Billy Joel

Live Through They Years (2019)

 

  1. Prelude / Angry Young Man
  2. She's Got a Way
  3. Just the Way You Are
  4. Vienna
  5. Ballad of Billy the Kid
  6. Get it Right the First Time
  7. Summer Highland Falls
  8. Allentown
  9. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
  10.Pressure
  11.The Downeaster "Alexa"
  12.New York State of Mind
  13.Piano Man
  14.We Didn't Start the Fire
  15.My Life
  16.The River of Dreams
  17.Big Shot
  18.You're My Home
  19.Sleeping with the Television On
  20.A Room of Our Own
  

  

I'm not sure if this release is actually available on any physical format. It might be one of those deals just for streaming and/or download. Regardless, it's almost flawless. I'm sure this was probably a record executive's move. The world really doesn't need anymore Billy Joel albums, but if we must, it certainly seems that the best idea is to pull yet more live shows out of a vault. This one isn't an actual "concert", but rather a series of live performances over the span of Joel's career. Ironically, will all of Joel's live output by this point, there's still a handful of songs on this album that haven't seen the light of day live, and their inclusion is a pleasant surprise. At about 90 minutes in length, this is almost the length of one of Joel's concerts, and the fact that this thing has mostly hits with a few standbyes and a couple of "new" old songs, makes this a pleasant addition to catalog that is now rather saturated.