Piano Man (Album)
Occupation
- Vocals / Keyboards / Piano / Harmonica: Billy Joel
- Guitar: Larry Carlton
- Banjo: Eric Weissberg
- Violin: Billy Armstrong
- Guitar: Richard Bennett
- Drums: Rhys Clark
- Vocals: Laura Creamer
- Vocals: Mark Creamer
- Bass / Keyboard: Wilton Felder
- Bass: Emory Gordy Jr.
- Accordion: Michael Omartian
- Guitar: Dean Parks
- Vocals: Susan Steward
- Drums: Ron Tutt
Piano Man is the second album by the American singer Billy Joel. It was released in November 1973, after the failure of Joel's debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, his first great success. The theme song Piano Man Billy Joel is one of the most famous songs to date and gave the artist also his nickname. Piano Man was Joel's first release with Columbia Records after disputes could be settled because of his contract with his previous production company Family Productions.
Formation
The work has significant musical influences of the previously released album Tumbleweed Connection in Elton John and country themes in almost all titles. Lyrically, the influences, especially in The Ballad of Billy the Kid, a ballad about the outlaws Billy the Kid, and musically in the songs of Captain Jack, Travelin ' Prayer or stop in Nevada clearly. These pieces all use pentatonic scales, a typical feature in country music.
Publication
The album was released in the U.S. in November 1973. The song Piano Man reaching number 25 of the U.S. Billboard charts. The other extractions Travelin ' Prayer and Worse Comes to Worst occupied positions 77 and 80 in the singles charts, the album itself reached the 27th place in the pop album charts. A cover version of Travelin ' Prayer brought Dolly Parton 1999 Grammy nomination.
Title list
On the vinyl version of the album, the two sides of the board ( "Page 2 " "Page 1 " and ) as " Side One " ( "One page ", title 1-5) and "Another Side" ( " Another side to be contrary to the common numbering "Title 6-10) respectively. All songs on Piano Man come exclusively from the pen of Billy Joel.
One Side
Another Side
Studio albums: Cold Spring Harbor ( 1971 ) | Piano Man (1973 ) | Streetlife Serenade ( 1974 ) | Turnstiles (1976 ) | The Stranger (1977 ) | 52nd Street (1978 ) | Glass Houses (1980 ) | The Nylon Curtain ( 1982) | An Innocent Man (1983 ) | The Bridge (1986 ) | Storm Front (1989 ) | River of Dreams (1993 ) | Fantasies & Delusions (2001 ) | Movin ' Out ( 2002) | The Stranger - 30th Anniversary Edition (2008)
Live albums: Songs in the Attic (1981 ) | Концерт (1987 ) | 2000 Years - The Millennium Concert (2000) | 12 Gardens Live (2006)
- Billy Joel album
- Album ( rock )
- 1973 album
- Multi-platinum album (United States)