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Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD! Mastered From OriginalMaster Tapes!
DSD Technology and Meticulous Remastering!
Still Rock and Roll to Him: Joel Toughens Up and Increases the Animosity,Sarcasm, Confidence, and Rock on 1980 Set
Accessible and Angry: Phil Ramones Stalwart Production Bristles With Boldness,Raucousness, and Directness on Definitive Mobile Fidelity Reissue
Chart-Topper Certified Seven-Times Platinum: Includes You May Be Right ItsStill Rock and Roll to Me, Dont Ask Me Why
Elvis Costello long had a reputation for being the angry young man. Withapologies to the former Declan McManus, he had nothing on Billy Joels GlassHouses. Fed up with inexcusable critical backlash and believing hed still notbeen regarded as a serious artist, Joel ratcheted up the angst on the 1980 setthat, oh, by the way, happened to sell another seven-million-plus copies and topthe Billboard charts. Revenge is sweet.
An integral part of Mobile Fidelitys Billy Joel catalog restoration series,Glass Houses is mastered from the original master tapes and made available onfully transparent hybrid SACD. Honing in on producer Phil Ramonesradio-tailored albeit looser, straightforward production, this edition opens upthe previously veiled soundstages, spotlights the clean yet raucousarrangements, and decongests the imaging so that every note comes to the fore.Thanks to DSD technology and meticulous remastering, Joels urgency andtemperament have never sounded so vibrant.
In addition to firing shots at detractors, Joel further solidifies hisreputation as a pop maestro on the hit Dont Ask Me Why and mellow classicCetait Toi (You Were the One), each replete with sparkling structures andshimmering melodies. Throughout, he dials down the grand gestures, focusing moreon an attitude and directness. At the time, Joel was conscious of the punkmovement, and seems inspired to follow that genres preference for simplicity,frankness, and irritability. The albums legendary artworkthe singer preparingto toss a brick through the windows of his houseis a metaphor for Joelshattering his image as a cocktail-lounge pop crooner.
Such changes are evident in the now-signature You May Be Right, a hard-rockingand scathing rebuttal to a romantic partner on which Joel embraces the identityof a tough-skinned madman that wont stop at anything. He inhabits the role withconvincing theatrics, his voice mixing pushiness, smugness, self-evident humor,and cool that fits the resistive tone of the records songs. Glass Houses isJoels megaphone for stubborn independence, dogged assertiveness, and blusteryconfidence.
Its also an announcement of artistic intent, a statement thats simultaneouslycatchy and barbed, well-crafted and rowdy. And it succeeds on all levels,bringing to commercial pop-rock a brashness and grit often absent from fare thatsticks in your head for days. Joel would never be seen the same way again.
Also Available from Billy Joel on Mobile Fidelity SACD:
Billy Joel -The Stranger (MOBSA2089)
Billy Joel -52nd Street (MOBSA2090)
Billy Joel – Songs In the Attic (MOBSA2092)
Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (MOBSA2093)
Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (MOBSA2094)
Features:
Super Audio CD
SACD Stereo SACD Layer
This Hybrid SACD contains a ‘Red Book’ Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Numbered, Limited Edition
Mastered From Original Master Tapes
Selections:
1. You May Be Right
2. Sometimes A Fantasy
3. Don’t Ask Me Why
4. It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
5. All For Leyna
6. I Don’t Want To Be Alone
7. Sleeping With The Television On
8. C’etait Toi (You Were The One)
9. Close to the Borderline
10. Through The Long Night
