The Essential Billy Joel
# The Essential Billy Joel

The Essential Billy Joel è una compilation del cantautore statunitense Billy Joel pubblicata dalla Sony BMG nel 2001.

## Tracce

### Disco 1

* Piano Man – 5:36
* You're My Home – 3:11
* Captain Jack – 7:16
* The Entertainer – 3:39
* Say Goodbye to Hollywood – 4:36
* Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – 5:12
* New York State of Mind – 6:02
* She's Always a Woman – 3:19
* Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) – 3:27
* Only the Good Die Young – 3:53
* Just the Way You Are – 4:48
* Honesty – 3:51
* My Life – 4:42
* It's Still Rock and Roll to Me – 2:57
* You May Be Right – 4:11
* Don't Ask Me Why – 2:57
* She's Got a Way (Live) – 2:59
* Allentown – 3:50

### Disco 2

* Goodnight Saigon – 7:02
* An Innocent Man – 5:18
* Uptown Girl – 3:14
* The Longest Time – 3:36
* Tell Her About It – 3:49
* Leave a Tender Moment Alone – 3:51
* A Matter of Trust – 4:08
* Baby Grand – 4:03
* I Go to Extremes – 4:20
* We Didn't Start the Fire – 4:48
* Leningrad – 4:03
* The Downeaster "Alexa" – 3:42
* And So It Goes – 3:36
* The River of Dreams – 4:06
* All About Soul – 5:57
* Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – 3:30
* Waltz no. 1 (Nunley's Carousel) – 6:52
* Invention in C minor – 0:59

## Riedizione 2008

La riedizione del disco, pubblicata nell'agosto 2008, contiene un terzo CD ed è intitolata The Essential 3.0

### Tracce Disco 3

* Worse Comes to Worst – 3:13
* Prelude/Angry Young Man – 5:16
* Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – 7:34
* Big Shot – 4:02
* All for Leyna – 4:12
* Pressure – 4:39
* This Is the Time – 4:59

## Certificazioni

L'edizione standard (2001) è stata certificata triplo disco di platino dalla RIAA.

