Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic [Black Vinyl LP]

Built from concert performances recorded during the Glass Houses tour period, Billy Joel's Songs In The Attic revisits material from his pre-breakthrough catalog with the touring band that followed his late-1970s rise. The album draws from early records such as Cold Spring Harbor, Piano Man, Streetlife Serenade, and Turnstiles, giving songs that many later fans missed a more visible place in his catalog as a black vinyl record for this live set.

"Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" opens with a stage-ready version of Joel's apocalyptic New York story, while "Summer, Highland Falls" turns inward through piano-driven reflection. "She's Got A Way" reaches back to the earliest part of his catalog with a simpler romantic lyric, and "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" moves into a bigger rock-and-roll chorus. "Captain Jack" closes in on a darker character study, stretching the album beyond the familiar hits that defined his later radio profile.

The set works as a purposeful reintroduction to songs first issued before Joel became a mainstream album artist. It concentrates on earlier writing about New York, travel, ambition, regret, and domestic escape, with performances selected from the Glass Houses tour period. Its single-disc black vinyl LP configuration carries the full 11-song live album program from that stage era.

• Format: Vinyl LP
• Standout tracks: "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)", "She's Got A Way", "Say Goodbye To Hollywood", "Captain Jack"
• Pressing details: Single-disc reissue
• Genre/style: Rock, Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter
• UPC: 190759392218

For Billy Joel listeners, Songs In The Attic is valuable because it points back to the songs that built his catalog before the arena years. "Everybody Loves You Now," "You're My Home," and "I've Loved These Days" add depth beyond the best-known singles.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
2. Summer, Highland Falls
3. Streetlife Serenader
4. Lost Angelenos
5. She's Got A Way
6. Everybody Loves You Now

Side B:

1. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
2. Captain Jack
3. You're My Home
4. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
5. I've Loved These Days