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52nd Street (album)

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1978 studio album by Billy Joel
52nd Street
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1978 (1978-10-11)
RecordedJuly–August 1978
StudioA & R, New York City
Genre
Length40:26
LabelFamily Productions/Columbia
ProducerPhil Ramone
Billy Joel chronology
The Stranger
(1977)		52nd Street
(1978)		Glass Houses
(1980)
Singles from 52nd Street
  1. "My Life"
    Released: October 1978
  2. "Big Shot"
    Released: January 1979
  3. "Until the Night"
    Released: March 1979 (UK)
  4. "Honesty"
    Released: April 1979[1]

52nd Street is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriterBilly Joel, released on October 11, 1978, byColumbia Records.[2] Presenting itself as the follow-up to his breakthrough studio album,The Stranger, Joel tried to give the new album a fresh sound, hiring variousjazz musicians to differentiate it from his previous studio albums.[3]

The album's title is a reference to52nd Street, a popular street location inMidtown Manhattan forjazz musicians, beginning during theGreat Depression and continuing through to the 1950s. Joel's label was headquartered within theCBS Building on West 52nd Street at the time of the album's release. The studio where recording took place,A&R Recording, was also on 52nd Street; the studio's freight elevator appears on the album cover.[citation needed]

52nd Street was an instant commercial success, becoming Joel's first album to reach number one on theBillboard 200, a spot it held for eight consecutive weeks. Three songs reached the Top 40 in the United States, contributing to the album's success: "My Life" (number 3), "Big Shot" (number 14), and "Honesty" (number 24).[4] It was similarly well received by critics, earning twoGrammy awards forBest Male Pop Vocal Performance andAlbum of the Year at the22nd Annual Grammy Awards.[5] The latter Grammy was presented to its producer,Phil Ramone. Upon Ramone's death,52nd Street's Album of the Year Grammy was passed on to Joel.

The album was among the first commercially released on thecompact disc format, reaching store shelves on October 1, 1982, in Japan. It was one of 50 CDs released that day by the CBS/Sony label, includingThe Stranger, but bore the first catalogue number in the sequence, 35DP-1, and so is frequently cited as the first to be released.[6] In keeping with this history, it was also the first release when Sony returned to manufacturingvinyl records in 2018.[7]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[8]
BlenderStarStarStarStar[9]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[11]
The Great Rock Discography7/10[12]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[13]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar[14]

Reviewing52nd Street forThe Village Voice in 1979,Robert Christgau noted Joel's talent for writing catchy songs and likened him toElton John, albeit with more "smarm".[15]The Globe and Mail determined that "the music really is starting to sound repetitive and formulaic—as though the songwriter's musical vocabulary is too limited to match his sense of the big city's varied dramas."[16]

Retrospectively,AllMusic editorStephen Thomas Erlewine praised Joel for expanding stylistically on 1977'sThe Stranger, describing52nd Street as "more sophisticated and somewhat jazzy".[8] In 2000, it was voted number 621 inColin Larkin'sAll Time Top 1000 Albums.[17] In 2003,52nd Street was ranked number 352 onRolling Stone magazine's list of"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[18] and at 354 on a 2012 revised list.[19]

Track listing

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All songs written byBilly Joel.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Big Shot"4:03
2."Honesty"3:52
3."My Life"4:44
4."Zanzibar"5:13
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Stiletto"4:42
2."Rosalinda's Eyes"4:41
3."Half a Mile Away"4:08
4."Until the Night"6:35
5."52nd Street"2:27

Song notes

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The song "Rosalinda's Eyes" was inspired by Joel's mother, Rosalind Nyman Joel.[20]

Personnel

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Production

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  • Phil Ramone – producer, mixing
  • Kathy Kurs – associate producer
  • Carol Peters – associate producer
  • Jim Boyer – engineer, mixing
  • David Martone – assistant engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, NY)
  • John Berg – cover design
  • Jim Houghton – photography

Accolades

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Grammy Awards

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YearNominee / workAwardResult
198052nd StreetAlbum of the Year[5]Won
Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male[5]Won
"Honesty"Song of the Year[21]Nominated

American Music Awards

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YearNominee / workAwardResult
1980Billy Joel (performer)Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist[22]Nominated

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1978–80)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[23]1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24]4
Canadian Albums (RPM)[25]1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26]33
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27]28
French Albums (SNEP)[28]2
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[29]2
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[30]12
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[31]9
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[32]1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[33]5
Spanish Albums (AFE)[34]13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35]18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36]21
UK Albums (OCC)[37]10
USBillboard 200[38]1
West German Albums (Media Control)[39]19
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[40]3

Year-end charts

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Chart (1978)Position
Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)[41]48
Chart (1979)Position
Australian Albums Chart[23]5
Austrian Albums Chart[42]17
Canadian Albums Chart[43]16
French Albums Chart[44]25
Japanese Albums Chart (Oricon)[45]14
New Zealand Albums Chart (RIANZ)[46]10
Norwegian Albums Chart (Vinter Period) (VG-lista)[47]7
UK Albums Chart[48]61
USBillboard 200[49]1
Chart (1980)Position
Japanese Albums Chart[50]81

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[51]2× Platinum100,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[52]5× Platinum500,000^
France (SNEP)[53]Gold100,000*
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[54]Gold10,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[56]Gold470,000[55]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[57]Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[58]Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA)[59]7× Platinum7,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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