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BILLY JOEL - THE STRANGER (ALBUM)
Entry:12/02/1978 (Position 36)
Last week in charts:12/12/2022 (Position 38)
Peak:2 (2 weeks)
Weeks:68
Place on best of all time:130 (2361 points)
Year:1977
World wide:
nl  Peak: 36 / weeks: 10
nz  Peak: 2 / weeks: 68

LP
CBS LP-1166


TRACKS
27/09/1977
LP CBS LP-1166
27/05/1998
CD Columbia 491184 2 (Sony) / EAN 5099749118423
1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
3:30
2. The Stranger
5:08
3. Just The Way You Are
4:50
4. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
7:35
5. Vienna
3:33
6. Only The Good Die Young
3:54
7. She's Always A Woman
3:30
8. Get It Right The First Time
3:54
9. Everybody Has A Dream
4:35
   
04/07/2008
30th Anniversary Legacy Edition - CD Columbia 88697225812 (Sony BMG) / EAN 0886972258126
   
04/07/2008
30th Anniversary Legacy Edition - CD Columbia 88697308012 (Sony BMG) / EAN 0886973080122
   
05/11/2010
LP Music On Vinyl MOVLP170 / EAN 8713748980429
   
07/10/2016
2CD Legacy Edition - CD Columbia / Legacy 88985364082 (Sony) / EAN 0889853640829
CD 1:
The Original Album
1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
3:30
2. The Stranger
5:10
3. Just The Way You Are
4:50
4. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
7:36
5. Vienna
3:34
6. Only The Good Die Young
3:55
7. She's Always A Woman
3:21
8. Get It Right The First Time
3:56
9. Everybody Has A Dream
6:36
CD 2:
Live At Carnegie Hall, June 3, 1977
1. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live)
5:10
2. Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live)
6:04
3. New York State Of Mind (Live)
8:19
4. Just The Way You Are (Live)
4:55
5. She's Got A Way (Live)
3:31
6. The Entertainer (Live)
6:08
7. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live)
7:34
8. Band Introductions (Live)
2:01
9. Captain Jack (Live)
6:50
10. I've Loved These Days (Live)
4:28
11. Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Live)
6:44
12. Souvenir (Live)
2:09
   

