Album
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Album
The Stranger
- Peak position
- #2
- Weeks on chart
- 137
The Stranger (1977) is a Billy Joel album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
The Stranger (1977) is a Billy Joel album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #2 and charted for 137 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Just The Way You Are", "Only The Good Die Young".
The music
- 1
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
- 2
The Stranger
3 Just the Way You Are
4 Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- 5
Vienna
6 Only the Good Die Young
- 7
She’s Always a Woman
- 8
Get It Right the First Time
- 9
Everybody Has a Dream
- 10
The Stranger (reprise)
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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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"Just The Way You Are" · "Only The Good Die Young"
- ArtistBilly Joel
- Year1977
