Piano Man
by Billy Joel
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Billy Joel bestography
Piano Man is ranked 6th best out of 26 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 233 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,676.
(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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Piano Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Piano Man rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 22/100 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 2 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 37 Music Albums of 1973 | 26/37 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 38 Music Albums of 1973 | 4/38 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 6/88 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1001-1100* | 22/77 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1201-1300 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1973 | 47/55 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 169 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 556 | |||
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Piano Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/26/2026 17:06 | marcoserra1966 | 879 | 59/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 17:55 |  AAL2014 | 4,231 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 13:55 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 11/09/2025 22:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 05/22/2025 13:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Piano Man comments
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An excellent album. No fillers here. Worth listening to multiple times. Tracks 2, 3, 5, and 10 are my personal favorites. 9.5/10! (Edited)
Jboy56 05/16/2023 14:17 | #297016
Great songs, but it also has some misfires.
Mi disco favorito de Billy Joel (y tiene unos cuantos excelentes). Piano Man me parece una canción memorable.
It might initially appear that one song carries the whole album, but actually there is more to this than meets the eye (ear in this case).
Brandon8 02/28/2017 05:53 | #186513 | TOP COMMENT
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Very strong album with a good opener Travelin Prayer followed up the classic Piano Man. You're My Home and Billy the Kid are lesser classics and finishes with the rocker Captain Jack. The other songs are pretty good too. One of his best.
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