The Stranger [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition Bonus DVD]

Disc 1
1	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 3:30
2	The Stranger 5:10
3	Just the Way You Are 4:50
4	Scenes from an Italian Restaurant 7:36
5	Vienna 3:34
6	Only the Good Die Young 3:55
7	Always a Woman 3:21
8	Get It Right the First Time 3:56
9	Everybody Has a Dream Stranger Reprise 6:38
Disc 2
1	Miami 2017 Live 5:11
2	Angry Young Man Live 6:04
3	New York State of Mind Live 8:19
4	Just the Way You Are Live 4:56
5	She's Got a Way Live 3:31
6	The Entertainer Live 6:09
7	Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Live 7:35
8	Band Intros Live 2:01
9	Captain Jack Live 6:51
10	I've Loved These Days Live 4:28
11	Say Goodbye to Hollywood Live 6:45
12	Souvenir Live 2:09
Disc 3
1	The Stranger DVD
2	Just the Way You Are DVD
3	Intro Live / DVD
4	Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) Live / DVD
5	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) Live / DVD
6	New York State of Mind Live / DVD
7	The Entertainer Live / DVD
8	She's Always a Woman Live / DVD
9	Root Beer Rag Live / DVD
10	Just the Way You Are Live / DVD
11	Only the Good Die Young Live / DVD
12	Souvenir Live / DVD
13	Ain't No Crime Live / DVD
14	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD

All Music Guide

Billy Joel teamed with Phil Ramone, a famed engineer who had just scored his first producing hits with Art Garfunkel's Breakaway and Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years for The Stranger, his follow-up to Turnstiles. Joel still favored big, sweeping melodies, but Ramone convinced him to streamline his arrangements and clean up the production. The results aren't necessarily revelatory, since he covered so much ground on Turnstiles, but the commercialism of The Stranger is a bit of a surprise. None of his ballads have been as sweet or slick as "Just the Way You Are"; he never had created a rocker as bouncy or infectious as "Only the Good Die Young"; and the glossy production of "She's Always a Woman" disguises its latent misogynist streak. Joel balanced such radio-ready material with a series of New York vignettes, seemingly inspired by Springsteen's working-class fables and clearly intended to be the artistic centerpieces of the album. They do provide The Stranger with the feel of a concept album, yet there is no true thematic connection between the pieces, and his lyrics are often vague or mean-spirited. His lyrical shortcomings are overshadowed by his musical strengths. Even if his melodies sound more Broadway than Beatles -- the epic suite "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" feels like a show-stopping closer -- there's no denying that the melodies of each song on The Stranger are memorable, so much so that they strengthen the weaker portions of the album. Joel rarely wrote a set of songs better than those on The Stranger, nor did he often deliver an album as consistently listenable. [Sony Legacy issued a 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set edition in 2008.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rolling Stone

This 30th-anniversary reissue includes a bonus DVD featuring two live promotional videos from The Stranger, as well as Joel's 1978 appearance on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, which only aired once on the U.K.'s BBC2. But the real gem is the bonus live CD of a Carnegie Hall performance from 1977. Jody Rosen

Billboard

Thirty years on, it's still a great record, and even better in this boxed anniversary incarnation. Like all career-defining works, The Stranger is a cohesive, loosely thematic piece whose individual highlights still stand out. Gary Graff