MUSIC DIRECTORY
Billy JoelBilly Joel: Discography / Become a fan
BILLY JOEL IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Just The Way You Are19/02/1978619
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)28/05/1978316
My Life10/12/1978615
Big Shot08/04/1979363
Honesty10/06/1979384
You May Be Right20/04/19802312
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me15/06/19802111
Pressure17/10/1982248
Allentown27/02/1983374
Tell Her About It25/09/19831213
Uptown Girl27/11/1983111
An Innocent Man05/02/19842411
The Longest Time03/06/19842411
Leave A Tender Moment Alone26/08/1984215
Keeping The Faith17/02/1985383
You're Only Human (Second Wind)11/08/1985177
Modern Woman31/08/1986285
A Matter Of Trust12/10/1986482
Back In The U.S.S.R. [Live]29/11/1987412
We Didn't Start The Fire19/11/1989514
I Go To Extremes18/03/1990451
All Shook Up04/10/1992263
The River Of Dreams29/08/1993116
All About Soul28/11/19932211
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)15/05/1994431
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
The Stranger12/02/1978268
52nd Street10/12/1978138
Glass Houses20/04/1980625
Billy Joel The Box Set07/06/1981451
Songs In The Attic22/11/1981304
The Nylon Curtain24/10/19821012
An Innocent Man11/09/1983171
Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. II28/07/1985137
The Bridge17/08/19861223
Концерт22/11/1987139
Storm Front26/11/1989917
Greatest Hits16/05/19931018
River Of Dreams12/09/1993129
A Voyage On The River Of Dreams18/12/1994471
Greatest Hits Vol. III14/09/1997186
The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-199722/03/1998175
The Ultimate Collection10/06/2001230
Piano Man - The Very Best Of03/07/2006135
The Essential21/07/2008148
SONGS BY BILLY JOEL
52nd Street
A Matter Of Trust
A Minor Variation
A Room Of Our Own
Ain't No Crime
All About Soul
All For Leyna
All My Life
All Shook Up
All You Wanna Do Is Dance
Allentown
An Innocent Man
And So It Goes
Baby Grand (Billy Joel feat. Ray Charles)
Back In The U.S.S.R. [Live]
Big Man On Mulberry Street
Big Shot
Blonde Over Blue
Captain Jack
Careless Talk
C'était toi (You Were The One)
Christie Lee
Close To The Borderline
Code Of Silence (Billy Joel & Cyndi Lauper)
Don't Ask Me Why
Easy Money
Elvis Presley Blvd.
Everybody Has A Dream
Everybody Loves You Now
Falling Of The Rain
Famous Last Words
Get It Right The First Time
Getting Closer
Goodnight Saigon
Got To Begin Again
Half A Mile Away
Hard Day's Night
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Billy Joel & Rosie O'Donnell)
Heartbreak Hotel
Hey Girl
Honesty
House Of Blue Light
I Don't Want To Be Alone
I Go To Extremes
If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
In A Sentimental Mood
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
I've Loved These Days
James
Just The Way You Are
Keeping The Faith
Last Of The Big Time Spenders
Laura
Leave A Tender Moment Alone
Leningrad
Light As The Breeze
Live And Let Die
Los Angelinos
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
Maybe I'm Amazed
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
Modern Woman
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
My Life
New York State Of Mind
New York State Of Mind (Barbra Streisand with Billy Joel)
New York State Of Mind (Tony Bennett with Billy Joel)
No Man's Land
Nobody Knows But Me
Nocturne
Only The Good Die Young
Piano Man
Prelude / Angry Young Man
Pressure
Roberta
Root Beer Rag
Rosalinda's Eyes
Running On Ice
Say Goodbye To Hollywood
Say Goodbye To Hollywood [Live]
Scandinavian Skies
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Shades Of Grey
Shameless
She's Always A Woman
She's Got A Way
She's Got A Way [Live]
She's Right On Time
Sleeping With The Television On
Sometimes A Fantasy
Somewhere Along The Line
Souvenir
State Of Grace
Stiletto
Stop In Nevada
Storm Front
Streetlife Serenader
Summer, Highland Falls
Surprises
Tell Her About It
Temptation
That's Not Her Style
The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Johnny Mathis with Billy Joel)
The Downeaster 'Alexa'
The Entertainer
The Good Life (Tony Bennett with Billy Joel)
The Great Suburban Showdown
The Great Wall Of China
The Longest Time
The Mexican Connection
The Night Is Still Young
The River Of Dreams
The Stranger
The Times They Are A Changin' [Live]
This Is The Time
This Night
Through The Long Night
To Make You Feel My Love
Tomorrow Is Today
Travelin' Prayer
Turn Around
Two Thousand Years
Until The Night
Uptown Girl
Vienna
We Didn't Start The Fire
Weekend Song
When In Rome
When You Wish Upon A Star
Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?
Where's The Orchestra?
Why Judy Why
Why Should I Worry?
Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb feat. Billy Joel)
Worse Comes To Worst
You Can Make Me Free
You Look So Good To Me
You May Be Right
You Picked A Real Bad Time
You're My Home
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
Zanzibar
ALBUMS BY BILLY JOEL
Концерт
12 Gardens Live
2000 Years - The Millennium Concert
52nd Street
A Matter Of Trust - The Bridge To Russia
A Voyage On The River Of Dreams
Album
All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition
An Innocent Man
Billy Joel
Billy Joel The Box Set
California Flash
Cold Spring Harbor
Early Years Vol. 1
Early Years Vol. 2
Further Than Heaven
Glass Houses
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Billy Joel & The Hassles)
Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. II
Greatest Hits Vol. III
Greenvale 1977
Legendary Icons - Night After Day
Live At Carnegie Hall 1977
