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'''''An Innocent Man''''' is the ninth studio album recorded by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through the Family Productions label of Creator/ColumbiaRecords on August 8, 1983.
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* RockMeAmadeus: The chorus of "This Night" is built around the second movement of Music/{{Ludwig van Beethoven}}'s ''Pathétique Sonata''.
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Because I am an innocent man'']]
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->''Some people stay far away from the door''\\
''If there's a chance of it opening up''\\
''They hear a voice in the hall outside''\\
''And hope that it just passes by''\\
''Some people live with the fear of a touch''\\
''And the anger of having been a fool''\\
''They will not listen to anyone''\\
''So nobody tells them a lie''\\
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''If there's a chance of it opening up''\\
''They hear a voice in the hall outside''\\
''And hope that it just passes by''\\
''Some people live with the fear of a touch''\\
''And the anger of having been a fool''\\
''They will not listen to anyone''\\
''So nobody tells them a lie''\\
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-->--'''"An Innocent Man"'''
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''Someone who hurt you''
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''I know you're thinking of
You don't want somebody
''Someone who hurt you''
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You're a big boy now, you'll never let her go\\
But that's just the kind of thing she ought to know''
-->'''"Tell Her About It"'''
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It ultimately went seven-times Platinum in the United States, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It also hit #2 in the U.K. and went triple-Platinum there.
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** "Keeping the Faith": His most general homage, simply to pre-[[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] RockAndRoll
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* LyricalColdOpen: "The Longest Time"
* OneWomanSong: "Christie Lee"
* TitleTrack: "An Innocent Man"
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The album was recorded through the spring of 1983. It would keep a fire burning for '50s nostalgia originally lit in the previous decade by ''Theatre/{{Grease}}''. It was warmly received, getting 4 out of 5 stars virtually everywhere, including ''Magazine/RollingStone''.
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The album was recorded through the spring of 1983. It would keep a fire burning for '50s nostalgia originally lit in the previous decade by ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', ''Series/HappyDays'', and ''Theatre/{{Grease}}''. It was warmly received, getting 4 out of 5 stars virtually everywhere, including ''Magazine/RollingStone''.
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The album was recorded through the spring of 1983. It would keep a fire burning for '50s nostalgia originally lit in the previous decade by Theatre/{{Grease}}.''Theatre/{{Grease}}''. It was warmly received, getting 4 out of 5 stars virtually everywhere, including ''Magazine/RollingStone''.
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** "Easy Money": Music/JamesBrown and Music/WilsonPickett
** "[[TitleTrack An Innocent Man]]": Music/BenEKing and Music/TheDrifters
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Listen boy, it's good information from a man who's made mistakes.'']]
->''Some people stay far away from the door''\\
''If there's a chance of it opening up''\\
''They hear a voice in the hall outside''\\
''And hope that it just passes by''\\
''Some people live with the fear of a touch''\\
''And the anger of having been a fool''\\
''They will not listen to anyone''\\
''So nobody tells them a lie''\\
\\
''I know you're only protecting yourself''\\
''I know you're thinking of somebody else''\\
''Someone who hurt you''
-->--'''"An Innocent Man"'''
'''''An Innocent Man''''' is the ninth studio album recorded by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through the Family Productions label of Creator/ColumbiaRecords on August 8, 1983.
In the summer of 1982, Billy Joel had completed a divorce with his first wife. He was single for the first time since he made it big as a recording artist. And he found himself surrounded by supermodels.
Literally.
By his own admission, he felt like a teenager again. And so, the songs for his next album became an homage to the music he listened to as a child and a budding teenager. They ended up running the gamut of the sound of TheFifties: original RockAndRoll, DooWop, even some early Creator/{{Motown}}.
The album was recorded through the spring of 1983. It would keep a fire burning for '50s nostalgia originally lit in the previous decade by Theatre/{{Grease}}. It was warmly received, getting 4 out of 5 stars virtually everywhere, including ''Magazine/RollingStone''.
It ultimately went seven-times Platinum in the United States, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It also hit #2 in the U.K. and went triple-Platinum there.
Seven singles were released from the album: "Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl", the TitleTrack, "The Longest Time", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "This Night", and "Keeping the Faith". Six were hits in the U.S., with three being Top Ten, and "Tell Her About It" became Billy's second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Uptown Girl" became his only #1 single in the United Kingdom.
Billy Joel released music videos for several of the singles, especially "Tell Her About It" (which was an homage to ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'') and "Uptown Girl" (which famously starred Christie Brinkley, one of his supermodel girlfriends--and his future second wife).
