She's Got A Way: Love Songs (2013)
1. Travelin' Prayer
2. The Night is Still Young
3. This is the Time
4. She's Got A Way
5. Temptation
6. Nocturne
7. Until the Night
8. She's Right on Time
9. You're My Home
10.Just the Way You Are
11.She's Always a Woman
12.State of Grace
13.Honesty
14.This Night
15.Shameless
16.An Innocent Man
17.All About Soul
18.And So It Goes
 
You have to hand it to an artist that
can remain so immensely popular an entire two decades after he last
released an album of new material. The man could easily just go on tour
the rest of his life and continue to sell out arenas and stadiums
providing needed nostalgia for the masses who still love his music.
Having said that, it's not really all that surprising that his record
company would milk his everlasting popularity for all that it's worth by
releasing multiple compilations, live recordings, rarity collections,
and anything else to capitalize on Mr. Joel's everlasting success.
So a record such as this one, a 'love song' compilation, shouldn't come
as a surprise. Oddly, he didn't really have that many love songs,
although he would frequently (to his disgust) get lumped into the Adult
Contemporary and/or Soft Rock label. The best thing about this release
is that it refuses to play it safe. He could have filled this album up
with many of his softer hits that made him so famous, yet he's trying
his hardest to stay faithful to the 'love' monicker. Curiously, there
are some songs that I think should obviously be here that are missing.
This record could have benefitted from such songs like Leave a Tender
Moment Alone or A Matter of Trust, yet they're curiously
absent.
The best thing, though, is that more than half of what is here is
probably foreign to the casual fan, yet every song that is represented
here deserves to be heard. And packing this thing with 18 songs is pretty cool
as well.
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