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Album Information

  Name Glass Houses
  Type Album
  Artist Billy Joel
  Cover Billy Joel - Glass Housesjpg
  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 and became the fourth best-selling album in the United States in the year of its release.

Opening with the sound of glass shattering, ''Glass Houses'' has more of a "hard rock" feel than Joel's prior albums. Accordingly, the response to this album was quite mixed. ''Glass Houses'' "turned off" many long-time fans, while at the same time, attracted many new fans to his music. 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'Était Toi (You Were the One)" – 3:25
#"Close to the Borderline" – 3:47
#"Through the Long Night" – 2:43


PERSONNEL



PRODUCTION

  • Producers: Phil Ramone

  • Engineer: Jim Boyer

  • Assistant engineer: Bradshaw Leigh

  • Mastering: Ted Jensen

  • Photography: Jim Houghton



CHARTS

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Singles — Billboard (North America)


AWARDS

Grammy Awards

  Before '' Against The Wind ''<br/>by Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band
  Title Billboard 200 Number-one Album
  Years June 14 1980 - July 26 1980
  After '' Emotional Rescue '' by The Rolling Stones