Billy Joel: Grace & Charm

 

I’d never encountered a Billy Joel collection that effectively captured what the man meant to me...until this little beauty came along. The graphics, the photos, the liner notes, and the well-chosen program (one track from each of his albums, presented in chronological order) do a fine job of skewering the man's ego, his pretentiousness, his downright trash-level musings on women and on life, and his stunning lack of lyrical and musical acumen.