Billy Joel - The Stranger [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition Japan]

Title: The Stranger [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition Japan] Artist: Billy Joel Release Date: 9/1977 Re-Released On: 7/23/2008 Label: Sony Music Distribution UPC: 4547366038224 Genre: Rock Styles: Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Nostalgic, Refined/Mannered, Acerbic, Bittersweet, Brash, Cynical/Sarcastic, Earnest, Energetic, Passionate, Playful, Rollicking, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Yearning, Bravado, Exuberant, Melancholy, Poignant, Reflective, Restrained, Romantic, Bitter, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sweet, Warm, Angst-Ridden, Organic, Sophisticated Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
2. The Stranger
3. Just the Way You Are
4. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
5. Vienna
6. Only the Good Die Young
7. Always a Woman
8. Get It Right the First Time
9. Everybody Has a Dream [Stranger Reprise]

1. Miami 2017 [Live]
2. Angry Young Man [Live]
3. New York State of Mind [Live]
4. Just the Way You Are [Live]
5. She's Got a Way [Live]
6. The Entertainer [Live]
7. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant [Live]
8. Band Intros [Live]
9. Captain Jack [Live]
10. I've Loved These Days [Live]
11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live]
12. Souvenir [Live]

1. The Stranger [DVD]
2. Just the Way You Are [DVD]
3. Intro [DVD][Live]
4. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) [DVD][Live]
5. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) [DVD][Live]
6. New York State of Mind [DVD][Live]
7. The Entertainer [DVD][Live]
8. She's Always a Woman [DVD][Live]
9. Root Beer Rag [DVD][Live]
10. Just the Way You Are [DVD][Live]
11. Only the Good Die Young [DVD][Live]
12. Souvenir [DVD][Live]
13. Ain't No Crime [DVD][Live]
14. [Bonus Material] [DVD] [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Sony Music Distribution 1904/6

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Billy Joel teamed with Phil Ramone, a famed engineer who had just scored his first producing hits with Art Garfunkel's Breakaway and Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years for The Stranger, his follow-up to Turnstiles. Joel still favored big, sweeping melodies, but Ramone convinced him to streamline his arrangements and clean up the production. The results aren't necessarily revelatory, since he covered so much ground on Turnstiles, but the commercialism of The Stranger is a bit of a surprise. None of his ballads have been as sweet or slick as "Just the Way You Are"; he never had created a rocker as bouncy or infectious as "Only the Good Die Young"; and the glossy production of "She's Always a Woman" disguises its latent misogynist streak. Joel balanced such radio-ready material with a series of New York vignettes, seemingly inspired by Springsteen's working-class fables and clearly intended to be the artistic centerpieces of the album. They do provide The Stranger with the feel of a concept album, yet there is no true thematic connection between the pieces, and his lyrics are often vague or mean-spirited. His lyrical shortcomings are overshadowed by his musical strengths. Even if his melodies sound more Broadway than Beatles -- the epic suite "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" feels like a show-stopping closer -- there's no denying that the melodies of each song on The Stranger are memorable, so much so that they strengthen the weaker portions of the album. Joel rarely wrote a set of songs better than those on The Stranger, nor did he often deliver an album as consistently listenable. [Sony issued a Japanese 30th Anniversary Legacy edition in 2008 as well.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Abrams Engineer Art Maillet Photography Billy Joel Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals Brian Ruggles Engineer Carl Woodin Memorabilia David Fricke Liner Notes, Interviewer Dominic Cortese Accordion Don DeVito Producer Doug Stegmeyer Bass Edward Odowd Design, Art Direction Frank Filipetti Mixing Gwen Guthrie Vocals (Background) Hiram Bullock Guitar (Electric) Howie Emerson Guitar Hugh McCracken Guitar (Acoustic) Jay Krugman Engineer Jim Boyer Engineer Jim Houghton Photography Joe Malin Orchestra Orchestra John Jackson Project Director, Producer, Interviewer Kathy Kurs Associate Producer Lani Groves Vocals (Background) Liberty DeVitto Drums Mark Wilder Mastering Michael Appleton Producer Patrick Williams Orchestration Patti Austin Vocals (Background) Paul Fiero Memorabilia Phil Ramone Engineer, Producer Phil Woods Sax (Alto) Phoebe Snow Vocals (Background) Ralph MacDonald Percussion Richard J. Alcock Producer Richard Tee Organ Richie Cannata Organ, Sax (Tenor), Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Saxophone, Sax (Soprano) Robert Prisament Memorabilia Steve Burgh Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) Steve Kahn Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Hi String Guitar Ted Jensen Mastering Tom Corcoran Director Wyatt Smith Director, Producer