Billy Joel – Glass Houses (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Billy Joel – vocals, acoustic piano, electric pianos, synthesizers, accordion, harmonica [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Billy Joel]
Richie Cannata – organs, saxophones, flute
David Brown – acoustic and electric guitars (lead)
Russell Javors – acoustic and electric guitars (rhythm)
Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
Liberty DeVitto – drums and percussion
All songs written by Billy Joel.
1 Hybrid SACD
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded in 1979 at A&R Recording, New York City
Engineered by Jim Boyer
Produced by Phil Ramone
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York
Originally released in March 1980
Reissued in 2012
Tracks:
- You May Be Right
- Sometimes A Fantasy
- Don't Ask Me Why
- It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
- All For Leyna
- I Don't Want To Be Alone
- Sleeping With The Television On
- C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
- Close to the Borderline
- Through The Long Night
Reviews :
“The back-to-back success of The Stranger and 52nd Street may have brought Billy Joel fame and fortune, even a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but it didn't bring him critical respect, and it didn't dull his anger. If anything, being classified as a mainstream rocker -- a soft rocker -- infuriated him, especially since a generation of punks and new wave kids were getting the praise that eluded him. He didn't take this lying down -- he recorded Glass Houses. Comparatively a harder-rocking album than either of its predecessors, with a distinctly bitter edge, Glass Houses still displays the hallmarks of Billy Joel the pop craftsman and Phil Ramone the world-class hitmaker. Even its hardest songs -- the terrifically paranoid "Sometimes a Fantasy," "Sleepin' With the Television On," "Close to the Borderline," the hit "You May Be Right" -- have bold, direct melodies and clean arrangements, ideal for radio play. Instead of turning out to be a fiery rebuttal to his detractors, the album is a remarkable catalog of contemporary pop styles, from McCartney-esque whimsy ("Don't Ask Me Why") and arena rock ("All for Leyna") to soft rock ("C'etait Toi [You Were the One]") and stylish new wave pop ("It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," which ironically is closer to new wave pop than rock). That's not a detriment; that's the album's strength. The Stranger and 52nd Street were fine albums in their own right, but it's nice to hear Joel scale back his showman tendencies and deliver a solid pop/rock record. It may not be punk -- then again, it may be his concept of punk -- but Glass Houses is the closest Joel ever got to a pure rock album.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.54 / 5