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The Nylon Curtain
Studio album by
Billy Joel
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1982
RecordedWinter 1981-Spring 1982
Studio
  • A&R, New York City
  • Mediasound, New York City
Genre
  • Pop rock[1]
  • rock[2]
Length41:57
LabelFamily Productions/Columbia
ProducerPhil Ramone
Billy Joel chronology
Songs in the Attic
(1981)
The Nylon Curtain
(1982)
An Innocent Man
(1983)
Singles from The Nylon Curtain
  1. "Pressure"
    Released: September 1982
  2. "Allentown"
    Released: November 1982
  3. "Goodnight Saigon"
    Released: February 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon Curtain[1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80sB[2]
People(Positive)[4]
Rolling StoneThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon CurtainThe Nylon Curtain[3]

The Nylon Curtain is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 23, 1982, and produced by Phil Ramone.

The Nylon Curtain peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard albums chart, with two million sales in the U.S. It was one of the first albums to be digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered.

  1. ^ a b AllMusic
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1990). "Billy Joel". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (February 20, 2009) [October 14, 1982], "Music Reviews : The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on February 20, 2009
  4. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: The Nylon Curtain". People. November 22, 1982. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

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