Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ, Melodica - Billy Joel [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Billy Joel]
Bass – Doug Stegmeyer
Drums, Percussion – Liberty DeVitto
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – David Brown
Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Russell Javors
Strings – String Fever
Snare – Bill Zampino
Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey
Accordion – Dominic Cortese
Cello – Charles McCracken
Saxophone, Clarinet – Eddie Daniels
Violin, Concertmaster – David Nadien
Horns & Strings arranged by Dave Grusin
Written by Billy Joel
1 Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR
Limited numbered edition
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded Winter 1981 - Spring 1982 at A&R Recording, Inc., New York City
Engineered by Jim Boyer
Produced by Phil Ramone
Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Photography by Benno Friedman
Originally released in September 1982
Reissued in 2012
Tracks:
- Allentown
- Laura
- Pressure
- Goodnight Saigon
- She's Right On Time
- A Room Of Our Own
- Surprises
- Scandinavian Skies
- Where's the Orchestra
Reviews :
“Billy Joel hit back as hard as he could with Glass Houses, his bid to prove that he could rock as hard as any of those new wave punks. He might not have proven himself a punk -- for all of his claims of being a hard rocker, his work inevitably is pop because of his fondness for melody -- but he proved to himself that he could still rock, even if the critics didn't give him any credit for it. It was now time to mature, to move pop/rock into the middle age and, in the process, earn critical respect. In short, The Nylon Curtain is where Billy Joel went serious, consciously crafting a song cycle about Baby Boomers in the Reagan era. Since this was an album about Baby Boomers, he chose to base his music almost entirely on the Beatles, the pivotal rock band for his generation. Joel is naturally inclined to write big melodies like McCartney, but he idolizes Lennon, which makes The Nylon Curtain a fascinating cross between ear candy and social commentary. His desire to record a grand concept album is admirable, but his ever-present lyrical shortcomings mean that the songs paint a picture without arriving at any insights. He occasionally gets lost in his own ambition, as on the waterlogged second side, but the first half of the song suite -- "Allentown," "Laura," "Pressure," "Goodnight Saigon," "She's Right on Time" -- is layered, successful, mature pop that brings Joel tantalizingly close to his ultimate goal of sophisticated pop/rock for mature audiences.” 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 :
Discogs : 4.62 / 5