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''The Bridge'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on July 29, 1986. It was the last album produced by Phil Ramone as well as the last to feature Joel's long time guitarists Doug Stegmeyer and Russell Javors. The album yielded several successful singles, including "A Matter of Trust" (peaking at No. 10), "Modern Woman" (which also appeared on the ''Ruthless People'' soundtrack, peaking at No. 10), and "This Is the Time" (peaking at No. 18). Joel began work on the album — on which two of his major influences (Ray Charles and Steve Winwood) made guest appearances — in 1985. Charles sang a duet with Joel on the song "Baby Grand", and Winwood played Hammond organ on the song "Getting Closer". Other notable musicians who made guest appearances on the album include jazz musicians Ron Carter and Michael Brecker, who both played on the jazzy track "Big Man on Mulberry Street." The album also had some New wave influences. For instance, the first song, "Running on Ice," is heavily influenced by the music of The Police, and the final song recorded for the album, "Code of Silence," featured Cyndi Lauper who contributed backing vocals and received co-writing credit for the lyrics (Joel would return the favor by contributing backing vocals on Lauper's song "Maybe He'll Know" for her 1986 album ''True Colors''). ''The Bridge'' was Joel's last album to carry the "Family Productions" logo which had appeared on all of Joel's albums up to that time as part of a deal that Columbia Records made to get Joel out of his first recording contract with Artie Ripp's Family Productions. In the closing song of the album — "Getting Closer" — Joel makes several of what are clearly attacks and observations on the iron-clad contract with Ripp, with references to "my stolen youth", "all the conmen and their acrobats who stomped me in the ground," and "I must live up to contracts." ==Track listing== All songs composed by Billy Joel, except "Code of Silence" written by Joel and Cyndi Lauper. Side One #"Running on Ice" – 3:15 #"This Is the Time" – 4:59 #"A Matter of Trust" – 4:09 #"Modern Woman" – 3:48 #"Baby Grand" (duet with Ray Charles) – 4:02 Side Two #"Big Man on Mulberry Street" – 5:26 #"Temptation" – 4:12 #"Code of Silence" (backing vocals by Cyndi Lauper) – 5:15 #"Getting Closer" – 5:00 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bridge (Billy Joel album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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