Turnstiles, and you have as good a three albums as there were in the 70's and early 80's.
Biography
Born: May 09, 1949 in New York, NY [The Bronx]
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Billy Joel
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Piano Man | The Essential Billy Joel | 5:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | We Didn't Start the Fire | The Essential Billy Joel | 4:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Only the Good Die Young (Single Version) | The Essential Billy Joel | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Uptown Girl | The Essential Billy Joel | 3:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me | The Essential Billy Joel | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.90
- Genres: Rock, Music, Arena Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Pop, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
- Released: Mar 1980
- ℗ 1980 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
