Fantasies & Delusions
| Billy Joel
Fantasies & Delusions
Fantasies & Delusions is a studio album featuring the British-Korean pianist Richard Hyung-ki Jooperforming compositions written by the American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, a longtime friend of his. If regarded as a Billy Joel project (Joel composed all the material, although he did not produce Fantasies & Delusions or perform on it), it is Joel's thirteenth and final album, and the only album of his containing classical compositions. Billy Joel's previous album-length project was 1993's River of Dreams. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Fantasies doesn’t always jell this satisfyingly, but for the most part, Joel doesn’t let his delusions get the best of him.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
He struggled with playing the compositions to their fullest extent because, as a pop performer, Joel didn’t have the chops to pull it off.
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Sputnik Music
Joel's last effort is a classical throwback that sounds nice but lacks personality.
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Gramophone
Joo plays all of them sympathetically and is recorded in sound that leaves nothing to be desired.
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All Music
Fantasies & Delusions, is pretty successful -- it's a nice collection of pleasingly modest, melodic solo piano pieces, mainly sonatas, written by Joel and performed by Richard Joo.
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One Final Serenade
I do not know enough about classical music to comment on the album, other than to say this is an enjoyable collection of songs and demonstrates that Billy is truly gifted.
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W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe
The journey of Fantasies & Delusions is not at all unpleasant, but it ends up as somewhat indistinct and nebulous.
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