GetGlue

The Stranger

Reviews

Likes1,364

Reviews9

Your Review
Top Reviews
- - Hot!
    
    Electric Elle Bishop favorited and reviewed The Stranger
    
    My favourite Joel album, and this is definitely when he peaked as an artist in my opinion. This is by far his strongest album lyrically, it's filled to the brim with meaning and has a hell of a... more
    
    My favourite Joel album, and this is definitely when he peaked as an artist in my opinion. This is by far his strongest album lyrically, it's filled to the brim with meaning and has a hell of a storyline which makes this album more than just music. The best thing about the album is the piano, it's a well known fact Billy Joel is an exceptionally talented pianist (hence "The Piano Man") but if you listen carefully, the piano is played so beautifully on several of the tracks and is more noticeable than on any of his other albums, even though this isn't his forte piano album. This is one of those albums I simply can't choose a favourite from, it's rare a week goes by where I don't spin it in the radiogram.
    
    1 year
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    view the 1 reply
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Lisa M. Turpin favorited and reviewed The Stranger
    
    Billy Joel rocks my socks. My sister and I can sing every song word-for-word. Italian Restaurant is the favorite to sing together.
    
    11 months
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Amy Hergert Anderson Absolutely!
    
    11 months
    
    Vote(0)
    
    Vote0
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Kevin Tjeerdsma liked and reviewed The Stranger
    
    Cool
    
    11 months
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Diane Stuffer favorited and reviewed The Stranger
    
    This was the first album I ever bought. Love it!
    
    11 months
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Noriyuki Suzuki liked and reviewed The Stranger
    
    Lets Job!
    
    1 year
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Jim Coe liked and reviewed The Stranger
    
    Spinning a little Saturday morning vinyl!
    
    1 year
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Moe favorited and reviewed The Stranger
    
    The first album I ever bought when I was a kid. Classic.
    
    2 years
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    Bader Alasmari favorited and reviewed The Stranger
    
    Evreyone goes south, By now and then..
    
    2 years
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.
  - Hot!
    
    George DiGuido liked and reviewed The Stranger
    
    One of his best albums...hands down
    
    3 years
    
    Vote
    
    Agree
    
    Cool
    
    Funny
    
    Reply
    
    Vote on this interaction!
    
    Press enter when you are done typing.

Editing The Stranger

You can edit this page because you have earned special privileges on Glue.
Only make changes if you are certain that they are correct.

Cancel

Suggestions

Description

This, pop superstar Joel's breakout LP, came years after he first hit the charts with the novelty-ish "Piano Man." In the meantime, the New York-based songwriter released two lackluster and stylistically confused platters that blunted interesting songs with a sound that was neither Elton mellow nor Elton attitude. Produced by Phil Ramone, The Stranger took those who had written Joel off as a one-hit wonder by surprise ("Just the Way You Are" was among the biggest hits of 1977) and it remains a solid introduction to Joel's restless muse at a crucial point in his career. It invited a few comparisons to Bruce Springsteen, with its prominent sax breaks, hard-edged rebel-rockers ("Only the Good Die Young"), and slice-of-life dramatics ("Scenes From an Italian Restaurant"), recounting life in a lower middle-class (Eastern Urban) setting; but Joel's chameleonic, formalist approach to pop wasn't to be so easily pigeonholed (Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man...). --Don Harrison

Enter a descriptionChecking description...OkInvalid description

Source (optional)

Important: You can edit this page because you have earned special privileges on Glue.
Only make changes if you are certain that they are correct.

Your description has been saved!

GetGlue

The Stranger

By Billy Joel, 1998

Reviews

Your Review

Editing The Stranger

Thank You!

Tell everyone you just edited this album.

GetGlue

The Stranger

By Billy Joel, 1998

Reviews

Your Review

Top Reviews

Editing The Stranger

Thank You!

Tell everyone you just edited this album.

Send to: