The Essential Billy Joel [Limited] by Billy Joel

Pros: lots of great songs; helps me to know Joel better as a soulful person
Cons: a few songs I'd swap with others

This 2001 compilation of 36 songs from Billy Joel's illustrious career seems to be largely ignored or dismissed for the earlier compilation offerings and hasn't even been reviewed here on Epinions.com. I think that's a shame. Everybody's missing the...

Pros: 36 of Billy's best songs, including two classical piano pieces
Cons: Although cheaper than the Greatest Hits collections, The Essential Billy Joel might not be essential.

For owners of the various Billy Joel Greatest Hits collections Volumes I & II: 1973-1985 and Volume III: 1985-1997, Columbia's 2001 The Essential Billy Joel seems, at first, to be superfluous. Released in that now fateful ...

Pros: Features many of his best-known songs; budget priced.
Cons: He has better hits packages; this one includes odd selections & is missing some essentials.

While hits and 'best-of' compilations are nothing new to the music industry, since the millenium, each label has begun putting out 'best of' series for their top-name artists. MCA had their 20th Century Masters series, which chronicled artists like Andy...