2000 Years: The Millennium Concert

2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
Live album by Billy Joel
Released	May 2, 2000
Recorded	December 31, 1999 – January 1, 2000
Genre	Rock
Length	128:39
Label	Sony
Producer	Don DeVitto
Billy Joel chronology
Greatest Hits Volume III (1997) 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000) The Ultimate Collection (2001)

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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert is a two-disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000.

The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during Joel's The Night of Two Thousand Years Tour. Though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot")^{[citation needed]}, others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he sings perfectly on the album). 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of B♭ vs. C).

Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert^{[citation needed]} with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Joel, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" (Beethoven) – 1:43
2. "Big Shot" – 4:55
3. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" – 5:23
4. "Summer, Highland Falls" – 5:29
5. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 6:52
6. "Don't Ask Me Why" – 4:49
7. "New York State of Mind" – 8:29
8. "I've Loved These Days" – 4:30
9. "My Life" – 5:47
10. "Allentown" – 4:48
11. "Prelude/Angry Young Man" – 5:23
12. "Only the Good Die Young" – 3:49

Disc two

13. "I Go to Extremes" – 5:01
14. "Goodnight Saigon" – 7:28
15. "We Didn't Start the Fire" – 5:21
16. "Big Man on Mulberry Street" – 5:29
17. "2000 Years" – 6:02
18. "Auld Lang Syne" (Burns/Traditional) – 1:44
19. "The River of Dreams" – 5:54
20. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" – 8:05
21. "Dance to the Music" (Stewart) – 3:17
22. "Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 3:17
23. "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" – 4:08
24. "You May Be Right" – 6:07
25. "This Night" (Beethoven/Joel) – 4:49