Album
Glass Houses
1980 · Rock, Pop
118 collectors on Gatefold own this
Glass Houses is a Rock album by Billy Joel, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 199 pressings tracked, owned by 118 collectors.
About
Billy Joel is a restless person who loves a broad range of music, and enjoys exploring different styles—possibly because “Piano Man” and “Just the Way You Are” got him pigeonholed as a balladeer. <i>Glass Houses</i> is one of his most unpredictable musical twist, and it takes a turn towards New Wave, especially the efficient rock songs of The Car. Compare “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” (Joel’s first No. 1 hit) and “You May Be Right” with “Just What I Needed” and “Let’s Go,” and you might notice similar rhythm-guitar intro. In the deliberately provocative “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” Joel takes a look at the “new sounds” in vogue (punk and New Wave) and conclude, with a Boomer-ish shrug, that it’s nothing new. Most of it, he told interviewer, reminded him of the garage rock he grew up loving, like The Seed, or ? and the Mysterian. It’s a bit condescending, but by incorporating New Wave into the album, he expressed an appreciation alongside the skepticism. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1You May Be Right4:07
- A2Sometimes A Fantasy3:39
- A3Don't Ask Me Why2:56
- A4It's Still Rock And Roll To Me2:55
- A5All For Leyna4:10
Side B
- B1I Don't Want To Be Alone3:34
- B2Sleeping With The Television On2:59
- B3C'Etait Toi (You Were The One)3:45
- B4Close To The Borderline3:45
- B5Through The Long Night2:45
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- clean
- sarcastic
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy JoelLYRICS BY, MUSIC BY, VOCALS, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, HARMONICA, ACCORDION PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, HARMONICA, VOCALS, SONGWRITER VOCALS
- David BrownACOUSTIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR , LEAD GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD GUITAR
- Doug StegmeyerBASS BASS GUITAR
- Liberty DevittoDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Richie CannataSAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE , ORGAN SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, ORGAN
- Russell JavorsACOUSTIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
118 collectors on Gatefold own this · 199 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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