Just The Way You Are (track)
by Billy Joel
Year: 1977
From the album The Stranger (track #3)
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Just The Way You Are appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- The Stranger (track #3) (this album) (1977)
- Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (track #8) (compilation) (1985)
- The Essential Billy Joel (track #11) (compilation) (2001)
- Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel (track #18) (compilation) (2004)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #1) (compilation) (2000)
- Live At Carnegie Hall 1977 (track #4) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 14:45 |  NowhereMan | 15,099 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2026 23:36 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 14:43 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.4/100, a mean average of 86.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/01/2014 00:02 | #125925
This should be considered the highlight of the album alone because of those gorgeous 10CC-esque backing vocals. The song as a whole might be cheesier than the rest of the album, but imo also more beautiful.
Jboy56 12/21/2021 12:55 | #277742
When working as a DJ in the late 70s this was a trustworthy slow song, every time got people to the f loor. An evergreen