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Easy Money" (4:04)
# "[[TitleTrack An Innocent Man]]" (5:17)
# "The Longest Time" (3:42)
# "This Night" (4:17)
# "Tell Her About It" (3:52)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Uptown Girl" (3:17)
# "Careless Talk" (3:48)
# "Christie Lee" (3:31)
# "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (3:56)
# "Keeping the Faith" (4:41)
!!"We were keeping the trooooooooopes! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the tropes!"
* {{Homage}} The ''entire freaking album'' is an homage to music from TheFifties and early [[TheSixties '60s]]:
** "Easy Money": Music/JamesBrown and Music/WilsonPickett
** "[[TitleTrack An Innocent Man]]": Music/BenEKing and Music/TheDrifters
** "The Longest Time": Music/FrankieLymon
** "This Night": Little Anthony and the Imperials (with a little [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]] for good measure)
** "Tell Her About It": Music/TheSupremes and Music/TheTemptations
** "Uptown Girl": Music/FrankieValli
** "Careless Talk": Music/SamCooke
** "Christie Lee": Music/LittleRichard and Music/JerryLeeLewis
** "Leave a Tender Moment Alone": Music/SmokeyRobinson
** "Keeping the Faith": His most general homage, simply to pre-BritishInvasion RockAndRoll
[[caption-width-right:300:''Listen boy, it's good information from a man who's made mistakes.'']]
->''Some people stay far away from the door''\\
''If there's a chance of it opening up''\\
''They hear a voice in the hall outside''\\
''And hope that it just passes by''\\
''Some people live with the fear of a touch''\\
''And the anger of having been a fool''\\
''They will not listen to anyone''\\
''So nobody tells them a lie''\\
\\
''I know you're only protecting yourself''\\
''I know you're thinking of somebody else''\\
''Someone who hurt you''
-->--'''"An Innocent Man"'''
'''''An Innocent Man''''' is the ninth studio album recorded by American singer/songwriter/pianist Music/BillyJoel. It was released through the Family Productions label of Creator/ColumbiaRecords on August 8, 1983.
In the summer of 1982, Billy Joel had completed a divorce with his first wife. He was single for the first time since he made it big as a recording artist. And he found himself surrounded by supermodels.
Literally.
By his own admission, he felt like a teenager again. And so, the songs for his next album became an homage to the music he listened to as a child and a budding teenager. They ended up running the gamut of the sound of TheFifties: original RockAndRoll, DooWop, even some early Creator/{{Motown}}.
The album was recorded through the spring of 1983. It would keep a fire burning for '50s nostalgia originally lit in the previous decade by Theatre/{{Grease}}. It was warmly received, getting 4 out of 5 stars virtually everywhere, including ''Magazine/RollingStone''.
It ultimately went seven-times Platinum in the United States, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It also hit #2 in the U.K. and went triple-Platinum there.
Seven singles were released from the album: "Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl", the TitleTrack, "The Longest Time", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "This Night", and "Keeping the Faith". Six were hits in the U.S., with three being Top Ten, and "Tell Her About It" became Billy's second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Uptown Girl" became his only #1 single in the United Kingdom.
Billy Joel released music videos for several of the singles, especially "Tell Her About It" (which was an homage to ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'') and "Uptown Girl" (which famously starred Christie Brinkley, one of his supermodel girlfriends--and his future second wife).
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Easy Money" (4:04)
# "[[TitleTrack An Innocent Man]]" (5:17)
# "The Longest Time" (3:42)
# "This Night" (4:17)
# "Tell Her About It" (3:52)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Uptown Girl" (3:17)
# "Careless Talk" (3:48)
# "Christie Lee" (3:31)
# "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (3:56)
# "Keeping the Faith" (4:41)
!!"We were keeping the trooooooooopes! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the tropes!"
* {{Homage}} The ''entire freaking album'' is an homage to music from TheFifties and early [[TheSixties '60s]]:
** "Easy Money": Music/JamesBrown and Music/WilsonPickett
** "[[TitleTrack An Innocent Man]]": Music/BenEKing and Music/TheDrifters
** "The Longest Time": Music/FrankieLymon
** "This Night": Little Anthony and the Imperials (with a little [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]] for good measure)
** "Tell Her About It": Music/TheSupremes and Music/TheTemptations
** "Uptown Girl": Music/FrankieValli
** "Careless Talk": Music/SamCooke
** "Christie Lee": Music/LittleRichard and Music/JerryLeeLewis
** "Leave a Tender Moment Alone": Music/SmokeyRobinson
** "Keeping the Faith": His most general homage, simply to pre-BritishInvasion RockAndRoll
