Piano Man
| Billy Joel
Piano Man
Piano Man is the second studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on November 9, 1973 by Columbia Records. The album emerged from legal difficulties with Joel's former label Family Productions, and ultimately became his breakthrough album. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Piano Man reflects a new seriousness and musical flexibility.
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Classic Rock Review
This brought him neither him fame nor fortune, but set the stage for his phenomenal success later in the decade.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
It just goes to show that if you thought you knew Billy Joel, there's always another side of him to discover.
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The Guardian
Piano Man itself presents a sentimentalized view of Joel's time as a lounge pianist, though if it was that great, one wonders why Joel chose to pursue international stardom instead.
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Sputnik Music
When the Piano Man works to his strengths, he delivers like no other.
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Pop Matters
There are flashes of the frenetic energy and lyrical ingenuity that would later make Joel the third best-selling solo artist of all time in the US, but for the most part, Piano Man is a pretty middling rock album.
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All Music
Piano Man makes it clear that his skills as a melodicist can dazzle.
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seattle pi
Billy manages to capture his passionate performance and storytelling style in this classic about a regular crowd shuffling into a bar, from the old man to the real estate novelist.
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The Vinyl District
I wouldn’t go so far as to say Piano Man is Joel’s best album, although it remains my favorite.
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The Music Box
Joel’s lyrics and melodies are actually stronger than the perfunctory music that surrounds them.
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Album Reviews
It’s carried by its handful of good songs, and filled out by a bunch of tuneful, directionless fodder.
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W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe
Still, the best work here is on the compilations and Piano Man sounds more like a collection of b-sides (outside the title track) than it sounds like a cohesive album.
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