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Streetlife Serenade
Rock · 1974 · 9 tracks

Streetlife Serenade

Billy Joel

A weary, transitional collection of piano-led vignettes. Blends cynical industry observations with dusty, cinematic instrumentals and early synthesizer experiments.

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The one where Billy gets a little cranky about fame and plays some killer ragtime piano.

A weary, observational blend of urban loneliness and biting professional cynicism.

Streetlife Serenade · vs · Billy Joel
Dusk+1.5σ

Dusk saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Streetlife Serenader
5:18
02
Los Angelenos
3:41
03
The Great Suburban Showdown
3:46
04
Root Beer Rag
3:00
05
Roberta
4:28
07
Last of the Big Time Spenders
4:36
08
Weekend Song
3:31
09
Souvenir
2:01
10
The Mexican Connection
3:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
the frantic, high-speed ragtime precision of the piano on Root Beer Rag
the eerie, pioneering use of the moog synthesizer on the title track
the sudden, heartbreaking brevity of the piano-only farewell on Souvenir
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