HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

  #8: Billy Joel--Songs In the Attic  (1981) \ Top-Notch Tracks:  "Summer, Highland Falls," [ HJ200  #19], "She's Got a Way," [ HJ200  #71], "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway,)" "The Ballad of Billy the Kid," "Everybody Loves You Now," "You're My Home," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" Album Depth:  "Streetlife Serenade," "Los Angelenos," "I've Loved These Days," "Captain Jack" Weak Links:  Previously recorded (not) in front of a live, studio audience. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known."--"Summer, Highland Falls" "She's got a smile that heals me. I don't know why it is, but I have to laugh when she reveals me."--"She's Got a Way" "They said that Queens could stay. They blew the Bronx away. And sank Manhattan out at sea....

#9: Tom Petty--Full Moon Fever  (1989) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Free Fallin'," "Yer So Bad," "I Won't Back Down," "Running Down a Dream," "Alright for Now," Album Depth:  "A Face In the Crowd," "Zombie Zoo," "Feel a Whole Lot Better," "The Apartment Song," "Love Is a Long Road," "A Mind with a Heart of Its Own," "Depending On You" Weak Link:  No videos featuring Elle Macpherson. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "My sister got lucky, married a yuppie. Took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger, dating a singer. I can't decide which is worse."--"Yer So Bad" "Sometimes you're so impulsive, you shaved off all your hair. You look like Boris Karloff and you don't even care."--"Zombie Zoo" "She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis. Loves horses, and her boyfriend, too."--"Free Fallin'" "No, I...

  #10: Billy Joel--An Innocent Man  (1983) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Tell Her About It," [ HJ200  # ], "The Longest Time," "Christie Lee," "An Innocent Man," "Keeping the Faith," "Leave a Tender Moment Alone," "Uptown Girl," "Easy Money," "This Night" Album Depth:  "Careless Talk" Weak Link:  No videos featuring Elle Macpherson. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Listen, boy, it's good information from a man who's made mistake. Just a word or two that she gets from you could be the difference that it makes."--"Tell Her About It" "If you said goodbye to me tonight, there would still be music left to write."--"The Longest Time" "The man's name I don't remember. He was always Joe to me. But, I can't forget the woman. She was always Christie Lee."--"Christie Lee" "Some people stay far away from a door if there's a chance of ...