説明
(JPN / CBS SONY / 25AP 2660 / 1983 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX- CAP帯付)
問答無用の傑作9TH！手拍子弾ける80’Sピアノ・ポップ人気曲「UPTOWN GIRL」、「THE LONGEST TIME」収録！
近年ではDRAKE FEAT. BUN B AND LIL WAYNE「UPTOWN」でも引用された、跳ねたリズムでこみあげるビリー・ジョエル代表曲にしてクラブヒットな「UPTOWN GIRL」、THE TYMES「SO MUCH IN LOVE」直系の「THE LONGEST TIME」はWEEZERにもカヴァーされ、レゲエ界隈でもJOHNNY OSBOURNEのカヴァーやソウル・タイムの人気曲としてお馴染み。80’Sモータウン・ビートな「TELL HER ABOUT IT」、WIZ KHALIFA 「KEEP THE CONVERSATION」ネタにもなった「LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE」など、全10曲を収録。
TRACKLIST
A1 EASY MONEY 4:00
A2 AN INNOCENT MAN 5:16
A3 THE LONGEST TIME 3:32
A4 THIS NIGHT 4:12
A5 TELL HER ABOUT IT 3:45
B1 UPTOWN GIRL 3:12
B2 CARELESS TALK 3:42
B3 CHRISTIE LEE 3:25
B4 LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE 3:49
B5 KEEPING THE FAITH 4:35
ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS – MARK RIVERA
ARRANGED BY [BACKGROUND VOCALS] – TOM BAHLER
ARRANGED BY [HORNS & STRINGS] – DAVID MATTHEWS
BACKING VOCALS – ERIC TROYER, FRANK FLOYD, LANI GROVES, MIKE ALEXANDER OF “CHARM”, RON TAYLOR, RORY DODD, TERRY TEXTOR, TOM BAHLER, ULLANDA MCCULLOUGH
BARITONE SAXOPHONE – RONNIE CUBER (TRACKS: A1, A5, B2, B5)
BASS – DOUG STEGMEYER
COORDINATOR [PRODUCTION COORDINATOR] – LAURA LONCTEAUX
DESIGN [ALBUM COVER] – CHRISTOPHER AUSTOPCHUK, MARK LARSON
DRUMS – LIBERTY DEVITTO
ENGINEER [ADDITIONAL] – BRADSHAW LEIGH
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – MIKE ALLAIRE, SCOTT JAMES
ENGINEER, MIXED BY – JIM BOYER
LEAD GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR [LEAD] – DAVID BROWN
MANAGEMENT – FRANK MANAGEMENT, INC.
MASTERED BY – TED JENSEN
MUSIC CONSULTANT [MUSICAL ADVISOR] – BILLY ZAMPINO
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – GILLES LARRAIN
PRODUCER – PHIL RAMONE
RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR [RHYTHM] – RUSSELL JAVORS
STRINGS – STRING FEVER
TENOR SAXOPHONE – MICHAEL BRECKER (TRACKS: A5, B2, B5)
TRUMPET – JOE SHEPLEY (TRACKS: A1, A5, B2, B5), JOHN GATCHELL (TRACKS: A5, B2, B5)
VOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO [FENDER RHODES], PIANO [BALDWIN ACOUSTIC SF-10], ORGAN [HAMMOND B3], WRITTEN-BY – BILLY JOEL
