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Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) [2013 Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) [2013 Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) [2013 Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]
FLAC 24bit/96kHz (tracks) | Cover + Digital Booklet | 975 MB | 40:42 minutes
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An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel's teenage years with Joel paying homage to a number of different popular American musical styles from the late 1950s and early 1960s, most notably doo-wop and soul music.

Recording The Nylon Curtain exhausted Billy Joel, and even though it had a pair of major hits, it didn't rival its predecessors in terms of sales. Since he labored so hard at the record, he decided it was time for a break – it was time to record an album just for fun. And that's how his homage to pre-Beatles pop, An Innocent Man, was conceived: it was designed as a breezy romp through the music of his childhood. Joel's grasp on history isn't remarkably astute – the opener "Easy Money" is a slice of Stax/Volt pop-soul, via the Blues Brothers (quite possibly the inspiration for the album), and the label didn't break the pop charts until well after the British Invasion – but he's in top form as a craftsman throughout the record. Only once does he stumble on his own ambition ("This Night," which appropriates its chorus from Beethoven). For the rest of the record, he's effortlessly spinning out infectious, memorable melodies in a variety of styles, from the Four Seasons send-up "Uptown Girl" and the soulful "Tell Her About It" to a pair of doo wop tributes, "The Longest Time" and "Careless Talk." Joel has rarely sounded so carefree either in performance or writing, possibly due to "Christie Lee" Brinkley, a supermodel who became his new love prior to An Innocent Man. He can't stop writing about her throughout the album – only three songs, including the haunted title track, aren't about her in some form or fashion. That giddiness is infectious, helping make An Innocent Man an innocent delight that unwittingly closes Joel's classic period. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic.com


Track Listing:

01. Easy Money
02. An Innocent Man
03. The Longest Time
04. This Night
05. Tell Her About It
06. Uptown Girl
07. Careless Talk
08. Christie Lee
09. Leave A Tender Moment Alone
10. Keeping The Faith


All songs by Billy Joel, except for the chorus for "This Night," which is credited on the sleeve to L. v. Beethoven.


Album Released: August 8, 1983


foobar2000 1.3.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0
log date: 2015-03-10 01:04:30

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Analyzed: Billy Joel / An Innocent Man
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.25 dB -9.16 dB 4:05 01-Easy Money
DR7 -0.25 dB -10.80 dB 5:22 02-An Innocent Man
DR8 -0.25 dB -9.79 dB 3:44 03-The Longest Time
DR8 -0.25 dB -10.48 dB 4:19 04-This Night
DR7 -0.25 dB -9.00 dB 3:51 05-Tell Her About It
DR7 -0.25 dB -8.25 dB 3:18 06-Uptown Girl
DR8 -0.25 dB -10.42 dB 3:50 07-Careless Talk
DR7 -0.25 dB -9.35 dB 3:33 08-Christie Lee
DR8 -0.25 dB -10.43 dB 3:58 09-Leave A Tender Moment Alone
DR9 -0.25 dB -10.78 dB 4:40 10-Keeping The Faith
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3098 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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