An Innocent Man
by Billy Joel
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Billy Joel bestography
An Innocent Man is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,622.
(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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An Innocent Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
An Innocent Man rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 | AbsurdCheesecake | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s | 54/60 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 75 Music Albums of 1983 | 28/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1983 | 8/77 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 30 Music Albums of 1983 | 13/30 | 3 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/80 | 10 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 3 | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1983 | 42/55 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Musicbuff123 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 19/50 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 205 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 979 | |||
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An Innocent Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 13:49 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 14:46 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 22:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,167 | 70/100 |
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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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Romanelli 03/18/2024 21:50 in What album are you listening to right now?An Innocent Man comments
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earbudgloryhole 02/22/2016 16:21 | #160517 | TOP COMMENT
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First album I ever bought new as a kid.
I love Billy Joel--and I noticed this is sort of lower on the "best" list than I would put it, but I suspect that has something to do with the reviewers' ages. I was 10 when I bought this album. I was familiar with Billy Joel from radio airplay and the singles my older sister had (and I got as hand-me-downs, and still own to this day), and I enjoy listening to any era of his music. I have his entire discography on LP (except River of Dreams and Fantasies & Delusions on CD) but no album brings back more memories and makes me feel as good as An Innocent Man. I think age of exposure has a lot to do in general with how we perceive music and how it endures throughout our lives as a favorite. That's why this would be at the top of my Billy Joel list.
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.
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.
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2012 19:38 | #35270 | TOP COMMENT
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This was actually a good move for him. He's less overbearing, less annoying, and more tuneful here than he would ever be again.
Just like The Stranger, this album is practically a greatest hits compilation.
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