Billy Joel - The Stranger: 30th Anniversary

Track Listing

Disc: 1

1. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

2. Stranger

3. Just the Way You Are

4. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

5. Vienna

6. Only the Good Die Young

7. Always a Woman

8. Get It Right the First Time

9. Everybody Has a Dream [Stranger Reprise]

Disc: 2

1. Miami 2017 [Live]

2. Angry Young Man [Live]

3. New York State of Mind [Live]

4. Just the Way You Are [Live]

5. She's Got a Way [Live]

6. Entertainer [Live]

7. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant [Live]

8. Band Intros [Live]

9. Captain Jack [Live]

10. I've Loved These Days [Live]

11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live]

12. Souvenir [Live]

Disc: 3

1. Stranger [DVD]

2. Just the Way You Are [DVD]

3. Intro [DVD][Live]

4. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) [DVD][Live]

5. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) [DVD][Live]

6. New York State of Mind [DVD][Live]

7. Entertainer [DVD][Live] 8. She's Always a Woman [DVD][Live]

9. Root Beer Rag [DVD][Live]

10. Just the Way You Are [DVD][Live]

My Thoughts : This new boxed set is released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Billy Joel's breakthrough album "The Stranger". The album, originally released in 1977, made Billy Joel a household name. The first disc is the original album, the second disc is a live recording from his sold out Carniege Hall shows in June of '77. As for the DVD sets, it includes two live promotional videos for "The Stranger" and "Just The Way You Are", a half hour documentary about the making of the album with interviews. Also on the DVD is an additional one hour concert from England.

Overall, as a hard core fan of Billy Joel, this set would be a collectable items. But, it would be repetitive as most of the true fan must have own "The Stranger" remastered edition and some of his other catalogs. So the re-release of this album in an extravagant boxed set is just a money grabber.