Home / Music / Phil Ramone produced The Stranger, the first of five Billy Joel albums together.Music linernotes album music billy-joelPhil Ramone produced The Stranger, the first of five Billy Joel albums together.The Stranger was the first of five albums Ramone would produce for Joel. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Stranger became Columbia Records' best-selling album, with 10 million units worldwideBilly Joel's 52nd Street won Album of the Year and Best Male Pop VocalJust the Way You Are won Billy Joel Record and Song of the Year52nd Street named Billy Joel's album after Manhattan's historic jazz rowBilly Joel's 52nd Street was one of the first compact discs ever releasedExploreMassive Attack brought in Shara Nelson and Horace Andy — and launched Tricky — on Blue LinesKate Bush barely needed collaborators on Hounds of Love — she wrote, produced, and composed it herselfNashville session musicians gave Blonde on Blonde its fluid, organic feelFleetwood Mac shared a Chicago studio with Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, and more blues royaltySun Ra's Arkestra stars John Gilmore and Marshall Allen anchored Space Is the PlacePrevious Rachel Podger records all of Bach's solo violin sonatas and partitas.Next Phil Ramone produced 52nd Street.
