The Essential Billy Joel
The Essential Billy Joel | ||||
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Compilation album by Billy Joel | ||||
Publication |
October 2, 2001 |
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Label (s) | Sony BMG | |||
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Title (number) |
43 |
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running time |
188: 48 |
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The Essential Billy Joel is a best-of album of American pop - rock - singer Billy Joel . The album was released on October 2, 2001 on the Sony BMG label. On August 26, 2008, The Essential 3.0 was released with seven additional songs.
Production and guest posts
The songs on the album are previously released singles from Billy Joel's previous albums Piano Man (four tracks), Streetlife Serenade (one song), Turnstiles (four songs), The Stranger (five tracks), 52nd Street (three tracks) , Glass Houses (four tracks), Songs in the Attic (one song), The Nylon Curtain (three songs), An Innocent Man (five tracks), The Bridge (three tracks), Storm Front (five tracks), River of Dreams (three songs) and Fantasies & Delusions (two songs).
The only guest post is Ray Charles on Baby Grand .
Track list
CD 1:
# | title | Songwriter | producer | length | album |
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1 | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Michael Stewart | 5:36 | Piano Man (1973) |
2 | You're my home | Billy Joel | Michael Stewart | 3:11 | Piano Man (1973) |
3 | Captain Jack | Billy Joel | Michael Stewart | 7:16 | Piano Man (1973) |
4th | The entertainer | Billy Joel | Michael Stewart | 3:39 | Streetlife Serenade (1974) |
5 | Say goodbye to Hollywood | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:36 | Turnstiles (1976) |
6th | Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) | Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 5:12 | Turnstiles (1976) |
7th | New York State of Mind | Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 6:02 | Turnstiles (1976) |
8th | She's always a woman | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:19 | The Stranger (1977) |
9 | Movin 'Out (Anthony's Song) | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:27 | The Stranger (1977) |
10 | Only the Good Die Young | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:53 | The Stranger (1977) |
11 | Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:48 | The Stranger (1977) |
12 | Honesty | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:51 | 52nd Street (1978) |
13 | My life | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:42 | 52nd Street (1978) |
14th | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 2:57 | Glass Houses (1980) |
15th | You may be right | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:11 | Glass Houses (1980) |
16 | Don't ask me why | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 2:57 | Glass Houses (1980) |
17th | She's Got a Way (Live) | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 2:59 | Songs in the Attic (1981) |
18th | Allentown | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:50 | The Nylon Curtain (1982) |
CD 2:
# | title | Songwriter | producer | length | album |
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1 | Goodnight Saigon | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 7:02 | The Nylon Curtain (1982) |
2 | To Innocent Man | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 5:18 | To Innocent Man (1983) |
3 | Uptown girl | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:14 | To Innocent Man (1983) |
4th | The longest time | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:36 | To Innocent Man (1983) |
5 | Tell Her About It | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:49 | To Innocent Man (1983) |
6th | Leave a tender moment alone | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 3:51 | To Innocent Man (1983) |
7th | A matter of trust | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:08 | The Bridge (1986) |
8th | Baby grand | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:03 | The Bridge (1986) |
9 | I go to extremes | Billy Joel | Billy Joel, Mick Jones | 4:20 | Storm Front (1989) |
10 | We didn't start the fire | Billy Joel | Billy Joel, Mick Jones | 4:48 | Storm Front (1989) |
11 | Leningrad | Billy Joel | Billy Joel, Mick Jones | 4:03 | Storm Front (1989) |
12 | The Downeaster 'Alexa' | Billy Joel | Billy Joel, Mick Jones | 3:42 | Storm Front (1989) |
13 | And So It Goes | Billy Joel | Billy Joel, Mick Jones | 3:36 | Storm Front (1989) |
14th | The River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Joe Nicolo, Danny Kortchmar | 4:06 | River of Dreams (1993) |
15th | All about soul | Billy Joel | Joe Nicolo, Danny Kortchmar | 5:57 | River of Dreams (1993) |
16 | Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) | Billy Joel | Joe Nicolo, Danny Kortchmar | 3:30 | River of Dreams (1993) |
17th | Waltz no.1 (Nunley's Carousel) | Billy Joel | Steve Epstein | 6:52 | Fantasies & Delusions (2001) |
18th | Invention in C minor | Billy Joel | Steve Epstein | 0:59 | Fantasies & Delusions (2001) |
The Essential 3.0
# | title | Songwriter | producer | length | album |
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1 | Worse comes to cause | Billy Joel | Michael Stewart | 3:13 | Piano Man (1973) |
2 | Prelude / Angry Young Man | Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 5:16 | Turnstiles (1976) |
3 | Scenes from an Italian Restaurant | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 7:34 | The Stranger (1977) |
4th | Big shot | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:02 | 52nd Street (1978) |
5 | All for Leyna | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:12 | Glass Houses (1980) |
6th | Pressure | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:39 | The Nylon Curtain (1982) |
7th | This is the time | Billy Joel | Phil Ramone | 4:59 | The Bridge (1986) |
Chart successes
The Essential Billy Joel debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on October 20, 2001 . On August 17, 2013, the album reached a new high of number 15 on the Billboard 200. The single also reached number 13 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums .
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
United States (Billboard) | 15th (... Where.) | ... |
Sales figures and awards
The Essential Billy Joel was certified four times platinum in 2018 in the United States for over four million units sold.
Professional reviews | |
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Reviews | |
source | rating |
allmusic |
The Essential Billy Joel
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 3 × platinum | 210,000 |
Japan (RIAJ) | platinum | 200,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | platinum | 15,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 4 × platinum | 4,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold | 100,000 |
All in all |
1 × gold 9 × platinum |
4,525,000 |
Main article: Billy Joel / Music Sales Awards
The Essential 3.0
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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United Kingdom (BPI) | silver | 60,000 |
All in all |
1 × silver |
60,000 |
Main article: Billy Joel / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard 200: The week of October 10, 2001. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
- ^ Billboard 200: The week of August 17, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: US1 US rock albums
- ↑ US: 4 × platinum
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com