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For the 1989 movie starring Tom Selleck, see An Innocent Man (film).

An Innocent Man
Studio album by Billy Joel
Released	August, 1983
Recorded	Chelsea Sound and A&R Recording, Inc., New York, NY
Genre	Rock
Length	40:25
Label	Columbia
Producer	Phil Ramone
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone Album Guide, 3rd Edition
Billy Joel chronology
The Nylon Curtain (1982) An Innocent Man (1983) Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985)

An Innocent Man is the 9th album by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). It became one of his-best charted albums since "Glass Houses", going directly to #2 in the UK. It featured three Billboard Top 10 hit singles: "Tell Her About It", which reached #1, "Uptown Girl", which peaked at #3 and "An Innocent Man", which peaked at #10. Three other singles were released from the album: "The Longest Time" (number 14), "Leave A Tender Moment Alone" (number 27), and "Keeping the Faith" (number 18). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I. He is recognizable by his 6 ft 4 (193 cm) height... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Phil Ramone is a violinist, composer, recording engineer, and innovative record producer born in 1934. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that, along with its sister publication Rolling Stone magazine, contains professional reviews of popular music. ... Image File history File links 3. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... The Nylon Curtain is an album by Billy Joel. ... Billy Joels Greatest Hits discs are a collection released in two sets. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

This album is Joel's tribute to the music of his childhood. He considers this a "singer's album," and pays homage to a number of different musical styles, most notably doo-wop, a style made popular in the mid-1950s and emulated in the songs "The Longest Time," "This Night," and "Careless Talk." Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ...

Track listing and Notes

All songs by Billy Joel, except for the chorus for "This Night," credited on the sleeve to L. V. Beethoven. “Beethoven” redirects here. ...

1. "Easy Money" – 4:04 -- an homage to James Brown
2. "An Innocent Man" – 5:17 -- an homage to Ben E. King and The Drifters
3. "The Longest Time" – 3:42 -- an homage to doo-wop. This song required 14 background vocal tracks, each of which were done by Joel and pieced together in production.
4. "This Night" – 4:19 -- Uses Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata as the basis for the chorus
5. "Tell Her About It" – 3:52 -- an homage to Motown
6. "Uptown Girl" – 3:17 -- an homage to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
7. "Careless Talk" – 3:48
8. "Christie Lee" – 3:31 -- an homage to Jerry Lee Lewis
9. "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" – 3:56
10. "Keeping the Faith" – 4:41

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Personnel

• Billy Joel - Baldwin acoustic piano (SF-10), Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, vocals, background vocals
• Liberty DeVitto - drums
• Doug Stegmeyer - bass
• David Brown - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead guitar
• Russell Javors - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
• Mark Rivera - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion
• Ralph MacDonald - percussion on "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" and "Careless Talk"
• Leon Pendarvis - Hammond B-3 on "Easy Money"
• Richard Tee - acoustic piano on "Tell Her About It"
• Eric Gale - electric guitar on "Easy Money"
• "String Fever" - strings
• Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone on "Easy Money", "Careless Talk", "Tell Her About It" and "Keeping the Faith"
• Jon Faddis - trumpet on "Easy Money"
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone on "Easy Money"
• Joe Shepley - trumpet on "Easy Money", "Careless Talk", "Tell Her About It" and "Keeping the Faith"
• Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone on "Careless Talk", "Tell Her About It" and "Keeping the Faith"
• John Gatchell - trumpet on "Careless Talk", "Tell Her About It" and "Keeping the Faith"
• Tom Bahler - background vocals
• Rory Dodd - background vocals
• Frank Floyd - background vocals
• Lani Groves - background vocals
• Ullanda McCullough - background vocals
• Ron Taylor - background vocals
• Terry Textor - background vocals
• Eric Troyer - background vocals
• Mike Alexander - background vocals

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• "Toots" Thielemans - harmonica on "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
• Mark Rivera - alto saxophone on "Keeping the Faith", "This Night" and "Christie Lee"

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Production

• Producer: Phil Ramone
• Engineers: Jim Boyer, Bradshaw Leigh
• Assistant engineers: Mike Allaire, Scott James
• Production coordinator: Laura Loncteaux
• Mastering: Ted Jensen
• Horn and string arrangements: David Matthews
• Background vocal arrangements: Tom Bahler
• Musical advisor: Billy Zampino
• Photography: Gilles Larrain
• Cover design: Christopher Austopchuk, Mark Larson

• Recorded at Chelsea Sound and A & R Recording, Inc., New York, NY
• Mixed at A & R Recording, Inc., New York, NY
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Charts

Album

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Singles