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This article is about the album by Billy Joel. For the Yorkshire village, see Glasshouses.
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Glass Houses is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks and was ranked number 4 on Billboard's 1980 year-end album chart.[3] The album is the 41st best selling album of the 1980s, with sales of 7.1 million copies in the US alone.

Background

Opening with the sound of glass shattering, Glass Houses has more of a hard rock feel than Joel's previous albums. The cover shows Joel poised to throw a rock through the two-story window of his real-life waterfront glass house in Oyster Bay. On the back, Joel is shown looking through a jagged hole he supposedly made with the rock he threw.

Joel has been quoted as saying he recorded the album to throw a rock at his 'pop-crooner' image. [citation needed]Some reviewers, like Stephen Thomas Erlewine, believe that the album was Joel's response to New Wave and punk rock (Joel does reference both New Wave and punk rock in the lyrics of the song "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me"). Erlewine concludes, "[The album] may not be punk -- then again, it may be his concept of punk -- but Glass Houses is the closest Joel ever got to a pure rock album." [4]

This album was the third collaboration between Joel and producer Phil Ramone, following The Stranger and 52nd Street.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Joel.

Side one
  1. "You May Be Right" – 4:15
  2. "Sometimes a Fantasy" – 3:40
  3. "Don't Ask Me Why" – 2:59
  4. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – 2:57
  5. "All for Leyna" – 4:15
Side two
  2. "I Don't Want to Be Alone" – 3:57
  3. "Sleeping With the Television On" – 3:02
  4. "C'était Toi (You Were the One)" – 3:25
  5. "Close to the Borderline" – 3:47
  6. "Through the Long Night" – 2:43

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Phil Ramone
  • Engineer: Jim Boyer
  • Assistant engineer: Bradshaw Leigh
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen
  • Photography: Jim Houghton

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1981 Glass Houses Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male[5] Won
Album of the Year[6] Nominated

American Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1981 Glass Houses Favorite Pop/Rock Album[7] Won
Billy Joel (performer) Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist[7] Nominated

Charts

References

  1. ^ Glass Houses at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Billy Joel: Glass Houses: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  3. ^ a b "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  4. ^ Thomas, Stephen. "Glass Houses - Billy Joel". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  5. ^ "Past Winners Search". grammy.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  6. ^ "GRAMMYs' Best Albums 1980–1989". grammy.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  7. ^ a b "8th American Music Awards". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  8. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0646119176. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ "austriancharts.at Billy Joel - Glass Houses". Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  10. ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-01
  11. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Billy Joel - Glass Houses". Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  12. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  13. ^ a-ビリー・ジョエル "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Billy Joel" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2011-11-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  14. ^ "charts.org.nz - Billy Joel - Glass Houses". Hung Medien, charts.org.nz. Recording Industry Association of New Zea Land. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  15. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Billy Joel - Glass Houses". Hung Medien, norwegiancharts.com. VG-lista. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  16. ^ "swedishcharts.com Billy Joel - Glass Houses". Hung Medien, swedishcharts.com (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  17. ^ "Chart Stats - Billy Joel - Glass Houses". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-11-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "allmusic ((( Glass Houses > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  19. ^ "Album Search: Billy Joel" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  20. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Billy Joel – Glass Houses". Music Canada.
  21. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4871310779. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  22. ^ "British album certifications – Billy Joel – Glass Houses". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Glass Houses in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  23. ^ "American album certifications – Billy Joel – Glass Houses". Recording Industry Association of America.
  24. ^ "Austriancharts.st - Jahreshitparade 1980" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  25. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1980". RPM. Retrieved 2011-10-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ 1980年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1980" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-09-12. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  27. ^ "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  28. ^ "Top 100 Albums of 1981". RPM. 26 December 1981. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  29. ^ "Top Pop Albums of 1981". billboard.biz. 1981-12-31. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
Preceded by Canadian RPM number-one album
May 10 - June 28, 1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
June 14 - July 25, 1980
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