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
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 ...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews