Title: Throwaway Music
Product review: There are a lot of Billy Joel cultists out there who rank Cold Spring Harbor as their favorite because of its simplicity. In fact, simplicity is the album's greatest flaw. There are only two worthwhile compositions here: "She's Got A Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now", both re-recorded in superior versions on Songs In The Attic. The rest are throwaways that Joel wrote before his songwriting talents truly flourished (see Piano Man for Billy's true debut). The production doesn't help either. It makes Billy, to his own admission, sound like a Chipmunk!Billy Joel is a phenominal songwriter, but Harbor is nowhere near his best work. An album for completists only.
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