The Essential Billy Joel

by Billy Joel

The Essential Billy Joel cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2 October 2001
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:33:26
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A two-disc career summation of the Long Island songwriter's Columbia catalogue, from 'Piano Man' to the nineties.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, piano, ballad, harmonies, retro, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Piano Man (5:36)
  2. You're My Home (3:11)
  3. Captain Jack (7:16)
  4. The Entertainer (3:39)
  5. Say Goodbye to Hollywood (4:36)
  6. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (5:12)
  7. New York State of Mind (6:02)
  8. She's Always a Woman (3:19)
  9. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (3:28)
  10. Only the Good Die Young (3:53)
  11. Just the Way You Are (4:49)
  12. Honesty (3:51)
  13. My Life (4:42)
  14. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (2:56)
  15. You May Be Right (4:11)
  16. Don't Ask Me Why (2:57)
  17. She's Got a Way (Live at the Paradise, Boston, MA - June 1980) (3:00)
  18. Allentown (3:50)
  19. Goodnight Saigon (7:04)
  20. An Innocent Man (5:18)
  21. Uptown Girl (3:15)
  22. The Longest Time (3:36)
  23. Tell Her About It (3:49)
  24. Leave a Tender Moment Alone (3:51)
  25. A Matter of Trust (4:08)
  26. Baby Grand (with Ray Charles) (4:04)
  27. I Go to Extremes (4:20)
  28. We Didn't Start the Fire (4:48)
  29. Leningrad (4:03)
  30. The Downeaster 'Alexa' (3:42)
  31. And So It Goes (3:36)
  32. The River of Dreams (4:06)
  33. All About Soul (Remix) (5:57)
  34. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (3:30)
  35. Waltz No. 1 (Nunley's Carousel) (Album Version) (6:52)
  36. Invention In C minor (0:59)

Credits

  • Ray Charles - vocals [duet with]
  • Greg Linn - management [marketing, production direction]
  • Mark Feldman - management [marketing, production direction]
  • Andreas K. Meyer - mastered by, mastering
  • Art Maillet - photography by [back cover photo], photography
  • Patrick Demarchelier - photography by [front cover and back of booklet photos], photography
  • Don DeVito - a&r
  • Christopher Austopchuk - art direction
  • Gary Montalvo - art direction
  • Jane Arginteanu - management [administration]
  • Inc. - management [administration]
  • Sharon Czechowski Kopetic - management [administration]
  • Danny Kortchmar - producer
  • Mick Jones - producer
  • Mike Stewart - producer
  • Phil Ramone - producer
  • Steve Epstein - producer
  • Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo - co-producer

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