Storm Front
by Billy Joel
Billy Joel bestography
Storm Front is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 236 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,783.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Storm Front track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2026 10:24 |  Squonk007 | 746 | 24/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 11:29 | DJStuart79 | 5,908 | 58/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 18:35 | Devilwoac | 754 | 96/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 19:39 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:39 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Get's a bad rep, not a great album by any means, but should be held in higher regard anyways.
llibnanoon 05/22/2020 14:18 | #251835
Big change in Billy's sound but still a respectable release.
Crumpet 01/17/2018 15:02 | #205886
Basically a better version of 'The Bridge', this album has a bundle of great songs, among them is his greatest ever track 'And So It Goes'.
Probably Joel's weakest album. Storm front is an example of an artist running out of ideas. It doesn't sound as though he was particularly inspired during this time. Still, it's not a terrible record. We didn't start the fire, is one Joel's great latter day singles, and, I go to extremes, which is half decent pop. The album does contain though, one of Billy Joel's greatest tracks. The downeaster Alexa, is a fantastic folky/rock track about fishermen working off the shores of long island, brilliant. Other tracks which are good are, Leningrad, and the beautiful ballad, and so it goes. There are a couple of tracks though, state of grace, and, when in Rome, which are possibly Joel's worst two songs. It sounds like he wrote them in his sleep. All in all, it's still an ok listen, but it's hard to believe, apart from a few moments here and there, that this is the same man who made, the stranger, and, glass houses albums. Disappointing.
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