Billy Joel – The Stranger
Label: Columbia – JC 34987, Family Productions – JC 34987, Columbia – 34987, Family Productions – 34987
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Rock
Note: *Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing denoted by "S" etches in runouts. *Issued with custom photo / lyric / credit inner sleeve. *Recorded and Mixed at A&R Recording, Inc. New York, N.Y. *B6 is unlisted on cover and jacket - it is titled "The Stranger (Reprise)" on reissues, but is present on this pressing. *Ralph MacDonald appears courtesy of Marlin Records. Patti Austin appears courtesy of CTI Records. Richard Tee appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Phil Woods appears courtesy of Gryphon Productions, Inc.
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977, by Columbia Records. While his four previous albums had been moderately successful, The Stranger became Joel's true critical and commercial breakthrough, spending six weeks at number 2 on the US albums chart. Considered his magnum opus, it remains his best-selling non-compilation album to date, and was ranked number 70 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Tracklist:
| A1 | Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) | 3:30 | |
| A2 | The Stranger | 5:08 | |
| A3 | Just The Way You Are | 4:50 | |
| A4 | Scenes From An Italian Restaurant | 7:35 | |
| B1 | Vienna | 3:32 | |
| B2 | Only The Good Die Young | 3:54 | |
| B3 | She's Always A Woman | 3:19 | |
| B4 | Get It Right The First Time | 3:54 | |
| B5 | Everybody Has A Dream | 4:35 | |
| B6 | Untitled | 1:57 |
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