Glass Houses (1980) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Glass Houses a score of 3.8000 out of 4

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All Music Guide

The back-to-back success ofThe Strangerand52nd Streetmay have brought Billy Joel fame and fortune, even a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but it didn't bring him critical respect, and it didn't dull his anger. Read more about Glass Houses on All Music Guide

Rolling Stone

Class Houses, Billy Joel's all-out attempt at a rock & roll album, is just about as convincing and exciting as Linda Ronstadt's recentMad Love, though the latter sounds a lot more game and likable than the former ever will. Read more about Glass Houses on Rolling Stone

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

While Billy Joel searches his new creative impulse in the genre of classical music, the rest of us do not have to suffer. Instead, we can all dig up Joel's classic 1980 gem of a tape calledGlass Houses, already 18 years old. This was the second tape
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Music Album Reviews: Glass Houses

Glass Houses

by Billy Joel

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All Time

of 457,333

193

1980's

of 12,281

32

1980

of 271

6
Genres
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
    of 14,308
    
    60
  - Album-Oriented Rock
    
    of 7,254
    
    47
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,074
    
    30
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,073
    
    29
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 264,669
    
    186
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,981
    
    106
  - Singer-Songwriters
    
    of 8,723
    
    36
  - Soft Rock
    
    of 4,273
    
    10
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 108,263
    
    110