Piano Man (album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Piano Man | ||
 |
||
| Studio album by Billy Joel | ||
| Released | April, 1973 | |
| Recorded | 1972-1973 | |
| Genre | Rock, Piano rock | |
| Length | 42:51 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Stewart | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
| Billy Joel chronology | ||
| Cold Spring Harbor (1971) |
Piano Man (1973) |
Streetlife Serenade (1974) |
Piano Man is a rock album by Billy Joel, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The title track is one of Joel's signature tracks and a seminal song in piano rock. It remains a concert standard. Piano Man, Joel's second album and his first with Columbia Records, emerged out of legal difficulties with his former label and became his breakthrough album.
The single "Piano Man", a fictionalized retelling of Joel's days as a lounge singer in Los Angeles, peaked at #25 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and at #4 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. "Travelin' Prayer" and "Worse Comes to Worst" peaked at #77 and #80, respectively, on the Pop Singles chart, while the album hit #27 on the Pop Albums chart.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
On vinyl editions, the two sides are listed as "One Side" (tracks 1-5) and "Another Side" (tracks 6-10) instead of the usual "Side One" and "Side Two."
All songs by Billy Joel.
- "Travelin' Prayer" – 4:10
- "Piano Man" – 5:37
- "Ain't No Crime" – 3:20
- "You're My Home" – 3:14
- "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 5:35
- "Worse Comes to Worst" – 3:28
- "Stop in Nevada" – 3:40
- "If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)" – 3:35
- "Somewhere Along the Line" – 3:17
- "Captain Jack" – 6:55
[edit] Personnel
- Billy Joel – harmonica, keyboards, piano, vocals
- Larry Carlton – guitar
- Eric Weissberg – banjo
- Billy Armstrong – violin
- Richard Bennett – guitar
- Rhys Clark – drums
- Laura Creamer – vocals
- Mark Creamer – vocals
- Wilton Felder – bass, keyboards
- Emory Gordy – bass
- Fred Heilbrun – banjo
- Michael Omartian – accordion
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Susan Steward – vocals
- Ron Tutt – drums
[edit] Production
- Producer: Michael Stewart
- Engineer: Ron Malo
- Remastering: Ted Jensen
- Arranger: Michael Omartian
- Design: Beverly Parker
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Pop Albums | 27 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "Piano Man" | Adult Contemporary | 4 |
| 1974 | "Piano Man" | Pop Singles | 25 |
| 1974 | "Travelin' Prayer" | Pop Singles | 77 |
| 1974 | "Worse Comes To Worst" | Pop Singles | 80 |
| Billy Joel Albums |
|---|
| Studio Albums |
| Cold Spring Harbor – Piano Man – Streetlife Serenade – Turnstiles – The Stranger – 52nd Street – Glass Houses The Nylon Curtain – An Innocent Man – The Bridge – Storm Front – River of Dreams – My Lives |
| Greatest Hit Collections |
| Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 – Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection – The Essential Billy Joel – Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 – Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel |
| Live Albums |
| Songs in the Attic – КОНЦЕРТ – 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert – 12 Gardens Live |
| Other Albums and Projects |
| Fantasies & Delusions (performed by Richard Joo) – Movin' Out |
| See also: Billy Joel |
