- pop rock, rock, piano rock, aor
- 45 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Storm Front is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on October 23, 1989. It was Joel's third album to reach No. 1 in the U.S. and features "We Didn't Start the Fire", a fast-paced song that cataloged a list of historical events, trends, and cultural icons from 1949 until 1989.
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Spare, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Deseret News(Positive)
- Los Angeles Times3/5 ★
- New Musical Express5/10
- The New York Times(Positive)
- People(Not favorable)
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracks
- 1That’s Not Her Style5:09
- 2We Didn’t Start the Fire4:51
- 3The Downeaster “Alexa”3:45
- 4I Go to Extremes4:23
- 5Shameless4:29
- 6Storm Front5:12
- 7Leningrad4:06
- 8State of Grace4:30
- 9When in Rome4:50
- 10And So It Goes3:40
10 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Joel
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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