Turnstiles was the fourth album by
Billy JoelBilly Joel is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States, according to the RIAA....
, released in
1976-January-February:* January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire.* January 6 - Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive!* January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the...
. In part, the album was made to celebrate Joel's return to
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
after his sojourn in
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", "New York State of Mind" and "
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"Miami 2017 " is a song written by Billy Joel which appeared as the final song on the album Turnstiles in 1976...
". In addition, Joel begins the album with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (inspired by
Ronnie SpectorVeronica Yvette "Ronnie" Spector is an American musician, and was the lead singer of the girl group The Ronettes. She is known as the "original bad girl of rock and roll."-Biography:...
), and also includes "I've Loved These Days", a tongue-in-cheek expression of regret at leaving behind Hollywood's decadence.
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Turnstiles was the fourth album by
Billy JoelBilly Joel is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States, according to the RIAA....
, released in
1976-January-February:* January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire.* January 6 - Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive!* January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the...
. In part, the album was made to celebrate Joel's return to
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
after his sojourn in
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", "New York State of Mind" and "
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"Miami 2017 " is a song written by Billy Joel which appeared as the final song on the album Turnstiles in 1976...
". In addition, Joel begins the album with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (inspired by
Ronnie SpectorVeronica Yvette "Ronnie" Spector is an American musician, and was the lead singer of the girl group The Ronettes. She is known as the "original bad girl of rock and roll."-Biography:...
), and also includes "I've Loved These Days", a tongue-in-cheek expression of regret at leaving behind Hollywood's decadence.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Billy Joel.
- "Say Goodbye to Hollywood
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" is a song by Billy Joel which originally appeared as the opening song of his seminal 1976 album Turnstiles. The better known live version of the song was released as a single from the 1981 live album Songs in the Attic. It was written after Joel moved back to New York...
" – 4:36
- "Summer, Highland Falls" – 3:15
- "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" – 3:40
- "New York State of Mind
"New York State of Mind" is a song written by Billy Joel which initially appeared on the album Turnstiles in 1976. While not a hit when it was first released, it has received much more frequent airplay in recent years...
" – 5:58
- "James" – 3:53
- "Prelude/Angry Young Man
"Prelude/Angry Young Man" is a song written by Billy Joel which appeared as the sixth song on the album Turnstiles in 1976. Two live versions would also be released as the second track of Kohuept and the 11th track of the first disc of 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert...
" – 5:17
- "I've Loved These Days" – 4:31
- "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
"Miami 2017 " is a song written by Billy Joel which appeared as the final song on the album Turnstiles in 1976...
" – 5:12
Personnel
- Billy Joel – keyboards, vocals
- Ken Ascher – orchestral arrangements
- Richie Cannata
Richie Cannata is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in the Billy Joel band alongside Doug Stegmeyer and Liberty DeVitto. After leaving the band in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York...
– saxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bored transposing musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841...
- Liberty DeVitto
Liberty DeVitto is an American rock drummer. He is best known as the drummer for Billy Joel, but has also played with the NYC Hit Squad and has been a session drummer on recordings of other artists.-Career:...
– drums
- Howie Emerson – electric and acoustic guitars
- Russell Javors – electric and acoustic guitars
- Mingo Lewis – percussion
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
- Brian Ruggles – basic track consultant
- James Smith – acoustic guitar
- Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
Chart positions and certifications
| Year |
Country |
Chart |
Position |
Weeks |
Certification |
Sales/shipments |
| 1976 |
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
The Billboard Pop Albums |
122 |
12 |
Platinum |
1,000,000+ |
| 2004 |
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
|
Original Confidence Albums Chart (Top 300) |
286 |
2 |
|
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