Billy Joel "Greatest Hits Volume 1 & Volume 2" Vinyl

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22

Item specifics

Condition:

Excellent

Artist:

Billy Joel

Record Label:

Format:

Vinyl

UPC:

07464401211

Release Date:

1985

Detailed item info

Album Features

UPC:

07464401211

Artist:

Billy Joel

Format:

Vinyl

Release Year:

1985

Record Label:

Columbia

Genre:

Pop/Rock

Track Listing
1. Piano Man

2. Say Goodbye To Hollywood

3. New York State Of Mind

4. The Stranger

5. Just The Way You are

6. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

7. Only The Good Die Young

8. She's Always A Woman

9. My Life

10. Big Shot

11. You May Be Right

12. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

13. Don't Ask Me Why

14. Pressure

15. Allentown

16. Goodnight Saigon

17. Tell Her About It

18. Uptown Girl

19. The Longest Time

20. You're Only Human (Second Wind)

21. The Night Is Still Young

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Recording Type:

Studio

Recording Mode:

Stereo

SPAR Code:

n/a

Album Notes

Billy Joel's Greatest Hits is a collection released in two sets, 12 years apart. The first set, consisting of two discs, titled Volume I and Volume II, was released in 1985. The second, single disc titled Volume III was released in 1997. All songs but the last three on Volume III, "To Make You Feel My Love", "Hey Girl" and "Light as the Breeze" were written by Joel. "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young" are only available on the first set. The other songs appear mostly in order of their release dates and generally represent Joel's most successful singles.

Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II has been certified double diamond by the RIAA, selling over 11.5 million copies (23 million units) and is tied with Pink Floyd's The Wall and Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV for third most certified album of all time in the U.S.[2]

Reviews

Although it's missing a few important (not to mention big) hits, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 is an excellent retrospective of the first half of Billy Joel's career. Beginning with "Piano Man," the first disc runs through a number of early songs before arriving at the hit-making days of the late '70s; some of these songs, including "Captain Jack" and "New York State of Mind," weren't strictly hits, but were popular numbers within his stage show and became radio hits. Once the songs from The Stranger arrive halfway through the first disc, there's no stopping the hits (although "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," an album track from The Stranger, manages its way onto the collection). In fact, over the next disc and a half, there's so many hits, it's inevitable that some are left off -- to be specific, "Honesty," "Sometimes a Fantasy," "An Innocent Man," "Leave a Tender Moment," and "Keeping the Faith" aren't included. But all the other hits -- including "Just the Way You Are," "Only the Good Die Young," "My Life," "You May Be Right," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Don't Ask Me Why," "Allentown," "Tell Her About It" and "Uptown Girl," among many others -- are present and accounted for, as are two new songs ("You're Only Human (Second Wind)," "The Night Is Still Young") that became hits as well. In short, Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 does its job perfectly, encapsulating exactly why Billy Joel was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the late '70s and early '80s.

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 Grading Scale

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M (mint) Record is new, shiny, never played.

 NM (near mint) Record is like new, probably played a few times, but it doesn't effects on the quality of a sound.

 EX (excellent) Record in great shape, may have light marks, played more than a few times but low in surface noise or no surface noise.

 VG+ (very good plus) Record has been played more times, it has more marks and surface noise, it doesn't skip.

VG (very good) Record has been played many times, may be more surface noise, but it shouldn't skip while playing.

G (good) Record is in bad condition, this is worth only for archive items - just to have until you find better

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