Billy Joel – The Complete Albums Collection (15 CD, 2011) [FLAC]

 

A triumph of technology and design, with respect for history in every detail, The Complete Albums Collection features 14 classic Billy Joel albums plus a bonus disc of rare and original recordings. This deluxe limited edition package is the most comprehensive collection ever by a consummate artist who has sold over 100 million records in the course of his 40-year career.





Featuring brand-new digital remasters by Ted Jensen for the best sound reproduction of Billy Joel’s music ever on Compact Disc, each CD is packaged in a replica cardboard jacket and sleeve reproducing the original vinyl LP artwork in precise detail. New liner notes take the listener behind the scenes to the making of these timeless albums, featuring previously unpublished quotes from Billy, rare photos from the artist’s archives and complete lyrics to every song, all housed in an elegant display case. From the angry young Piano Man to the River Of Dreams and beyond, The Complete Albums Collection is the definitive artifact: a timeless body of work embraced by millions across multiple generations.

Brand-new remasters of all these classic albums

•Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
•Piano Man (1973)
•Streetlife Serenade (1974)
•Turnstiles (1976)
•The Stranger (1977)
•52nd Street (1978)
•Glass Houses (1980)
•Songs In The Attic (1981)
•The Nylon Curtain (1982)
•An Innocent Man (1983)
•The Bridge (1986)
•Storm Front (1989)
•River Of Dreams (1993)
•Fantasies And Delusions (2001)


Disc 1: Cold Spring Harbor (originally released as Family Productions FPS-2500, 1971 – remixed and reissued as Columbia PC 38984, 1983)

  1. She’s Got a Way
  2. You Can Make Me Free
  3. Everybody Loves You Now
  4. Why Judy Why
  5. The Falling of the Rain
  6. Turn Around
  7. You Look So Good to Me
  8. Tomorrow is Today
  9. Nocturne
  10. Got to Begin Again

Disc 2: Piano Man (originally released as Columbia KC 32544, 1973)

  1. Travelin’ Prayer
  2. Piano Man
  3. Ain’t No Crime
  4. You’re My Home
  5. The Ballad of Billy the Kid
  6. Worse Comes to Worst
  7. Stop in Nevada
  8. If I Only Had The Words (to Tell You)
  9. Somewhere Along the Line
  10. Captain Jack

Disc 3: Streetlife Serenade (originally released as Columbia PC 33146, 1974)

  1. Streetlife Serenader
  2. Los Angelenos
  3. The Great Suburban Showdown
  4. Root Beer Rag
  5. Roberta
  6. The Entertainer
  7. Last of the Big Time Spenders
  8. Weekend Song
  9. Souvenir
  10. The Mexican Connection

Disc 4: Turnstiles (originally released as Columbia PC 33848, 1976)

  1. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  2. Summer, Highland Falls
  3. All You Wanna Do is Dance
  4. New York State of Mind
  5. James
  6. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  7. I’ve Loved These Days
  8. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)

Disc 5: The Stranger (originally released as Columbia JC 34897, 1977)

  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

Disc 6: 52nd Street (originally released as Columbia PC 35609, 1978)

  1. Big Shot
  2. Honesty
  3. My Life
  4. Zanzibar
  5. Stiletto
  6. Rosalinda’s Eyes
  7. Half a Mile Away
  8. Until the Night
  9. 52nd Street

Disc 7: Glass Houses (originally released as Columbia FC 36384, 1980)

  1. You May Be Right
  2. Sometimes a Fantasy
  3. Don’t Ask Me Why
  4. It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
  5. All for Leyna
  6. I Don’t Want to Be Alone
  7. Sleeping with the Television On
  8. C’Etait Toi (You Were the One)
  9. Close to the Borderline
  10. Through the Long Night

Disc 8: Songs in the Attic (originally released as Columbia PC 37461, 1981)

  1. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) (Live)
  2. Summer, Highland Falls (Live)
  3. Streetlife Serenader (Live)
  4. Los Angelenos (Live)
  5. She’s Got a Way (Live)
  6. Everybody Loves You Now (Live)
  7. Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live)
  8. Captain Jack (Live)
  9. You’re My Home (Live)
  10. The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live)
  11. I’ve Loved These Days (Live)

Disc 9: The Nylon Curtain (originally released as Columbia QC 38200, 1982)

  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?

