Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

THE HITS presents all of Billy's best and most popular songs for the first time on 1 CD in the U.S. All songs have been remastered for the original songs from all his albums. All of his best are represented including #1 singles InchIt's Still Rock And Roll to Me,Inch InchTell Her About It,Inch and InchWe Didn't Start the FireInch and also other top 10 hits such as InchThe River of Dreams,Inch InchMy LifeInch and InchYou May Be RightInch. Album Tracks 1. Everybody Loves You Now 2. Piano Man 3. The Entertainer 4. New York State of Mind 5. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 6. Only the Good Die Young 7. My Life 8. Big Shot 9. You May Be Right 10. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me 11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live Attic Version] [Live][Version] 12. Allentown 13. Pressure 14. The Longest Time 15. Tell Her About It 16. A Matter of Trust 17. We Didn't Start the Fire 18. I Go to Extremes 19. The River of Dreams

The first greatest hits collection from Billy Joel, originally released on July 1, 1985. Certified Double Diamond + (23 million sold), this 2-LP set includes Billy's biggest hits from 1973 - 1985, as well as two previously unreleased tracks at the time; InchYou're Only Human (Second Wind)Inch and The Night Is Still Young Album Tracks 1. Piano Man (Album Version) 2. Say Goodbye to Hollywood 3. New York State of Mind (Album Version) 4. The Stranger (Album Version) 5. Just the Way You Are (Album Version) 1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (Album Version) 2. Only the Good Die Young (Album Version) 3. She's Always a Woman 4. My Life (Album Version) 5. Big Shot (Album Version) 6. You May Be Right (Album Version) 1. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me 2. Don't Ask Me Why (Album Version) 3. Pressure (Album Version) 4. Allentown (Album Version) 5. Goodnight Saigon (Album Version) 1. Tell Her About It (Album Version) 2. Uptown Girl 3. The Longest Time (Album Version) 4. You're Only Human (Second Wind) (Album Version) 5. The Night Is Still Young

Billy Joel 52nd Street on Numbered Edition Hybrid SACDMainstream Perfection Melodic Devices, Passionate Singing, Sophisticated Arrangements, Jazzy Backdrop Walk Down 52nd StreetSome artists embrace their success by repeating the steps that originally granted them fame. Billy Joel did the opposite, refusing to be contained by prescribed approaches or constrained by a given tag. The follow-up to the breakthrough The Stranger, 52nd Street further expands on it's predecessor's bold production techniques and inventive arrangements, incorporating more sophisticated textures as well as reflecting a jazz edge gleaned from New York City's thriving club scene.52nd Street is mastered from the original master tapes and made available on transparent hybrid SACD. The wider and deeper grooves - as well as the meticulous mastering process - yield resplendent dynamics, broad soundstages, three-dimensional perspectives, and tonal balances absent from prior editions. Indeed, Joel wouldn't sound more realistic if were playing ten rows away from you onstage. This is how you want to experience the 1978 LP that captured the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.Teaming again with producer Phil Ramone, Joel capitalizes on his momentum, churning out another direct-sounding affair replete with captivating melodic devices, showmanship accents, and penetrating lyrics. The singer's concision and focus is evident via the tune's lengths, with only 'Until the Night' breaking the six-minute mark. Hit singles 'Big Shot' and 'My Life' rattle forth with an urgency and intensity that Joel had not previously demonstrated, the combination of passionate deliveries, snide overtones, and insistent grooves setting the table for what follows.Broadening his palette, and drawing from New York's thriving jazz club scene and the city's late-70s grit, Joel splashes Latin and jazz colors on several pieces - even employ