Obviously this is billy joels best work. I bought an eight track player for 3 bucks and two copies of 52nd streen on 8 track. I wont listen to this remastered crap. This is definitely the most creative joel gets. The stranger is a wonderful album, very good. But in my opinion this is a step up from stranger, and glass houses is a step down from 52nd and stranger put together. 1979 was the last year so many good artists could squeeze out their last bit of awesome 70s creativity. By 80 everything seemed to be pretty much run out, or dried up! Best songs--Zanzibar (absolutely billy joels best song ever)-52nd street (this is a very hot little jam compared to what every one else says, and the whole late 70s jazz thing is such a high for me)-rosalindas eyes (Rhodes piano is tremendous)