The previous 3 albums all built on each other as Joel’s songwriting became more consistent. While I love Streetlife Serenade, I think this is his first great album. Strong effort start to finish and sets the stage for, arguably his greatest album, The Stranger and the run of multi-platinum albums to come. Early promo videos were created for "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" and "James", the latter of which is available on The Essential Video Collection. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The songs were first recorded at Caribou Ranch (near Nederland, Colorado), with members of Elton John's band ( Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee Murray on bass) and produced by Chicago producer James William Guercio. Dissatisfied with the results, Joel took over as producer and returned to New York, where he re-recorded the album from start to finish, with his own touring band, which consisted of Long Island musicians Richie Cannata and the members of the band Topper: Liberty DeVitto, Russell Javors, Howie Emerson, [1] and Doug Stegmeyer. Turnstiles marked the first time that Joel's band played on one of his studio albums.

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Cash Box Newspaper" (PDF). Cash Box. May 20, 1978. p.20 . Retrieved November 13, 2021– via World Radio History. Singles [ edit ] List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Other charted or certified songs [ edit ] List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Turnstiles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on May 19, 1976. Billy Joel on Turnstiles – from THE COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION. YouTube. October 18, 2011. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 . Retrieved September 29, 2014.Browne, David (May 22, 2007). "Billy Joel: Turnstiles". Blender. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010 . Retrieved October 19, 2015. Highest position and charting weeks of Turnstiles by Billy Joel". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style . Retrieved October 31, 2011. If you love Billy Joel, this record needs love too. Not a lot of hits, but "New York State of Mind" is good enough. And that youthful voice of his will change by the next record.

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The album cover photo was shot in the uptown platform of the New York City Subway's Astor Place station. According to Joel, each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song (e.g., the girl in headphones for "All You Wanna Do is Dance", the wealthy couple for "I've Loved These Days"). [4] [5]Barbra Streisand covered " New York State of Mind" on her album Superman, released in the Spring of 1977, opening up Billy Joel's music to a mainstream audience. He thanked her for the exposure, and also told her his New York relatives were duly impressed to have the Queen of Brooklyn cover one of his songs. Billy Joel (born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become a multi-million-s… read more A