Live At Shea Stadium - The Concert
Live At Yankee Stadium
Live At Yankee Stadium - June 22 & 23, 1990
Live From Long Island
My Lives
Now Playing
Original Album Classics
Original Album Classics [2014]
Piano Man
Piano Man - The Very Best Of
River Of Dreams
She's Always A Woman - Lovesongs
She's Got A Way: Love Songs
Songs In The Attic
Souvenir
Souvenir - The Ultimate Collection
Storm Front
Streetlife Serenade
The Bridge
The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997
The Essential
The Essential 3.0
The Greatest Hits Collection
The Hits
The Last Play At Shea Stadium [DVD]
The Nylon Curtain
The Piano Men - Live In Tokyo (Elton John & Billy Joel)
The Stranger
The Ultimate Collection
The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1
Turnstiles
DVDS BY BILLY JOEL
A Matter Of Trust - The Bridge To Russia - The Concert
Live At Shea Stadium - The Concert
Live At Yankee Stadium
Video Album
Video Album II
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 5.56 (Reviews: 16)
*****
One of his best albums, almost every song sounds great.
******
könnte glatt ein best-of sein
*****
Seine beste Platte, ganz souverän..movin' out!
Last edited: 26.01.2012 14:42
******
Ein rundum perfektes Pop-Album eines wirklichen Superstars des Pop-Business. Erreichte 1977 # 2 in USA und # 25 in GB.
******
Lange Zeit galt Billy Joel als Geheimtip, dem Experten eine große Zukunft voraussagten. Sein Debütalbum „Cold Spring Harbor“ aus dem Jahre 1972 ging im Massenangebot noch unter, die weiteren Alben „Piano Man“ (1973), „Street Life Serenade“ (1974) und „Turnstiles“ (1976) sowie die Singlehits „Piano Man“, „Travelin‘ Prayer“ und „The Entertainer“ (die Singles erreichten in der amerikanischen Hitparade mäßige Plazierungen) machten ihn bei einem größeren Publikum bekannt, ohne das er allerdings den großen Durchbruch schaffte. Der sollte sich zur Jahreswende 1977/78 einstellen. Grund dafür war in erster Linie die Single „Just The Way You Are“, die im ersten Quartal des Jahres 1978 bis in die amerikanischen Top 10 vorstieß. Diese elegante und mit leichtem Jazz unterlegte Ballade machte den Sänger und Pianisten auch international bekannt Wer von „Just The Way You Are“ angetan war und sich sein aktuelles Album „The Stranger“ in der Hoffnung kaufte, mehr Lieder gleichen Kalibers zu bekommen, wurde nicht enttäuscht.<br>„The Stranger“ erwies sich als echter Renner, warf es gleich vier Hitsingles ab: „Just The Way You Are“, „Movin‘ Out (Anthony’s Song)“, „Only The Good Dies Young“ und die grandiose Ballade „She’s Always A Woman“, eines der besten Lieder, das Billy Joel je geschrieben hat. Das Album wird abgerundet durch „The Stranger“, „Scenes From An Italian Restaurant“, „Vienna“, „Get It Right The First Time“ und „Everybody Has A Dream“. Alle neun Lieder sind durchgehend exzellent, sie zwingen förmlich zum zuhören. Musikalisch wartet Billy Joel auf diesem Album mit einer eleganten Mischung aus Easy Listening und leichten Einlagen aus Rock und Jazz auf. Er galt bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt immer als amerikanische Antwort auf Elton John. Diese Bezeichnung ist gar nicht mal so verkehrt, denn streckenweise wirkt die Musik auf „The Stranger“ wie eine sehr elegante Version der des exzentrischen Briten, ohne allerdings eine Kopie zu sein. Lieder wie „Just The Way You Are“ und „She’s Always A Woman“ schüttelt sich auch ein Elton John nicht alle Tage aus dem Ärmel.<br>Wer elegante amerikanische Musik der späten 70er Jahre mag, der kommt an Billy Joels „The Stranger“ nicht vorbei. Dieses Album ist ein kleines Juwel, das weit aus mehr wert ist als es kostet.
******
Ausgezeichnetes Album ohne einen einzigen Hänger.
******
Das MUSS eine 6 geben, so viele gute Songs sind da drauf (und es ist ja kein Best-Of-Album!).
******
Ein Meisterwerk. Ich hörte es in meiner Jugend hinauf und hinunter. Voyager hat Vieles schon gesagt, dem ich nur zustimmen kann. Für mich sind die Highlights "Scenes From An Italien Restaurant" und "She's Always A Woman to Me", das Album als Ganzes wirkt jedoch ungemein stark, wobei ich keinen Titel missen möchte.
******
Gehört klar in die Reihe exzellenter Klassiker der Moderne....
******
grandioses Meisterwerk - danke an Voyager2 für die ausführliche Beschreibung
****
Classic album this is brilliant. <br><br>40 weeks in the UK top 100. <br><br>Iceland#3.<br>UK#24.<br>France#15.<br>Italy#21.<br><br>Zimbabwe#5.<br><br>19 weeks US top 10. US#2. <br><br>World Chart Year End (1977): #5.<br><br>100,000 copies sold in the UK.<br>11.5 million copies sold in the US.
Last edited: 12.01.2018 20:38
******
Ja, war wohl tatsächlich sein Meisterwerk, sogar noch<br>einen Tick besser, als das ebenfalls hervorragende<br>"52 nd Street" Album....<br><br><br>Anspieltipps:<br><br>- Movin Out (Anthony's Song)<br>- Just The Way You Are<br>- Vienna<br>- She's Always A Woman<br>- Everybody Has A Dream<br><br><br>5 - 6
*****
5 stars
******
This is a huge album with many of Billy Joel's early classics. After this he went for a more pop sound, which is probably what he is more famous for, but there are a lot of huge efforts on here that are still great to listen to. The Stranger, Just The Way You Are and Everybody Has A Dream are all huge tracks, the latter showing a little R&B/gospel flavour which is a pleasant surprise in his back catalogue. One of my favourite BJ albums and one where every song just connects. Good stuff.
******
Great. Joel's Masterpiece
Last edited: 07.07.2022 09:42
****
Ein gutes Album 4+.
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