Billy's best! Ever!
I don't care what the critics say. As far as I'm concerned this is Billy Joel's best work. Maybe I'm outdated but the 50's Rock & Roll style is outstanding
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Great
A man at the top of his game.
A Good Album
This is actually worth the credits. So much of Mr. Joel's work seems to have all the substance of cotton candy. The songs on this album seem to have a little more.
Uptown Girl Got Overplayed Anyway
Don't tell me you didn't hear Uptown Girl enough times in your life already. Get the other nine tracks, excellent in their own right, for 9 credits and use the other three credits for something that wasn't played to death on the radio.
Fahgeddibout it
Sony is phony, you can't download the one song you want. I am outta here.
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