Title: Joel's last great album:4.5 stars
Product review: An Innocent Man (1983) marked a turning point in Joel's career. It was his last consistently good album and marked the beginning of a slow but steady songwriting decline that ended with a whimper in 1993. (I consider Joel's peak to be between the Stranger(1977)-Nylon Curtain(1982)).But this album has a lot to enjoy. Good catchy songs strong on melody and with good lyrics. It's a bit frivolous (most of the songs seem inspired by Christie Brinkley), but high in entertainment value.This album is also noteable due to the very evident change in Joel's singing voice. It's noticeably deeper compared to Nylon Curtain (from just the previous year), and he was obviously having problems hitting the high notes-most evident in the "Longest Time". (Joel was only 34 at the time so his singing problems may've been due more to smoking than age.)Oh by the way, the bonus videos (Longest Time, Keeping the Faith and Leave a Tender Moment Alone) on the CD are great too.
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