The Ultimate Collection (Billy Joel album)

The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by
Billy Joel
ReleasedDecember 20, 2000[1]
Recorded1973–1993
GenreRock, pop
Length153:09
LabelSony/Columbia
Producer
Billy Joel chronology
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
(2000) 		The Ultimate Collection
(2000) 		Fantasies & Delusions
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The Ultimate Collection is a double-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. It was first released by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in December 2000, and subsequently issued in the most of European and Oceanian countries with slightly different track listings (replacing Japanese top-3 charting hit "The Stranger" with live version of "You're My Home").

This career-spanning compilation features some of Joel's early notable compositions and hit singles which were disregarded on his Greatest Hits series, although several hits and fan favorites like "Only the Good Die Young", "Captain Jack", "Vienna", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "Pressure" and "Big Shot" were excluded alternatively. It became a smash hit worldwide, entering top-5 on the charts in many countries, including United Kingdom.

The Ultimate Collection was not issued in the United States, though Legacy Recordings released another similar compilation The Essential in October 2001.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billy Joel

Disc one

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Just the Way You Are"The Stranger, 19774:50
2."My Life"52nd Street, 19784:43
3."It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"Glass Houses, 19802:57
4."An Innocent Man"An Innocent Man, 19835:18
5."Piano Man"Piano Man, 19735:37
6."You're My Home"Piano Man3:12
7."Everybody Loves You Now" (Live version)Songs in the Attic, 19813:11
8."The Entertainer"Streetlife Serenade, 19743:40
9."Streetlife Serenader"Streetlife Serenade5:16
10."New York State of Mind"Turnstiles, 19766:03
11."Say Goodbye to Hollywood"Turnstiles4:38
12."She's Got a Way" (Live version)Songs in the Attic3:00
13."Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"The Stranger3:29
14."She's Always a Woman"The Stranger3:20
15."Honesty"52nd Street3:49
16."You May Be Right"Glass Houses4:12
17."Don't Ask Me Why"Glass Houses2:57
18."Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" (Live version)Songs in the Attic5:09

Disc two

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Uptown Girl"An Innocent Man3:16
2."Tell Her About It"An Innocent Man3:50
3."The River of Dreams"River of Dreams, 19934:07
4."The Longest Time"An Innocent Man3:37
5."We Didn't Start the Fire"Storm Front, 19894:47
6."Goodnight Saigon"The Nylon Curtain, 19827:02
7."Allentown"The Nylon Curtain3:49
8."All for Leyna"Glass Houses4:12
9."This Is the Time"The Bridge, 19864:59
10."Leave a Tender Moment Alone"An Innocent Man3:53
11."A Matter of Trust"The Bridge4:08
12."Modern Woman"The Bridge3:50
13."Baby Grand" (Duet with Ray Charles)The Bridge4:04
14."I Go to Extremes"Storm Front4:21
15."Leningrad"Storm Front4:03
16."The Downeaster 'Alexa'"Storm Front3:43
17."You're Only Human (Second Wind)"Greatest Hits Volume II, 19854:48
18."All About Soul" (Remix)Greatest Hits Volume III, 19975:58

Charts

Certifications

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