Best

Tracklist

• 1
  The Stranger
  5:12
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
  3:26
  4.3 ★
• 3
  Just the Way You Are
  3:37
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Piano Man
  5:39
  4.3 ★
• 5
  Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
  7:35
  4.5 ★
• 6
  New York State of Mind
  6:06
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Only the Good Die Young
  3:55
  4.3 ★
• 8
  Vienna
  3:34
  4.3 ★
• 9
  She’s Always a Woman
  3:21
  4.1 ★
• 10
  Get It Right the First Time
  3:57
  3.9 ★
• 11
  Everybody Has a Dream
  4:37
• 12
  Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  3:55
  4.1 ★
• 13
  Root Beer Rag
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Weekend Song
  3:32
  4.1 ★
• 15
  Souvnir
  2:02
  3.5 ★
• 16
  You’re My Home
  3:11
  3.5 ★

More by Billy Joel

The Stranger

The Stranger 1977

An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man 1983

The Nylon Curtain

The Nylon Curtain 1982

Glass Houses

Glass Houses 1980

Turnstiles

Turnstiles 1976

Piano Man

Piano Man 1973

Release credits

• Billy Joel
  arranger [6, 12-15], harmonica [4], keyboard [3, 6, 12], lead vocals [1-10, 12, 14-16], piano [1-10, 12, 16], producer [6, 12], synthesizer [3], whistling [1]
• Bobbye Hall
  percussion [4]
• Bruce Botnick
  mix [6, 12]
• Dean Parks
  guitar [4]
• Dominic Cortese
  accordion [5, 8]
• Don Puluse
  engineer [6, 12]
• Doug Stegmeyer
  arranger [6, 12], bass [3], bass guitar [6, 12], electric bass guitar [1-2, 5-10, 12]
• Hiram Bullock
  electric guitar [3]
• Howard Emerson
  acoustic guitar [6, 12], electric guitar [6, 12]
• Hugh McCracken
  acoustic guitar [3, 5, 9-10]
• James Mingo Lewis
  percussion [6, 12]
• James Smith
  acoustic guitar [6, 12]
• Jim Boyer
  engineer [1-3, 5, 7-10]
• John Bradley
  assistant [6, 12], engineer [6, 12]
• Kenny Ascher
  orchestrator [6, 12]
• Larry Carlton
  guitar [4]
• Liberty DeVitto
  arranger [6, 12], drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-8, 10, 12]
• Lou Waxman
  engineer [6, 12]
• Michael Omartian
  accordion [4], arranger [4, 16], keyboard [4]
• Michael Stewart
  arranger [13-15], producer [4, 13-16]
• Neil Jason
  percussion [6]
• Patrick Williams
  orchestrator [3]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [1-3, 5, 7-10], producer [1-3, 5, 7-10]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [3]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [1, 3, 10]
• Richie Cannata
  clarinet [3, 5], flute [3, 9-10], organ [3, 7], saxophone [2, 5-7, 12], soprano saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [3]
• Ron Malo
  engineer [4, 16], sound [13-15]
• Ron Tutt
  drums (drum set) [4, 16]
• Russell Javors
  acoustic guitar [6, 12], electric guitar [6, 12]
• Steve Burgh
  acoustic guitar [3, 9], electric guitar [5]
• Steve Khan
  12 string guitar [3], acoustic guitar [3], electric guitar [3], guitar [3]
• William Bennett
  guitar [4]
• Wilton Felder
  electric bass guitar [4]
• Show all credits (33)

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