Billy Joel: the Nylon Curtain 2 LP, 180 Grams Audiophile Vinyl, US Pressing
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Billy Joel: the Nylon Curtain 2 LP, 180 Grams Audiophile Vinyl, US Pressing
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Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain
2 LP
180 grams audiophile vinyl
45rpm
gatefold cover
new & sealed
available immediately!
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, USA
Date of release: 04/01/2013
Billy Joel The Nylon Curtain on numbered limited edition 180-gram 45 RPM double LP from Mobile Fidelity
Singer-songwriter channels John Lennon on a musically ambitious and socially poignant set
Having triumphantly asserted himself as a take-no-mess singer-songwriter on 1980's hard-rocking Glass Houses, Billy Joel continues to push his creative impulses on The Nylon Curtain, a fascinating song cycle that pays tribute to John Lennon and stands as the most ambitious project of his career. Enriched by sweeping orchestral arrangements and socially conscious lyrics, the 1982 set addresses unemployment, war, and realities of the Reagan era with exacting precision. Insightful and clever, the album's Baby Boomer-themed narratives continue to resonate.
The Nylon Curtain is mastered from the original master tapes and made available on fully transparent Hybrid SACD . The myriad nuances amidst Phil Ramone's crisp production assume greater tonality, texture, and detail. What was a very good-sounding album is now an audiophile-caliber favorite, with transparency, clarity, and microdynamics enhancing the poignant connection between Joel's expressiveness and the listener's emotions. The Nylon Curtain is now an even more personal experience, a brilliant distillation of sadness, loss, hope, and anger.
Harnessing concerns, obsessions, reflections, and feelings that consumed a majority of the Baby Boomer generation near the beginning of the Reagan Era, Joel delves into job loss ("Allentown"), wartime fallout ("Goodbye Saigon"), and, of course , romantic longing ("She's Right on Time"). Rather than take a long-view perspective, Joel gets up and close to the issues, infusing the fare with a mix of sadness, frustration, cautious optimism, and moodiness that he wears on his sleeve. Joel's melodies, too, ricochet with unmistakably personal sentiment, as he constructs arrangements in tribute to Lennon, whose ghost arises on pieces like "Scandinavian Skies" and "Laura."
Tracklist:
1. Allentown
2. laura
3. Pressure
4. Goodnight Saigon
5. She's Right On Time
6. A Room Of Our Own
7. surprises
8. Scandinavian Skies
9. Where's The Orchestra?
Having triumphantly asserted himself as a take-no-mess singer-songwriter on 1980's hard-rocking Glass Houses, Billy Joel continues to push his creative impulses on The Nylon Curtain, a fascinating song cycle that pays tribute to John Lennon and stands as the most ambitious project of his career. Enriched by sweeping orchestral arrangements and socially conscious lyrics, the 1982 set addresses unemployment, war, and realities of the Reagan era with exacting precision. Insightful and clever, the album's Baby Boomer-themed narratives continue to resonate. Harnessing concerns, obsessions, reflections, and feelings that consumed a majority of the Baby Boomer generation near the beginning of the Reagan Era, Joel delves into job loss ("Allentown"), wartime fallout ("Goodbye Saigon"), and, of cour neu & versiegelt sofort lieferbar Plattengröße LP (12 Inch) Sub-Genre Progressive Rock Epoche 1980er Format Album Kulturkreis USA & Kanada Sprache Englisch Material Vinyl Anzahl der Audiokanäle Stereo versicherter Versand innerhalb D Zustellung innerhalb 2-3 Tagen Herstellungsland und -region Vereinigte Staaten Musiktitel The Nylon Curtain Genre Rock Besonderheiten Deluxe Edition Besonderheiten Ersterscheinung Besonderheiten Limited Edition Besonderheiten 180-220g Besonderheiten Import Stilrichtung 1980er Interpret Billy Joel Farbe Schwarz Geschwindigkeit 45 U/min Musiklabel Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Erscheinungsjahr 2013 Produktart Double LP
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