title: The Essential Billy Joel
text: # The Essential Billy Joel
  
  The Essential Billy Joel è una compilation del cantautore statunitense Billy Joel pubblicata dalla Sony BMG nel 2001.
  
  ## Tracce
  
  ### Disco 1
  
  * Piano Man – 5:36
  * You're My Home – 3:11
  * Captain Jack – 7:16
  * The Entertainer – 3:39
  * Say Goodbye to Hollywood – 4:36
  * Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – 5:12
  * New York State of Mind – 6:02
  * She's Always a Woman – 3:19
  * Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) – 3:27
  * Only the Good Die Young – 3:53
  * Just the Way You Are – 4:48
  * Honesty – 3:51
  * My Life – 4:42
  * It's Still Rock and Roll to Me – 2:57
  * You May Be Right – 4:11
  * Don't Ask Me Why – 2:57
  * She's Got a Way (Live) – 2:59
  * Allentown – 3:50
  
  ### Disco 2
  
  * Goodnight Saigon – 7:02
  * An Innocent Man – 5:18
  * Uptown Girl – 3:14
  * The Longest Time – 3:36
  * Tell Her About It – 3:49
  * Leave a Tender Moment Alone – 3:51
  * A Matter of Trust – 4:08
  * Baby Grand – 4:03
  * I Go to Extremes – 4:20
  * We Didn't Start the Fire – 4:48
  * Leningrad – 4:03
  * The Downeaster "Alexa" – 3:42
  * And So It Goes – 3:36
  * The River of Dreams – 4:06
  * All About Soul – 5:57
  * Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – 3:30
  * Waltz no. 1 (Nunley's Carousel) – 6:52
  * Invention in C minor – 0:59
  
  ## Riedizione 2008
  
  La riedizione del disco, pubblicata nell'agosto 2008, contiene un terzo CD ed è intitolata The Essential 3.0
  
  ### Tracce Disco 3
  
  * Worse Comes to Worst – 3:13
  * Prelude/Angry Young Man – 5:16
  * Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – 7:34
  * Big Shot – 4:02
  * All for Leyna – 4:12
  * Pressure – 4:39
  * This Is the Time – 4:59
  
  ## Certificazioni
  
  L'edizione standard (2001) è stata certificata triplo disco di platino dalla RIAA.
  
  