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  Type Album
  Artist Billy Joel
  Cover Billy Joel - Glass Housesjpg
  Background orange
  Released March 1980
  Recorded 1979
  Genre Rock
  Length 34:35
  Label Columbia
  Producer Phil Ramone
  Last Album '' 52nd Street '' <br /> (1978)
  This Album '''''Glass Houses''''' <br /> (1980)
  Next Album '' Songs In The Attic '' <br /> (1981)


''Glass Houses'' is an Album by American Singer/songwriter Billy Joel , released in 1980 (see 1980 In Music ). It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard 's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks.

Opening with the sound of glass shattering, ''Glass Houses'' has more of a "hard rock" feel than Joel's prior albums without straying too much from his signature sound. The album was conceived as a reply to Punk in general, and The Jam 's second album '' This Is The Modern World '' in particular.


TRACK LISTING

All songs written by Billy Joel

#"You May Be Right" - 4:15
#"Sometimes a Fantasy" - 3:40
#"Don't Ask Me Why" - 2:59
#"It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" - 2:57
#"All for Leyna" - 4:15
#"I Don't Want to Be Alone" - 3:57
#"Sleeping With the Television On" - 3:02
#"C'Etait Toi (You Were the One)" - 3:25
#"Close to the Borderline" - 3:47
#"Through the Long Night" - 5:15


PERSONNEL



PRODUCTION

  • Producers: Phil Ramone

  • Engineer: Jim Boyer

  • Assistant engineer: Bradshaw Leigh

  • Mastering: Ted Jensen

  • photography: Jim Houghton



CHARTS

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)


AWARDS

Grammy Awards