Lets talk about Billy Joel's best album - Nylon Curtain

This album was quite a departure from everything before it. All the 'in the italian neighborhood' vibe gave way to a very different type of album that took many by surprise. Maybe because he had just survived a near-death experience after wrecking on his motorcycle he had a different mindset when he went back into the studio.

From the pro-union Allentown to the fabulous Pressure and hitting on subjects like the Vietnam War in Goodnight Saigon this was unlike anything he had released previously.

I loved this album growing up; playing it more than any of his others (although Glass Houses was my favorite up until this point) and it set the stage for Innocent Man which got much more airplay and generated more mainstream hits.

For some reason I never hear any of the tracks from this album on Pandora or Spotify unless I specify this album which is odd.


Here's to Pressure my all time BJ fav

PRESSURE!

eta I grew up thinking he was saying "lonely countS in your face" and never understood how this made it on the radio especially since the album had an 'explicit lyrics' warning right on the cover.

turns out that was because in Laura he sings "feel like a frickING fool" and not the countS lyric.