Critical Essay by Stephen Holden
"Goodnight Saigon," the turning point of Billy Joel's ambitious new album [The Nylon Curtain], may well be remembered as the ultimate pop-music e...
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Critical Essay by John Milward
"The Nylon Curtain" is Billy Joel's "Magical Mystery Tour." (p. 85)
Allentown is the album at its high point, with Joel's c...
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Critical Essay by Steven Simels
Billy Joel's late-Seventies records have revealed a songwriter with a fair amount of wit, a tough, unsentimental view of generational and class concerns…...
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Critical Essay by Stephen Holden
