Billy Joel – Turnstiles

Turnstiles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released 1976.

Joel's fourth album, released in May of 1976, and the first in which Joel uses his live backing band as studio musicians, which would be Joel's recording method until 1989's Storm Front: the album is also notable for being the only album to be solely self-produced. Unlike Joel's previous two albums, Turnstiles is musically and lyrically informed by Joel's returning to New York permanently after living in LA for several years, and as such, sets the formula for the rest of Joel's catalogue. Although the majority of the songs on this album have become popular songs over the yeas, Turnstiles did not sell well on its original release, and none of its singles ("Say Goodbye To Hollywood", "James" and "I've Loved These Days") charted in North America or most of Europe: however, the album was eventually certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Despite not being released as a single, "New York State Of Mind" became extremely popular and, along with "Piano Man", emerged as one of Joel's signature songs. "Prelude/Angry Young Man" and "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" became live favorites, with the latter being included on Joel's 1981 live album Songs In The Attic along with "Summer, Highland Falls", "I've Loved These Days" and "Say Goodbye To Hollywood", which became a hit when the live version was released as a single.

Early promo videos were created for "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" and "James", the latter of which is available on The Essential Video Collection.

Along with the rest of Joel's catalogue, the album was remastered and re-released in 1998, including a multimedia component that included three live videos.