Billy Joel – The Stranger

Name: Billy Joel - The Stranger
Rating: 3.88 (32 reviews)

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Tracklist

A1	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	3:30
A2	The Stranger Percussion – Ralph MacDonald	5:08
A3	Just The Way You Are Acoustic Guitar – Steve Burgh Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods Percussion – Ralph MacDonald	4:50
A4	Scenes From An Italian Restaurant Accordion – Dominic Cortese Acoustic Guitar – Hugh McCracken Electric Guitar – Steve Burgh	7:35
B1	Vienna Accordion – Dominic Cortese	3:32
B2	Only The Good Die Young	3:54
B3	She's Always A Woman Acoustic Guitar – Steve Burgh	3:19
B4	Get It Right The First Time Acoustic Guitar – Hugh McCracken Percussion – Ralph MacDonald	3:54
B5	Everybody Has A Dream Acoustic Guitar – Hugh McCracken Backing Vocals – Phoebe Snow Organ – Richard Tee Percussion – Ralph MacDonald	4:35

Comes with printed inner sleeve with english lyrics and credits and with a lyric sheet in italian.

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Stranger (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237057	New Zealand	1977
Recently Edited	The Stranger (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	CBS 82311, 82311, S CBS 82311, JC 34987	UK	1977
	The Stranger (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing)	Family Productions	JC 34987, 34987	US	1977
Recently Edited	The Stranger (LP, Album)	CBS/Sony	25AP 843	Singapore & Malaysia	1977
Recently Edited	The Stranger (LP, Album)	Columbia	PC 34987, 34987	Canada	1977

ilkoreano Jul 27, 2022
Powerful and dark sound, perhaps a bit compressed in of dynamics, it does its duty especially when rock 'n roll makes its entrance and the music becomes more exciting and reaches high rhythms like on "Only The Good Die Young", where its fiery intro makes you want to dance on the spot, to let yourself be carried away by its wild colors, immediately. The same thing can't be said for the more quiet and introspective pieces, such as "Vienna" or "She's Always a Woman", where the mid-high frequencies, unfortunately cut down, don't benefit from that necessary spaciousness and airiness, strangled more than necessary.