Home / Music / Billy Joel cut The Stranger over two months at A&R RecordingMusic linernotes album music billy-joelBilly Joel cut The Stranger over two months at A&R RecordingThe Stranger was recorded in July and August 1977 at A&R Recording studios in New York City. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Stranger became Columbia Records' best-selling album, with 10 million units worldwideBilly Joel's 52nd Street won Album of the Year and Best Male Pop VocalJust the Way You Are won Billy Joel Record and Song of the Year52nd Street named Billy Joel's album after Manhattan's historic jazz rowBilly Joel's 52nd Street was one of the first compact discs ever releasedExploreBrown Sugar debuted at No. 6 on the R&B chart in 1995Untrue was Burial's second album, released on Hyperdub in 2007Burnin' was the Wailers' second Island album, released October 1973By All Means Necessary was recorded between Sept 1987 and March 1988, released April 12Patricia Barber's Café Blue came out in 1994 on PremonitionPrevious Billy Joel recorded The Stranger with his touring bandNext Avalon: Roxy Music's only US platinum album despite a modest chart peak
