The Hits by Billy Joel (CD, Nov-2010, Columbia (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	886978081124
Artist:	Billy Joel
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2010
Record Label:	Columbia (USA)
Genre:	Rock & Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Track Listing
1. Everybody Loves You Now
2. Piano Man
3. Entertainer, The
4. New York State of Mind
5. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
6. Only the Good Die Young
7. My Life
8. Big Shot
9. You May Be Right
10. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live Attic Version]
12. Allentown
13. Pressure
14. Longest Time, The
15. Tell Her About It
16. Matter of Trust, A
17. We Didn't Start the Fire
18. I Go to Extremes
19. River of Dreams, The

Details
Playing Time:	80 min.
Producer:	Bruce Dickinson (Compilation)
Distributor:	Columbia Records/Sony Mus
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Recording information: 1971-1993.Photographers: Jeff Schock; Don Hunstein; Patrick Demarchelier; Art Maillet; Jim Houghton; Todd Kaplan; Roz Levin.The inaugural release in the Columbia/Legacy 2011 Billy Joel reissue series, The Hits is the first-ever U.S. single-disc overview of the piano man's full career. Even his first compilation, 1986's Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2, was a double-LP set and so was 2001's The Essential, so just having a 19-track summation of Joel's career is useful, but fortunately, The Hits accomplishes its job well. True, it bends the rules a little -- the opening "Everybody Loves You Now" never charted, nor did "New York State of Mind," and there are some notable absences, chief among them his first Top Ten hit "Just the Way You Are" and "Uptown Girl," along with the anthem "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" -- but what's here constitutes Billy's basic canon: "Piano Man," "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," "Only the Good Die Young," "My Life," "You May Be Right," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Allentown," "Pressure," "We Didn't Start the Fire." Those double-disc sets dig deeper, offering other hits and album tracks, but there's always been a need for a single disc with most of Joel's hits, and that's what The Hits delivers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine