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Billy Joel
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(Lenin is a participant in the eBay (EPN) affiliate program) Released in 1983, An Innocent Man represents Billy Joel’s deliberate stylistic return to the sounds of his formative musical influences, structured as a series of homages to American pop, doo-wop, R&B, and early rock & roll traditions. Rather than continuing the more contemporary rock direction of his earlier 1980s work, the album reconstructs earlier genre frameworks through modern studio production. Each track draws on a specific historical style, with arrangements shaped by vocal harmonies, melodic hooks, and rhythm patterns associated with mid-20th-century popular music. Joel’s piano playing remains central, but is often embedded within broader ensemble arrangements that emphasise vocal interplay and stylistic imitation rather than personal introspection alone. An Innocent Man is distinctive within Joel’s catalogue for its conceptual cohesion based on reinterpretation rather than narrative continuity. The album functions as both tribute and reconstruction, translating nostalgic musical forms into a contemporary 1980s production context while maintaining a strong emphasis on clarity and accessibility. As a UK cassette edition, the release reflects the peak period of cassette distribution in the early 1980s, when albums were widely consumed in portable, repeat-play formats. The cassette format complements the album’s accessible structure, preserving its sequence of stylistic variations in a compact listening experience aligned with mainstream home and car audio use of the era.
Comes with separate lyric sheet.
Stock: 1 back in stock. 'Used - very good' (see photos). Comes with lyric sheet. Our ref for storage: h g c.
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