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''The Nylon Curtain'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 23, 1982 and produced by Phil Ramone. ''The Nylon Curtain'' peaked at number seven in the Billboard album charts, with two million sales in the United States. It was one of the first albums to be digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered. ==Background== The album is among Joel's most ambitious albums, and Joel has openly acknowledged that it's one of his personal favorites, calling it "the recording I'm most proud of and the material I'm most proud of."〔(Billy Joel Interview on Nylon Curtain )〕 When he recorded the album, he said in an interview that he wanted to "create a sonic masterpiece." So he spent more time in the studio, crafting the sound of the album, than he had on any previous album.〔 He said that the process of making the album was "exhausting."〔 Critics have interpreted the album to be, in part, an homage to the music of The Beatles and John Lennon.〔(Nylon Curtain Album Review )〕 Regarding the album's themes, Joel has stated "It was during the Reagan years, and the diminishing horizons in America at the time (that ) all of a sudden you weren't going to be able to inherit (kind of life ) your old man had."〔 This pessimism about the American dream, in Joel's view, permeates most of the songs on the album. The song "Allentown", which brought attention to the plight of America's declining steel industry, spent an unprecedented six weeks at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1983. Pop-culture journalist Chuck Klosterman praised songs from the album, specifically "Laura" and "Where's the Orchestra?," in his book ''Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs''. 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 Nylon Curtain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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