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Track List
01) Streetlife Serenader
02) Los Angelenos
03) The Great Suburban Showdown
04) Root Beer Rag
05) Roberta
06) The Entertainer
07) Last of the Big Time Spenders
08) Weekend Song
09) Souvenir
10) The Mexican Connection
01) Streetlife Serenader
02) Los Angelenos
03) The Great Suburban Showdown
04) Root Beer Rag
05) Roberta
06) The Entertainer
07) Last of the Big Time Spenders
08) Weekend Song
09) Souvenir
10) The Mexican Connection
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First Released
1974
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Happy
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Streetlife Serenade is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel (his second with Columbia Records), released on October 11, 1974.
Joel's follow-up effort to 1973's Piano Man, Streetlife Serenade did not enjoy the relative success of its predecessor; it marked the beginning of his frosty relationship with critics and the music industry more generally. In "The Entertainer", Joel peevishly mocks the entertainment industry, reminiscing bitterly over his record label's earlier insistence that the single version of Piano Man's title track (the album's major hit) be shortened to maximize radio airplay:
"It was a beautiful song but it ran too long./If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit./So they cut it down to 3:05."
"The Entertainer" peaked at #34 on the US Singles Chart.
The album contains two songs that were featured in many of Joel's live shows during the 1970s: the instrumental "Root Beer Rag" and the short song "Souvenir", which Joel often played as the final encore during that time period.
Two others, "Streetlife Serenader" and "Los Angelenos" were included on Joel's first live album, Songs in the Attic (1981).
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Streetlife Serenade is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel (his second with Columbia Records), released on October 11, 1974.
Joel's follow-up effort to 1973's Piano Man, Streetlife Serenade did not enjoy the relative success of its predecessor; it marked the beginning of his frosty relationship with critics and the music industry more generally. In "The Entertainer", Joel peevishly mocks the entertainment industry, reminiscing bitterly over his record label's earlier insistence that the single version of Piano Man's title track (the album's major hit) be shortened to maximize radio airplay:
"It was a beautiful song but it ran too long./If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit./So they cut it down to 3:05."
"The Entertainer" peaked at #34 on the US Singles Chart.
The album contains two songs that were featured in many of Joel's live shows during the 1970s: the instrumental "Root Beer Rag" and the short song "Souvenir", which Joel often played as the final encore during that time period.
Two others, "Streetlife Serenader" and "Los Angelenos" were included on Joel's first live album, Songs in the Attic (1981).
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