Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Billy Joel’s most ambitious studio album is also one of his most misunderstood. The Nylon Curtain trades the street‑level New York energy of his late‑70s records for something more layered, anxious, and meticulously constructed. This commentary explores the album’s shift in sound, its Beatles‑inflected production, and the way its themes of disillusionment, pressure, and the fraying American Dream hit differently with time.