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Title: Billy as Byran Adams
Review: The Bridge takes a lot of flack for being the worst of Billy Joel's later albums, but Storm Front is just as much a letdown. The biggest mistake Billy makes here is hiring Mick Jones of Foreigner to produce the album. His vast, atmospheric production hinders most of Billy's gifts as both a performer and songwriter (wit, irony, SUBTLETY!) and transforms him into a Eddie Money, Bryan Adams wannabe. Even Billy's most insigtful material ("The Downeaster 'Alexa') is dragged down by the production. But even a first-rate producer couldn't help the second side of the album, his worst songs since Cold Spring Harbor. Thankfully, he recorved in four years with River Of Dreams.
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