Top 39 Music Albums of 1973 by 
Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 05/27/2025 19:45
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:21).
- Chart size: 39 albums.
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1973 – COLUMBIA
Produced By MICHAEL STEWART
1. Travelin’ Prayer
2. Piano Man
3. Ain’t No Crime
4. You’re My Home
5. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
6. Worse Comes To Worst
7. Stop In Nevada
8. If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
9. Somewhere Along The Line
10. Captain Jack
Billy Joel wasn’t just an immediate star. He battled his way through the second half of the 1960’s, recording a pair of albums with The Hassles, and one with the duo Atilla (which was once called the worst rock & roll record ever recorded). Joel went solo at the dawn of the seventies, and released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, which was an absolute flop. Everything changed in 1973 with his second album, Piano Man, and that title song that has lived on for more than fifty years. His career has been nothing short of extraordinary, but it all comes back to that song. It’s not his highest charting single, but it is the best selling. The lyrical story of the view from behind the piano at a bar filled with well served regulars struck a chord, and made Joel a star. He would never look back.
Piano Man is bookended by two songs. The title track, of course, and the seven minute closer, “Captain Jack”. The song that got him signed to Columbia, “Captain Jack” tells the tale of a heroin dealer and urban issues. It’s a glimpse into Joel’s future attempts to be a heavier rocker than he is, but it’s still pretty great. The rest of Piano Man is not as notable. “Travelin’ Prayer” and “Worse Comes To Worst” were minor hits. And there’s the kind of woeful “The Ballad Of Billy The Kid”, which predates Bon Jovi’s not so clever trick of using a six gun as a modern metaphor in “Wanted Dead Or Alive”. Piano Man is the album that started the surge for Billy Joel, but outside of the two main songs, it’s not high on the scale of greatness. Better to have those songs on a greatest hits compilation. [First added to this chart: 01/07/2025]
Produced By MICHAEL STEWART
1. Travelin’ Prayer
2. Piano Man
3. Ain’t No Crime
4. You’re My Home
5. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
6. Worse Comes To Worst
7. Stop In Nevada
8. If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)
9. Somewhere Along The Line
10. Captain Jack
Billy Joel wasn’t just an immediate star. He battled his way through the second half of the 1960’s, recording a pair of albums with The Hassles, and one with the duo Atilla (which was once called the worst rock & roll record ever recorded). Joel went solo at the dawn of the seventies, and released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, which was an absolute flop. Everything changed in 1973 with his second album, Piano Man, and that title song that has lived on for more than fifty years. His career has been nothing short of extraordinary, but it all comes back to that song. It’s not his highest charting single, but it is the best selling. The lyrical story of the view from behind the piano at a bar filled with well served regulars struck a chord, and made Joel a star. He would never look back.
Piano Man is bookended by two songs. The title track, of course, and the seven minute closer, “Captain Jack”. The song that got him signed to Columbia, “Captain Jack” tells the tale of a heroin dealer and urban issues. It’s a glimpse into Joel’s future attempts to be a heavier rocker than he is, but it’s still pretty great. The rest of Piano Man is not as notable. “Travelin’ Prayer” and “Worse Comes To Worst” were minor hits. And there’s the kind of woeful “The Ballad Of Billy The Kid”, which predates Bon Jovi’s not so clever trick of using a six gun as a modern metaphor in “Wanted Dead Or Alive”. Piano Man is the album that started the surge for Billy Joel, but outside of the two main songs, it’s not high on the scale of greatness. Better to have those songs on a greatest hits compilation. [First added to this chart: 01/07/2025]
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1973 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Elton John | 2 | 5% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 5% | |
| Billy Joel | 1 | 3% | |
| The Marshall Tucker Band | 1 | 3% | |
| Waylon Jennings | 1 | 3% | |
| ZZ Top | 1 | 3% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1 | 3% | |
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