Billy Joel - Glass Houses [Full Album 1980] (Live)
Glass Houses is one of the more polarizing Billy Joel albums. There are very few traditional Billy Joel Balladeer songs on here (\"Through The Long Night\" might be the only real one.) Furthermore, there are tons of rock classics on here and most of them hold up to this day. The only problem I have with this album is that it is incredibly frontloaded. All 5 of the album's singles are from the first half of the album and....let's face it, the second half is just not as good. \"I Don't Want To Be Alone\" and \"Sleeping With The Television On\" are some underrated hidden gems, but the back half of this album was barely played live. The excerpt of \"C'était Toi (You Were The One)\" was taken from one of Billy Joel's solo Q and A session. This, as far as I know, is the only live version of the song. I did find him perform the song on French TV back in the 80s, but that wasn't actually live (it was tape playback which was common in Europe.)
Tracklist
01 - 00:20 - You May Be Right [Milwaukee Arena: WI (June 20, 1980)]
02 - 04:37 - Sometimes A Fantasy [SKA Arena: Russia (August 2, 1987)]
03 - 08:14 - Don't Ask Me Why [Wembley Arena: England (June 8, 1984)]
04 - 15:33 - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me [Madison Square Garden: NY (June 23, 1980)]
05 - 11:26 - All For Leyna [The Summit: TX (November 25, 1979)]
06 - 19:10 - I Don't Want To Be Alone [Royal Festival Hall: Australia (May 9, 1981)]
07 - 23:00 - Sleeping With The Television On [The Spectrum: PA (July 6, 1980)]
08 - 26:12 - C'était Toi (You Were The One) [New Yorker Fest: NY (October 5, 2015)]
09 - 25:54 - Close To The Borderline [Wembley Arena: England (March 30, 1980)]
10 - 30:23 - Through The Long Night [Madison Square Garden: NY (October 28, 2016)]
