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Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) [2013 Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Date: 16 Mar 2015 05:53:20

Glass Houses is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks and was ranked number 4 on Billboard's 1980 year-end album chart. The album is the 41st best selling album of the 1980s, with sales of 7.1 million copies in the US alone. In 1981, Joel won a Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" for his work on Glass Houses.

The back-to-back success of The Stranger and 52nd Street may have brought Billy Joel fame and fortune, even a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but it didn't bring him critical respect, and it didn't dull his anger. If anything, being classified as a mainstream rocker – a soft rocker – infuriated him, especially since a generation of punks and new wave kids were getting the praise that eluded him. He didn't take this lying down – he recorded Glass Houses. Comparatively a harder-rocking album than either of its predecessors, with a distinctly bitter edge, Glass Houses still displays the hallmarks of Billy Joel the pop craftsman and Phil Ramone the world-class hitmaker. Even its hardest songs – the terrifically paranoid "Sometimes a Fantasy," "Sleepin' With the Television On," "Close to the Borderline," the hit "You May Be Right" – have bold, direct melodies and clean arrangements, ideal for radio play. Instead of turning out to be a fiery rebuttal to his detractors, the album is a remarkable catalog of contemporary pop styles, from McCartney-esque whimsy ("Don't Ask Me Why") and arena rock ("All for Leyna") to soft rock ("C'etait Toi [You Were the One]") and stylish new wave pop ("It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," which ironically is closer to new wave pop than rock). That's not a detriment; that's the album's strength. The Stranger and 52nd Street were fine albums in their own right, but it's nice to hear Joel scale back his showman tendencies and deliver a solid pop/rock record. It may not be punk – then again, it may be his concept of punk – but Glass Houses is the closest Joel ever got to a pure rock album. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic.com

Track Listing:

01. You May Be Right
02. Sometimes A Fantasy
03. Don't Ask Me Why
04. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
05. All For Leyna
06. I Don't Want To Be Alone
07. Sleeping With The Television On
08. C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
09. Close To The Borderline
10. Through The Long Night

All songs written by Billy Joel.

Album Released: March 10, 1980

Dynamic Range Log

foobar2000 1.3.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0
log date: 2015-03-10 00:57:08

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Analyzed: Billy Joel / Glass Houses
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.20 dB -8.20 dB 4:16 01-You May Be Right
DR7 -0.20 dB -9.65 dB 3:40 02-Sometimes A Fantasy
DR8 -0.20 dB -10.56 dB 3:00 03-Don't Ask Me Why
DR7 -0.20 dB -9.29 dB 2:58 04-It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
DR7 -0.20 dB -9.01 dB 4:19 05-All For Leyna
DR7 -0.20 dB -10.53 dB 3:58 06-I Don't Want To Be Alone
DR8 -0.20 dB -10.06 dB 3:03 07-Sleeping With The Television On
DR9 -0.20 dB -11.95 dB 3:26 08-C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
DR7 -0.20 dB -9.18 dB 3:48 09-Close To The Borderline
DR8 -0.20 dB -11.78 dB 2:44 10-Through The Long Night
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2910 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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