- rock, pop rock, piano rock, pop
- 35 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Glass Houses is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on March 12, 1980, by Columbia Records. The record was a commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 chart for six consecutive weeks.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB−
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography6/10
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
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Tracks
- A1You May Be Right4:07
- A2Sometimes a Fantasy3:39
- A3Don’t Ask Me Why2:56
- A4It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me2:55
- A5All for Leyna4:10
- B1I Don’t Want to Be Alone3:34
- B2Sleeping With the Television On2:59
- B3C’était toi (You Were the One)3:45
- B4Close to the Borderline3:45
- B5Through the Long Night2:45
10 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Joel
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- CA
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