In the song " Prelude/Angry Young Man", Joel opens and closes the song rapidly hammering the piano, which was meant to simulate the drum part in the song " Wipe Out" by The Surfaris.

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The songs were first recorded at Caribou Ranch (near Nederland, Colorado), with members of Elton John's band ( Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee Murray on bass) and produced by Chicago producer James William Guercio. The album cover photo was shot in the uptown platform of the New York City Subway's Astor Place station. The Stranger remains his best-selling studio album release, achieving 10× Platinum (Diamond status) in the US as well.Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", " New York State of Mind" and " Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)". He has released 13 studio albums, seven live albums, 18 compilation albums, 10 video albums, 61 singles, three promotional singles and 45 music videos. The only time that Phil Woods performed on a Billy Joel recording was the song "Just the Way You Are" in 1977. Cash Box said that the single "I've Loved These Days" creates "a perfect mood of grand cinema romance" and commented on "its elegant strings and crashing piano. Many tracks have alternate mixes exclusive to the Quadrophonic LP release including "New York State of Mind", "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "I've Loved These Days" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)".

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Throughout his career, he has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in history. It begins with " Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (inspired by The Ronettes song " Be My Baby") and also includes "I've Loved These Days", a tongue-in-cheek expression of regret at leaving behind Hollywood decadence. He thanked her for the exposure, and also told her his New York relatives were duly impressed to have the Queen of Brooklyn cover one of his songs.

Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote that Joel's craft improves, but "he becomes more obnoxious: the anti-idealism of ' Angry Young Man' isn't any more appealing in tandem with the pseudoironic sybaritism of 'I've Loved These Days.