Album
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Album
Piano Man
- Peak position
- #27
- Weeks on chart
- 40
Piano Man (1974) is a Billy Joel album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Piano Man (1974) is a Billy Joel album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #27 and charted for 40 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Piano Man".
The music
1 Travelin' Prayer
2 Piano Man
- 3
Ain't No Crime
- 4
You're My Home
- 5
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
6 Worse Comes to Worst
- 7
Stop in Nevada
- 8
If I Only Had the Words (to Tell You)
- 9
Somewhere Along the Line
- 10
Captain Jack
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A rocket up the chart — jumping 26 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #190, exploded upward for 13 weeks to reach #27 and fell quickly across 40 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- Singles"Piano Man"
- ArtistBilly Joel
- Year1974
