Review: Billy Joel - The Stranger: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
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Much like Neil Diamond, Billy Joel exists in the hinterland between artistic credibility and commercial success. Beloved of millions of faithful fans he nevertheless always just misses out on the acceptance of many of his peers and the snobbier end of the critical axis. The clues to why this may can be found here, on what most fans and critics regard as his defining moment, The Stranger. Following a three year exile in the sun-bleached la-la land of the West Coast, Joel, by 1975, returned to his native New York and with this album's predecessor, Turnstiles, celebrated his delight at going...
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