- pop rock, piano rock, rock, singer-songwriter
- 37 min
- 8 tracks
- CBS/Sony
Turnstiles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on May 19, 1976, by Family Productions and Columbia Records.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC+
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Say Goodbye to Hollywood4:37
- 2Summer, Highland Falls3:20
- 3All You Wanna Do Is Dance3:46
- 4New York State of Mind6:05
- 5James3:56
- 6Prelude / Angry Young Man5:17
- 7I've Loved These Days4:36
- 8Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)5:15
8 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Joel
- Label
- CBS/Sony
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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