Billy Joel - The Stranger
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Billy Joel - The Stranger 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition SACD
Billy Joel - The Stranger 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition SACD
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Billy Joel - The Stranger 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition SACD
Billy Joel - The Stranger 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition SACD

Billy Joel - The Stranger (Hybrid SACD 5.1, Blu-spec CD2, Japanese Edition)

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Billy Joel – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Billy Joel]

Richie Cannata – tenor & soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, organ

Doug Stegmeyer – bass

Liberty DeVitto – drums

Steve Khan – acoustic & electric guitar

Hiram Bullock – electric guitar

Hugh McCracken, Steve Burgh – acoustic guitar

Phil Woods – alto saxophone (Just The Way You Are)

Dominic Cortese – accordion

Ralph MacDonald – percussion

Richard Tee – organ (Everybody Has A Dream)

Gwen Guthrie, Lani Groves, Patti Austin, Phoebe Snow – backing vocals (Everybody Has A Dream)

Orchestrated by Patrick Williams

Written by Billy Joel

1 Hybrid SACD (stereo + 5.1 multichannel) + 1 Blu-spec CD2, 7-inch gatefold cardboard sleeve (mini LP) with OBI

Limited edition – Japanese import

40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

SACD layer : stereo and 5.1 surround mixes (DSD) ; CD layer : 2011 remaster by Ted Jensen + 5 bonus live tracks (Nassau Coliseum, December 11, 1977 – CD layer only)

Disc 2 (Blu-spec CD2) : Live at Carnegie Hall, June 3, 1977

Includes 24-page and 60-page booklets, replicas of the 1978 Japan tour programme, ticket and flyer, 2 posters, 3 replica single jackets and replica OBIs

Original analog Master tape : YES

Multichannel

Stereo

Live & Studio

Label : Sony Japan

Original Label : Columbia

Engineered by Jim Boyer, Phil Ramone

Produced by Phil Ramone

5.1 surround mix by Frank Filipetti

Mastered by Ted Jensen

Photography by Jim Houghton

Originally released in September 1977

Reissued in December 2018

Tracks:

Disc 1 – Hybrid SACD :

  1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  2. The Stranger
  3. Just The Way You Are
  4. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
  5. Vienna
  6. Only The Good Die Young
  7. She's Always A Woman
  8. Get It Right The First Time
  9. Everybody Has A Dream
  10. Just The Way You Are (Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1977) [CD layer only]
  11. Vienna (Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1977) [CD layer only]
  12. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1977) [CD layer only]
  13. Get It Right The First Time (Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1977) [CD layer only]
  14. Summer, Highland Falls (Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1977) [CD layer only]

Disc 2 – Blu-spec CD2 : Live at Carnegie Hall, June 3, 1977 :

  1. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
  2. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  3. New York State Of Mind
  4. Just The Way You Are
  5. She's Got A Way
  6. The Entertainer
  7. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
  8. (Band Introductions)
  9. Captain Jack
  10. I've Loved These Days
  11. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
  12. Souvenir

Awards :

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked 169/500

Number 246 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums

Reviews :

“Billy Joel teamed with Phil Ramone, a famed engineer who had just scored his first producing hits with Art Garfunkel's Breakaway and Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years for The Stranger, his follow-up to Turnstiles. Joel still favored big, sweeping melodies, but Ramone convinced him to streamline his arrangements and clean up the production. The results aren't necessarily revelatory, since he covered so much ground on Turnstiles, but the commercialism of The Stranger is a bit of a surprise. None of his ballads have been as sweet or slick as "Just the Way You Are"; he never had created a rocker as bouncy or infectious as "Only the Good Die Young"; and the glossy production of "She's Always a Woman" disguises its latent misogynist streak. Joel balanced such radio-ready material with a series of New York vignettes, seemingly inspired by Springsteen's working-class fables and clearly intended to be the artistic centerpieces of the album. They do provide The Stranger with the feel of a concept album, yet there is no true thematic connection between the pieces, and his lyrics are often vague or mean-spirited. His lyrical shortcomings are overshadowed by his musical strengths. Even if his melodies sound more Broadway than Beatles -- the epic suite "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" feels like a show-stopping closer -- there's no denying that the melodies of each song on The Stranger are memorable, so much so that they strengthen the weaker portions of the album. Joel rarely wrote a set of songs better than those on The Stranger, nor did he often deliver an album as consistently listenable.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Ratings :

AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.73 / 5

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