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The Stranger By Billy Joel : 2 CD Legacy Edition & Deluxe Limited Edition

by DEXIE on July 7th, 2008

The Stranger by Billy Joel celebrates it’s 30th Anniversary since it’s breakout release. To commemorate the day, 2 new special editions –a 2 CD Legacy Edition and a Deluxe Limited Edition including 2 CDs plus a bonus DVD– will be released tomorrow, July 8th, both online and in stores. The Stranger was originally released on September 1977 as Billy Joel’s 5th album which catapulted him to Pop Music Stardom.

The collection which Billy Joel collaborated on with producer Phil Ramone won many prestigious music awards/nominations and a successful run on the hit charts and radio :

• #2 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart)
• 2 Grammys (Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Just The Way You Are,”
• The Stranger was nominated for Album of the Year)
• “Just The Way You Are (#1 Adult Contemporary, #3 Pop Singles);
• “Only The Good Die Young” (#24 Pop Singles);
• “She’s Always A Woman” (#2 Adult Contemporary, #17 Pop Singles)
• “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” (#17 Pop Singles)

The Stranger track list after the fold…

  The Stranger - 30th Anniversary Edition
  Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings

  CD 1 - The Original Album
  1. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
  2. The Stranger
  3. Just The Way You Are
  4. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
  5. Vienna
  6. Only The Good Die Young
  7. She’s Always A Woman
  8. Get It Right The First Time
  9. Everybody Has A Dream

  Produced by Phil Ramone in association with Home Run
  Music and Lyrics by Billy Joel

  CD 2 - Live At Carnegie Hall, June 3, 1977
  1.  Intro
  2.  Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
  3.  Prelude/Angry Young Man
  4.  New York State Of Mind
  5.  Just The Way You Are
  6.  She’s Got A Way
  7.  The Entertainer
  8.  Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
  9.  Band Intro
  10. Captain Jack
  11. I’ve Loved These Days
  12. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
  13. Souvenir

  Produced for release by Phil Ramone and Bruce Dickinson

  “The Old Grey Whistle Test” DVD
  “Miami 2017″
  “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”
  “New York State Of Mind”
  “The Entertainer”
  “She’s Always A Woman”
  “Root Beer Rag”
  “Just The Way You Are”
  “Souvenir”
  “Ain’t No Crime”
  “Only The Good Die Young”

  PLUS Live Promotional videos:
  “The Stranger”
  “Just The Way You Are”

Pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or wait until tomorrow to buy online and in stores.

(SOURCE : PR Newswire)

(Image : amazon.com)

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