Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel

• Artist: Billy Joel
• Rating:
• Release Date: January 11, 2005
• Type: Compilation (best of), Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

This international collection of highlights from the East Coast native's prolific career takes its choicest bits from Columbia's three hugely successful Greatest Hits compilations. Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel may just skim the surface of Joel's large reservoir of material, but it's hard to argue with the end results. All of the radio hits, minus some of the more obscure ones like "Allentown," "Pressure" and "Matter of Trust," are dutifully represented. From "River of Dreams" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" to "Piano Man" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant," this skillfully paced compilation, which also includes a ten-track DVD, is about as good a single-disc Billy Joel primer as one is likely to find. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Tell Her About It	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:52)
Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:16)
Don't Ask Me Why	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(2:57)
Piano Man	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(4:37)
New York State of Mind	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(6:03)
The River of Dreams	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(4:06)
It's Still Rock & Roll to Me	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(2:56)
We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(4:30)
Goodnight Saigon	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(7:02)
My Life	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:53)
She's Always a Woman	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:21)
She's Got a Way	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:00)
Scandinavian Skies	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(5:58)
An Innocent Man	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(5:18)
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:30)
Only the Good Die Young	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:54)
All About Soul	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(4:18)
Honesty	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:50)
Just the Way You Are	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	(3:20)

Credits

Billy Joel (Producer), Jim Boyer (Producer), Danny Kortchmar (Producer), Joe Nicolo (Producer), Phil Ramone (Producer), Brian Ruggles (Producer), Frank Weber (Executive Producer), Fred Dellar (Liner Notes)

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