Billy Joel Songs In the Attic on Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD 1981 Live Album Finds Joel Adding Warmth to Ballads, Punch and Kick to RockersGreat live albums often function as documents of a performer's stinting onstage abilities, stopgaps between studio albums, introductions to a musician's earlier work, and/or opportunities for familiar material to be showcased in superior ways. Songs In the Attic serves all of these purposes and more. As Billy Joel's first live album, it's still his best, punctuated by dynamic renditions of favorites and deep cuts, and augmented by a tested band in sync with the pianist.
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