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 Swan Song Jan 30, 2009
This is his best album, beating out the Stranger slightly. It's musically and lyrically brilliant. Probably in the top 20 rock albums and even higher in terms of songwriting, in the Quadraphenia, Night at the Opera level.
Favorite... Nov 30, 2008
This isn't the first time I've bought this. I was shocked to see that it wasn't in my current collection. The next best thing to a trip to the East Coast...
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the album will even take place in the hearts of angry young men Jun 17, 2007
Luis Mejia (son)- Although past Joel's works are great, this is the first one that it could be said with all security that it's a masterpiece. Not as good as The stranger, but gets very close. Joel brought the theme of this album celebrating his return to New York after being in California. The sound is magnificent, the composition is delicate, all the tracks fit together in perfect harmony, and is maybe the greatest use of piano Joel has applied. It can be defined as a classic album, with the perfect piano ballad style seen in Say Goodbye To Hollywood, I've Loved This Days and James. The fast and catchy style of Prelude/Angry Young Man, which I consider a funny song, All You Wanna Do Is Dance and Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway), anf of course how to forget the blues-like song New York State Of Mind. This album is enjoyable for all ages and for everyone, The best one for starting to hear Billy Joel!
awesome melodies Mar 16, 2007
I forgot how much I love this record until I picked up a copy of "Songs in the Attic" the other day and heard those incredible intro measures on "Summer Highland Falls." There is such fire and grace in the songs here, and cascades of brilliant melody flying off the keys. A lot of different musical styles and feels, here. Good lyrics, too; gritty at times, more so than most his records. I would put this one up there as my personal fav along with "The Stranger." I did catch him live in 1979, it was my first "big artist" concert, and they played a lot of the tunes off this one as I recall.
 At the Core of a singer-songwriter Dec 22, 2006
This album finds Billy Joel at the dawn of the superstardom to come. There are a number of songs that could very well have been hits had this album been released after he had been internationally established with The Stranger and 42nd St. Notably - Miami 2017, Summer Highland Falls, and New York State of Mind are album-cut classics and are as good as anything he had written before or since. For those fans who were introduced to Billy Joel through Just The Way You Are, and the rest of The Stranger album, Turnstiles is well worth the purchase to discover a prior album of equal weight and substance.
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