52nd Street
52 nd Street | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Joel | ||||
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Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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LP, MC, CD, SACD |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
40:26 |
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52 nd Street is the sixth studio album by American musician Billy Joel . It was released in October 1978 and was also the artist's first album to hit number one on the Billboard album charts . Joel also received his third and fourth Grammy Awards for the LP . It was also 52 nd Street the first music album worldwide in 1982, which as a compact disc was released.
Emergence
Jazz influences can be heard for the first time on the album, for example in the title Zanzibar , which pays homage to the mid-20th century New York jazz district of the same name and on which jazz musician Freddie Hubbard also gives a guest performance as a trumpeter. The album title 52 nd Street refers to the 52nd Street of the West Side in Manhattan , was in at that time Joel's music label and due to their numerous in former times and legendary jazz clubs known as "Swing Street".
publication
52 nd Street first appeared in October 1978 at Columbia Records , with My Life (3rd place), Big Shot (14th place) and honesty (24th) reached three singles, the Top 100 of the US singles chart. The critics also rated the album mostly positive, at the Grammy Awards in 1980 the record was named album of the year.
In the published 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time the music magazine Rolling Stone ranked 52 nd Street to 352nd place. With the introduction of the compact disc in 1982 by Sony Music Entertainment , the record was also the world's first album to be released as a music CD.
Track list
- Big Shot - 4:03
- Honesty - 3:53
- My Life - 4:44
- Zanzibar - 5:13
- Stiletto - 4:42
- Rosalinda's Eyes - 4:41
- Half a Mile Away - 4:08
- Until the Night - 6:35
- 52nd Street - 2:31
Both the music and the lyrics of all tracks were written by Billy Joel.
Chart placements
Album 52 nd Street
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Singles My Life
Big shot
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Honesty
Until the night
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Sales figures and awards
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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100,000 |
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10,000 |
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100,000 |
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500,000 |
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15,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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100,000 |
All in all |
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7,820,000 |
Main article: Billy Joel / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ sony.net, Sony Global - Sony History ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ rollingstone.com, The Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ( Memento from June 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c austriancharts.at, Austrian Charts: 52nd Street
- ↑ a b 52nd Street at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Yamachan Land: Albums Chart Daijiten -Billy Joel ( Memento from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )