Passage: Columbia Records ngenalake Joel menyang Phil Ramone, sing bakal ngasilake kabeh album studio Joel saka The Stranger (1977) nganti The Bridge (1986). The Stranger sukses banget, ngasilake papat Top-25 hit ing tangga lagu Billboard: "Just the Way You Are" (#3), "Movin' Out" (#17), "Only the Good Die Young" (#24), lan "She's Always a Woman" (#17). Album Sepuluh Top pisanan Joel, The Stranger disertifikasi multi-platinum lan tekan nomer loro ing tangga lagu, ngungkuli Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water, album sing paling laris sadurunge Columbia. Stranger uga nampilake "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", lagu rock klasik sing berorientasi album, sing dadi salah sawijining lagu sing paling misuwur. Pitakon: Lagu apa sing ditingkat 17?
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