An Innocent Man
by Billy Joel

An Innocent Man by Billy Joel
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-00-00
Overall rank: 1,698th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 248 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (262nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,698th)

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Billy Joel bestography

An Innocent Man is ranked 4th 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 6,795.

Billy Joel album bestography « Higher ranked (1,378th)
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This album (1,698th)
An Innocent Man
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An Innocent Man track list

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An Innocent Man rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,698th | 1980s rank: 262nd | 1983 rank: 27th

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An Innocent Man ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 248 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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85/100
From 04/02/2024 09:30 | #302804
This is so good. The song making master is in top form here. Lots of bangers and without fillers
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From 11/29/2021 17:43 | #276869
This is a roots album of a very particular kind, and it is wonderful.
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75/100
From 01/22/2021 18:15 | #264868
Very fun, if non-essential album by Billy.
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90/100
From 06/24/2020 15:29 | #254428
Billy Joel taking us back in time!
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From 05/10/2020 09:50 | #251181
Billy does Motown, doo wop and the other styles of influence. Patchy, but worth it for the great songs.
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75/100
From 02/25/2017 01:33 | #186293
Somehow it doesn't sound the same as it did 34 years ago. It too, was one of my first cassette purchases.
Think I bought this and Afterburner on the same day.
Anyways, still Keeping the Faith, Billy.
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From 04/05/2016 13:23 | #163342
Joel's homage to pre-Beatles pop music, including rock'n'roll and doo wop. It kicks off with one of the album's best tracks, easy money, a brilliant rock/soul hybrid. Other standouts on this enjoyable record are, keeping the faith, leave a tender moment alone, and the amazing acapella, the longest time. The title track is also great, as are the two massive singles taken from the album. Tell her about it, and the Frankie Valli inspired, uptown girl, are timeless pop songs. The rest is fine. Careless talk is nice, and Christie Lee is ok, and although , this night, with the chorus written at least musically by Beethoven, really nothing more than pleasant filler, it's still fun enough to pass a few minutes by. It's a good album, a great party album really. Good stuff.
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95/100
From 12/03/2013 08:57 | #96190
Possibly Joel's finest album ever song is one hit after the other. I really like this album because Uptown Girl was the first single I ever bought as a kid
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From 10/14/2011 04:59 | #28415
None of Billy's huge hits here but the whole thing is very listenable and never gets old. My faves are Easy Money, The Longest Time, Leave a Tender Moment.
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From 10/02/2010 10:00 | #15470
I was named after this guy.
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