the nylon curtain

align="center" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"; colspan="3"\|The Nylon Curtain
lign="center" colspan="3"\| Album cover
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Billy Joel
lign="left"\|Released	colspan=2\|September, 1982
lign="left"\|Recorded	colspan=2\|A & R Recording and Media Sound Studios, New York, NY
lign="left"\|Genre	colspan=2\|Rock
lign="left"\|Length	colspan=2\|41 min 57 sec
lign="left"\|Record label	colspan=2\|Columbia
lign="left"\|Producer	colspan=2\|Phil Ramone
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|AMG	valign="top" align=center\|3.5/5	valign="top"\|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"\|Billy Joel Chronology
i>Songs in the Attic (1981)	The Nylon Curtain (1982)	An Innocent Man (1983)

The Nylon Curtain is an album by Billy Joel. It was released by CBS in 1982 (see 1982 in music) and produced by Phil Ramone. The album is perhaps best known for bringing global attention to the plight of Allentown, Pennsylvania. In the song "Allentown," the lead track, Joel sings of the city's resoluteness amidst the demise of industry in this eastern Pennsylania city. "The Nylon Curtain" was the seventh best selling album of 1982, with two million sales in the United States alone.

Track listing

all songs by Billy Joel

"Allentown" - 3:52
"Laura" - 5:05
"Pressure" - 4:40
"Goodnight Saigon" - 7:04
"She's Right on Time" - 4:14
"A Room of Our Own" - 4:04
"Surprises" - 3:26
"Scandinavian Skies" - 6:00
"Where's the Orchestra?" - 5:47

Personnel

Billy Joel - vocals, piano, synthesizer, hammond organ, melodica
Liberty DeVitto - drums, percussion
Doug Stegmeyer - bass
Russell Javors - electric guitar (rhythm), acoustic guitar (rhythm)
David Brown - electric guitar (lead), acoustic guitar (lead)
Dave Grusin - string and horn arrangement
David Nadien - concertmaster on all except "Laura" and "Scandinavian Skies"
"String Fever" - strings on "Laura" and "Scandinavian Skies"
Domonick Cortese - accordian on "Where's the Orchestra?"
Charles McCracken - cello on "Where's the Orchestra?"
Eddie Daniels - saxophone and clarinet on "Where's the Orchestra?"
Rob Mounsey - synthesizer on "Scandinavian Skies"
Bill Zampino - field snare on "Goodnight Saigon"

Nylon Curtain, The Nylon Curtain, The

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