The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977. While his four previous albums had been moderately successful, The Stranger became Joel's true critical and commercial breakthrough, spending six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts. Considered his magnum opus, it remains his best-selling non-compilation album to date, and was ranked number 70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977. While his four previous albums had been moderately successful, The Stranger became Joel's true critical and commercial breakthrough, spending six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts. Considered his magnum opus, it remains his best-selling non-compilation album to date, and was ranked number 70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. false 2024-01-16 11:35:53 8.4 1998 1998-01-01 1998-01-01 43 Ballad Funk Rock Pop Pop Rock Rock Singer-Songwriter Soft Rock Piano Rock Progressive Pop 119230 2159617 24616345-a1bc-3f1a-ad0f-827efe2a1d94 64b94289-9474-4d43-8c93-918ccc1920d1 735bcee6-6be6-3957-af15-d21ba2bd355b /media/data/media5/Music/Billy Joel/The Stranger (1977)/folder.jpg Billy Joel AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/B/Billy Joel/folder.jpg Billy Joel Artist /config/metadata/People/B/Billy Joel/folder.jpg Billy Joel Billy Joel 1 03:30 2 05:10 3 04:50 4 07:36 5 03:34 6 03:55 7 03:21 8 03:56 9 06:36