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DescriptionAll tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Billy Joel – 1973 - Piano Man (2010 MFSL SACD) [FLAC@88.2khz24bit]  Billy Joel  Wikipedia: William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US. Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the US, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah", Joel stopped writing and releasing pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams. However, he continues to tour, and he plays songs from all eras of his solo career. Piano Man (2010 MFSL SACD)  Artist: Billy Joel Title: Piano Man Format: SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered SACD Mastering: Rob LoVerde at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA. Producer: Michael Stewart Release Date: November 9, 1973, (MFSL 2010) Recorded: September 1973, Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, California Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Catalog: UDSACD 2062 Barcode: 821797206266 ASIN: B004OKFIYU Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk Rock, Pop Rock Duration: 43:38 Wikipedia: Piano Man is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on November 9, 1973. Joel's first recording with Columbia Records, Piano Man emerged from legal difficulties with his former label, Family Productions, and became his breakthrough album. However, the Family Productions print logo was used until 1986. The single "Piano Man", a fictionalized retelling of Joel's experiences with people Joel met as a lounge singer in Los Angeles, peaked at #25 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and at #4 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. "Travelin' Prayer" and "Worse Comes to Worst" peaked at #77 and #80, respectively, on the Pop Singles chart, while the album reached #27 on the Pop Albums chart. ("Travelin' Prayer" later earned Dolly Parton a Grammy Award, when she covered it in 1999.) AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Embittered by legal disputes with his label and an endless tour to support a debut that was dead in the water, Billy Joel hunkered down in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, spending six months as a lounge singer at a club. He didn’t abandon his dreams — he continued to write songs, including “Piano Man,” a fictionalized account of his weeks as a lounge singer. Through a combination of touring and constant hustling, he landed a contract with Columbia and recorded his second album in 1973. Clearly inspired by Elton John’s Tumbleweed Connection, not only musically but lyrically, as well as James Taylor, Joel expands the vision and sound of Cold Spring Harbor, abandoning introspective numbers (apart from “You’re My Home,” a love letter to his wife) for character sketches and epics. Even the title track, a breakthrough hit based on his weeks as a saloon singer, focuses on the colorful patrons, not the singer. If his narratives are occasionally awkward or incomplete, he compensates with music that gives the songs a sweeping sense of purpose — they feel complete, thanks to his indelible melodies and savvy stylistic repurposing. He may have borrowed his basic blueprint from Tumbleweed Connection, particularly with its Western imagery and bluesy gospel flourishes, but he makes it his own, largely due to his melodic flair, which is in greater evidence than on Cold Spring Harbor. Piano Man is where he suggests his potential as a musical craftsman. He may have weaknesses as a lyricist — such mishaps as the “instant pleasuredome” line in “You’re My Home” illustrate that he doesn’t have an ear for words — but Piano Man makes it clear that his skills as a melodicist can dazzle.  01. Travelin’ Prayer - 4:15 02. Piano Man - 5:38 03. Ain’t No Crime - 3:18 04. You’re My Home - 3:13 05. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid - 5:47 06. Worse Comes To Worst - 3:15 07. Stop In Nevada - 3:55 08. If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) - 3:34 09. Somewhere Along The Line - 3:19 10. Captain Jack - 7:18 Personnel: Billy Joel – piano, organs, electric piano, harmonica, vocals Larry Carlton – guitars Eric Weissberg – banjo Billy Armstrong – violin Richard Bennett – guitars Rhys Clark – drums (track 10) Laura Creamer – backing vocals Mark Creamer – backing vocals Wilton Felder – bass guitar Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar Fred Heilbrun – banjo Michael Omartian – accordion Dean Parks – guitars Susan Steward – backing vocals Ron Tutt – drums (tracks 1-9) Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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