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Glass Houses

by Billy Joel

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All Time

of 455,466

190
1980's

of 12,289

32
1980

of 272

7
Genres
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
    of 14,245
    
    60
  - Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
    
    of 7,228
    
    47
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,008
    
    29
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,069
    
    28
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,794
    
    185
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    107
  - Singer-Songwriters
    
    of 8,654
    
    36
  - Soft Rock
    
    of 4,264
    
    11
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,704
    
    110

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.5902 Glass Houses is ranked overall as 3.5902 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.8000 Glass Houses has an avg. critic score of 3.8000 out of 4 stars

Glass Houses Album Reviews

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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. ...more

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. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Now at his commercial peak, Joel still had a noticeable streak of obnoxiousness which cropped up in weird places--such as on this album's very cover. Similarly, both "You May Be Right" and "It's Still Rock 'N' Roll To Me" lend themselves to cocktail-singer satirical treatment just a shade too easily. ...more

Yahoo! Music

The back-to-back success of The Stranger and 52nd Street may 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. ...more

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

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