An Innocent Man
by Billy Joel
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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 233 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,780.
(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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/11/2026 14:46 | Jakor | 5,434 | 70/100 | |
| 03/16/2026 22:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 11,823 | 70/100 | |
| 02/15/2026 18:35 | Pluto11 | 12,167 | 72/100 | |
| 02/15/2026 00:30 | brent13 | 2,063 | 67/100 | |
| 02/06/2026 09:06 | Siromynian | 1,628 | 78/100 |
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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 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Most of the album is good, but the main songs are brilliant and full of oomph! Keeping the Faith & An Innovent Man are beautiful songs for the heart and soul, while Uptown Girl & Tell Her About It and simply fun.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1984. The Winner was Thriller by Michael Jackson
Jboy56 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
This is a roots album of a very particular kind, and it is wonderful.
Very fun, if non-essential album by Billy.
llibnanoon 06/24/2020 15:29 | #254428
Billy Joel taking us back in time!
Billy does Motown, doo wop and the other styles of influence. Patchy, but worth it for the great songs.
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.
START THE FIRE, BUDDY! come on, man, play something from "The Stranger!"
we strictly do 80's joel music, sir.
80's billy joel doo-wop sucks!
I SAID WE ONLY DO 80'S JOEL, SO TAKE YOUR SK*** H**KER WIFE AND GET THE F*** OUT OF HERE!
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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