An Innocent Man
| Billy Joel
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel's adolescent years with Joel paying homage to a number of different popular American musical styles from the late 1950s and early 1960s, most notably doo-wop and soul music. The album cover artwork was taken on the front steps of 142 Mercer Street, just north of the intersection of Mercer and Prince Street in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
An Innocent Man is an affectionate, spirited paean to an undefiled past that’s truly forever.
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Sputnik Music
Little truly distinguishes this album from Joel's other works, aside from the rather heavy emphasis on love. Essentially, we have another Joel album that shows he still had charms to work on us, even if they were beginning to run out.
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All Music
That giddiness is infectious, helping make An Innocent Man an innocent delight that unwittingly closes Joel's classic period.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
That time Billy Joel returned to his youth on 'An Innocent Man'.
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Music AV Club
With An Innocent Man, Billy Joel became a human phonograph with soul.
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Blogcritics
It is populated with catchy, upbeat songs containing wonderful harmonies. It is a great listen from the first track to the last.
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In The 80s
This album is by far Joel's most enjoyable album.
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New Music Ear
The album has Soul, Motown and 50s and 60s tributes all over it, catchy songs and emotive ballads that made Billy an 80s global star.
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Album Reviews
An Innocent Man is light-weight and doesn’t have a lot of depth, but it’s a fun series of genre exercises after the serious Nylon Curtain.
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One Final Serenade
It all worked. Billy crafted a wonderful tribute to the music he grew up with and several songs became hits.
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W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe
In the end, An Innocent Man is good, but not the essential classic some fans might want it to be.
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