Billy Joel 
The best album credited to Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 235 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 6,900.
Billy Joel is ranked number 165 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 13,335.
Billy Joel official website: http://www.billyjoel.com
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- Attila (1970s)
- The Hassles
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Billy Joel best tracks
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| ! | 10/12/2025 16:22 | platus | 2,107 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 09:04 |  Purplepash | 2,651 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2025 14:22 | Johnnyo | 3,092 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2024 11:51 |  doombringer | 185 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2024 02:30 |  sssvnnn | 495 | 75/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.6.
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Brandon8 05/06/2024 01:37 | #303376
Really underrated on this site for such a commercially successful musician. His songs are written for the everyman with a lot of irony and heart. He knew when to stop recording new albums unlike many who record too many albums. I recommend Piano Man, Turnstiles, The Stranger and Strangers in the Attic which is a live release. The rest of his albums have at least a couple of hit songs which leads to a large songbook for his live shows.
Keatownrodriguez 03/23/2022 20:15 | #283272
A true artist that was always in pursuit of reinventing himself while still keeping an identity
Amazing artist with an incredible number of hits. The big ones (Vienna, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, etc.) are mandatory listening. Go ahead and give the albums a listen too, there's a surprising number of excellent deep cuts.
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Brandon8 02/28/2017 05:02 | #186510
"Come on, man. Play something from The Stranger"
"We strictly do '80s Joel music, sir." - StepBrothers
Probably more enjoyable listening to the compilations, but danged good compilations they are!
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skelter54 06/05/2013 14:10 | #78140
Great songgs and good albums
Billy Joel has written lots of good pop songs that are close enough to rock to be enjoyable. I'm not sure he ever made a great classic album but he made a lot of good ones.
Kyle39 08/28/2012 12:35 | #49445
Incredible album!
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