The River was released on October 17, 1980, by Columbia Records. The album did not have a number 1 hit.  The album’s songs did hold other spots on the Billboard Hot 100,  Hungry Heart peaked at #5 and Fade Away at #20. The River didn’t have many Billboard hits but the album itself peaked at #1 and stayed there for 4 weeks, which was Bruce Springsteen’s first ever #1 hit album.  The album has an overall good sound and is very enjoyable to listen to. Below I will be ranking the album from 20th (worst) to the 1st (best) and just as a reminder this is solely my opinion and it is okay to disagree with me. 

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Billy Joel’s album The Stranger was released on September 29, 1977 by Columbia Records.  The Stranger was his 5th full length album to be released.  Surprisingly this album did not have one single number one hit song!  The top song according to Billboard’s Hot 100 is Just The Way You Are, which peaked at #3 on February 18th, 1978.  Three other songs found their way into the Billboard Hot 100 which include She’s Always A Woman peaking at #17, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) peaked at #17 as well, and lastly Only The Good Die Young peaked at #24.  Even though this album didn’t have a #1 hit, it is considered to be Billy Joel’s top selling album. It has sold more than 10 million copies making it a Diamond certification in the United States.  In this review we present two different rankings based on what we think are the top songs.  It is alright to have different opinions then us which we found out that we even disagree on what the best song is.

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