- pop rock, soft rock, piano rock, pop
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 22, 1977, by Columbia Records. It was the first of Joel's albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, with whom he would work for five subsequent albums.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- American Songwriter4/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- The Buffalo News4/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)3:30
- A2The Stranger5:08
- A3Just the Way You Are4:50
- A4Scenes From an Italian Restaurant7:35
- B1Vienna3:32
- B2Only the Good Die Young3:54
- B3She’s Always a Woman3:19
- B4Get It Right the First Time3:54
- B5Everybody Has a Dream4:35
- B6[untitled]1:57
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Joel
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1977
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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