- rock, pop rock, soft rock, folk rock
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Piano Man is the second studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on November 14, 1973, by Columbia Records. The album emerged from legal difficulties with Joel's former label, Family Productions, and ultimately became his breakthrough album. It was initially planned to be released in the UK in May 1974 by Philips but ended up being released there in April 1975 by CBS.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC
- CreemD+
- Disc4/4 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Rolling Stonepositive
- Ultimate Classic Rock3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Travelin' Prayer4:17
- 2Piano Man5:39
- 3Ain't No Crime3:19
- 4You're My Home3:14
- 5The Ballad of Billy the Kid5:45
- 6Worse Comes to Worst3:16
- 7Stop in Nevada3:56
- 8If I Only Had the Words (to Tell You)3:35
- 9Somewhere Along the Line3:20
- 10Captain Jack7:18
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Joel
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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