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| 4.0 excellent | IlGagario | May 31st 23 |
A Grammy award winner album, Billy Joel’s 6th studio album, "52nd street" takes its name from the famed New York jazz district, where the lp was actually recorded. The sound is broader than previous releases, with a selection of tracks very diverse the one from the other, not to mention that Joel's playing sounds particularly enthusiastic. "Big shot" starts the album with a bang, marked by a solid rock motif. "Honesty" assumes the role of the big glossy ballad designed to be released as a single and has established itself as a classic of its genre, countlessly covered by other artists. "My life" possesses a killer pulsating piano groove and an airy accessible feel, being definitely one of the most effective radio friendly pop tunes written by Joel. The tango and jazz tour de force of "Zanzibar" closes side 1 with big contentment for the listener. The masochistic lover addiction of "Stiletto" is another winning piano rhythm and a soothing driving sax solo looms above that. "Rosalinda's eyes" remembers some faux-latin arranged number by Elton John, while "Half a mile away" is another pastiche, mixing horns driven yacht rock and '50s r'n'b. The epic "Until the night" acts unofficially as the album demise, leaving afterwards just a post scriptum divertissement in the form of the title track shuffle.
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| 3.0 good | Introu1 | November 28th 20 |
first half is way better than the other half 6/10
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| 3.0 good | lz41 | August 9th 18 |
Joel chanced his arm on "52nd Street" and the resulting mixed bag is both the worst and most eclectic album of his mid-'70s hot streak. After 'Big Shot' gets the go-to Joel classic out of the way nice and early, the kooky and enervating 'Zanzibar' and 'Stiletto' reap the rewards of experimentation. At the other end of the spectrum is the borderline inappropriate calypso 'Rosalinda's Eyes' and the cheesy 'Until the Night'.
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenorazr | June 18th 11 |
Joel brings more of the upbeat sound present on Tunrstiles back for 52nd Street, resulting in a more simplified format compared to The Stranger. Does this make it an inherently bad album? Of course not. In fact, this is a great album with the occasional sign of excellence, just not to the extent of its predecessor. Tracks like "Stiletto" and "My Life" show the music in great form and compliment the overall solid consistency found here.
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| 4.0 excellent | Fabio | March 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | random | July 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari EMERITUS | July 8th 23 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | March 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Skiiddz | October 13th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Source | June 18th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Mac | May 5th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | RVA101 | March 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rmazer | February 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Allen17 | December 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lucman | July 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | vult | February 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | dcube | October 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sam C. | September 17th 18 |
| 3.5 great | RUSH | July 31st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | May 20th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | hipo88 | April 4th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | February 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Holsety | December 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | nmorton | November 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wham49 | January 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Owens54 | November 30th 16 |
| 3.5 great | old | July 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. EMERITUS | June 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | May 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | zx890c | February 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keira | December 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale EMERITUS | November 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | F1Aaron | September 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | shea4197 | September 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vaakum | August 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | calin | May 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Titan | October 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | dan2309 | October 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | oahmed | August 27th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | tef | June 19th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | CRX | June 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | dh198 | December 12th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Samus27 | November 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | QMan72 | June 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | scheim | July 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Jumaos | June 3rd 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Ricpru | February 21st 11 |
| 5.0 classic | sco703 | November 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | click5 | September 20th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acrobat | June 24th 08 |
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