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During recording, Billy fired his manager, Frank Weber, who was also the brother of his (first) ex-wife; he was discovered to be nismanaging Billy's finances. He would ultimately win back only a fraction of the money he lost, though he did win a counter-suit. He would later sue his former attorney in connection to the fraud, which was settled out-of-court in 1992.

* Billy Joel – vocals, acoustic piano, clavinet, accordion, percussion, Hammond organ, harpsichord, organ, synthesizers
* Jeff Jacobs – synthesizers, backing vocals, horn arrangements
* David Brown – lead guitar, MIDI guitar solo
* Joey Hunting – rhythm guitar
* Schuyler Deale – bass guitar
* Liberty [=DeVitto=] – drums, percussion
* Crystal Taliefero – backing vocals, percussion

->''Call me a joker, call me a fool''\\
''Right at this moment, I'm totally cool''\\
''Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife''\\
''I feel like I'm in the prime of my life''\\
''Sometimes it feels like I'm going too fast''\\
''I don't know how long this feeling will last''\\
''Maybe it's only tonight''
-->--"I Go To Extremes"

During recording, Billy fired his manager, Frank Weber, who was also the brother of his (first) ex-wife. He would ultimately win back only a fraction of the money he lost, though he did win a counter-suit. He would later sue his former attorney in connection to the fraud, which was settled out-of-court in 1992.

!!"Every time I see you tropin' there, I go down upon my knees"

Having ended his work with Phil Ramone, Billy would co-produce the album with Mick Jones, famously of Music/{{Foreigner}}. They decided to take the sound harder and more contemporary, punctuated by its first and biggest single, "We Didn't Start the Fire", which listed pop culture events from the previous 40 years to the point of recording--essentially, Billy's life to that point.

* NotSoDifferent: "Leningrad", where he details his friendship between himself and a Russian clown he met while touring the Soviet Union who was born in the forties. (The song was written during the Cold War.)

* NotSoDifferent: "Leningrad", where he details his friendship between himself and a Russian clown he met while touring the Soviet Union who was born the same year as him (1949). (The song was written during the Cold War.)

[[caption-width-right:300:''We didn't start the fire''\\
''But when we are gone, it will still burn on and on'']]

-->--'''"I Go To Extremes"'''

'''''Storm Front''''' is the eleventh studio album recorded by American {{pop}} musician Music/BillyJoel. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on October 17, 1989.

* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: Naturally, the TropeNamer is the biggest hit on this album.

->''Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife''\\

Having ended his work with Phil Ramone, Billy would co-produce the album with Mick Jones, famously of Music/{{Foreigner}}. They decided to take the sound harder and more contemporary, punctuated by its first and biggest single, "We Didn't Start the Fire", which listed pop culture events from the previous 40 years to the point of recording.

* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: Naturally, the TropeNamer is the biggest hit.

* Billy Joel – vocals, acoustic piano (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10), clavinet (2, 3, 6), accordion (3), percussion (3), Hammond organ (4, 6, 9), harpsichord (5), organ (8), synthesizers (10)
* Jeff Jacobs – synthesizers (1–9), backing vocals (1), horn arrangements (6)
* David Brown – lead guitar (1–9), MIDI guitar solo (6)
* Joey Hunting – rhythm guitar (2)
* Schuyler Deale – bass guitar (1–9)
* Liberty [=DeVitto=] – drums (1–9), percussion (2)
* Crystal Taliefero – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 9), percussion (2)

* OlderThanTheyThink: Yes, that's ''the'' "Shameless" that Music/GarthBrooks would later take to the top of the Billboard Hot Country chart. Billy wrote it. They've actually performed it together several times, including when Brooks was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame--by Billy, incidentally--in 2011.