Disc 10: An Innocent Man (originally released as Columbia QC 38837, 1983)

  1. Easy Money
  2. An Innocent Man
  3. The Longest Time
  4. This Night
  5. Tell Her About It
  6. Uptown Girl
  7. Careless Talk
  8. Christie Lee
  9. Leave a Tender Moment Alone
  10. Keeping the Faith

Disc 11: The Bridge (originally released as Columbia OC 40402, 1986)

  1. Running on Ice
  2. This is the Time
  3. A Matter of Trust
  4. Modern Woman
  5. Baby Grand (Duet with Ray Charles)
  6. Big Man on Mulberry Street
  7. Temptation
  8. Code of Silence
  9. Getting Closer

Disc 12: Storm Front (originally released as Columbia OC 44366, 1989)

  1. That’s Not Her Style
  2. We Didn’t Start the Fire
  3. The Downeaster “Alexa”
  4. I Go to Extremes
  5. Shameless
  6. Storm Front
  7. Leningrad
  8. State of Grace
  9. When in Rome
  10. And So It Goes

Disc 13: River of Dreams (originally released as Columbia CK 53003, 1993)

  1. No Man’s Land
  2. The Great Wall of China
  3. Blonde Over Blue
  4. A Minor Variation
  5. Shades of Grey
  6. All About Soul
  7. Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)
  8. The River of Dreams
  9. Two Thousand Years
  10. Famous Last Words

Disc 14: Fantasies & Delusions (originally released as Columbia CK 85397, 2001)

  1. Op. 3: Reverie (Villa D’Este)
  2. Op. 2: Waltz #1 (Nunley’s Carousel)
  3. Op. 7: Aria (Grand Canal)
  4. Op. 6: Invention in C minor
  5. Op. 1: Soliloquy (On a Separation)
  6. Op. 8: Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed) I – Inamoretto
  7. Op. 8: Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed) II – Sorbetto
  8. Op. 8: Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed) III – Delusion
  9. Op. 5: Waltz #2 (Steinway Hall)
  10. Op. 9: Waltz #3 (For Lola)
  11. Op. 4: Fantasy (Film Noir)
  12. Op. 10: Air (Dublinesque)

Disc 15: Collected Additional Masters (1985-2007)

  1. Elvis Presley Boulevard (B-side to “Allentown” – Columbia 38-03413, 1982)
  2. Nobody Knows But Me (from In Harmony II – Columbia FC 37641, 1982)
  3. I’ll Cry Instead (Live) (B-side to “An Innocent Man” – Columbia 38-04259, 1983)
  4. You’re Only Human (Second Wind) (from Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II – Columbia C2 40121, 1985)
  5. The Night is Still Young (from Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II – Columbia C2 40121, 1985)
  6. House of Blue Light (B-side to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – Columbia 38-73021, 1989)
  7. When You Wish Upon a Star (from Simply Mad About the Mouse – Columbia CK 46019, 1991)
  8. Heartbreak Hotel (from Honeymoon in Vegas: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack – Epic Soundtrax EK 52845, 1991)
  9. All Shook Up (from Honeymoon in Vegas: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack – Epic Soundtrax EK 52845, 1991)
  10. In a Sentimental Mood (from A League of Their Own: Music from the Motion Picture – Columbia CK 52919, 1992)
  11. You Picked a Real Bad Time (B-side to “All About Soul” – Columbia 38-77254, 1993)
  12. To Make You Feel My Love (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
  13. Hey Girl (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
  14. Light As the Breeze (from Greatest Hits Volume III – Columbia CK 67347, 1997)
  15. Where Were You (on Our Wedding Day?) (from Runaway Bride: Music from the Motion Picture – Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 69923, 1999)
  16. Don’t Worry, Baby (Live) (from An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (Image Entertainment, 2001) and My Lives (Columbia C5K 93520, 2005))
  17. All My Life (non-LP single – Columbia 88697 07255-2, 2007)