This week on Every Last Record, we revisit The Stranger by Billy Joel, an album that captures the sound, character, and restless energy of New York in the 1970s.

We discuss how returning home to New York helped sharpen Billy Joel’s creative voice, giving him the setting and perspective to produce some of the strongest songwriting of his career.

Is The Stranger Billy Joel’s definitive statement and one of the great New York albums?

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