Piano Man (album)
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| Piano Man | |||||
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| Studio album by Billy Joel | |||||
| Released | November 2, 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Piano rock | ||||
| Length | 42:51 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Michael Stewart | ||||
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Piano Man is a rock album by Billy Joel, released in 1973. The title track is one of Joel's signature tracks and a seminal song in piano rock. It remains a concert standard, and is the source of Joel's nickname. 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.
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[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.
[edit] Side One
- "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
[edit] Side Two
- "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" – 7:15
[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
- Illustration: Bill Imhoff
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Pop Albums | 27 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |
