The Bridge

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The Bridge
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Artist: Billy Joel
Released: 1986, July
Labels: Columbia
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Tracks

  Running on Ice (Joel) - 3:15 Lyrics
  This Is the Time (Joel) - 4:59 Lyrics
  A Matter of Trust (Joel) - 4:09 Lyrics
  Modern Woman (Joel) - 3:48 Lyrics
  Baby Grand (Joel) - 4:02 Lyrics
  Big Man on Mulberry Street (Joel) - 5:26 Lyrics
  Temptation (Joel) - 4:12 Lyrics
  Code of Silence (Joel/Lauper) - 5:15 Lyrics
  Getting Closer (Joel) - 5:00 Lyrics
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Credits

Billy Joel - Synthesizer, Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Fender Rhodes
Ray Charles - Piano, Vocals
Cyndi Lauper - Vocals
Steve Winwood - Organ, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond)
Neil Jason, Doug Stegmeyer, Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
Ron Carter - Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
Ronnie Cuber - Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
Michael Brecker - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Rob Mounsey - Synthesizer, Orchestration
Marvin Stamm, Alan Rubin - Trumpets
Patrick Williams - Arranger
Dave Bargeron - Trombone
Jeff Bova - Synthesizer
Jim Boyer - Engineer
Steve Boyer, Bradshaw Leigh, Fred Tenny, David Dickson - Assistant Engineers
Jimmy Bralower - Percussion
Dave Brooks, Don Brooks - Harmonica
Vince Colaiuta - Drums
Eddie Daniels - Sax (Alto) Wind
Liberty DeVitto - Percussion, Drums
Pete Hewlett - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Russell Javors, John McCurry, Dean Parks - Guitars
Phil Ramone - Producer, Photography
Mark Rivera - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Peter Hewlitt - Vocals (bckgr)
Dave Brown - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String)
Marl Larson - Design
Charles Reilly, Larry Busacca, Sam Emerson, Patrick Demarchelier - Photography

Reviews

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7/10 todd (February 19, 2006)
Best album after 1982\'s Nylon Curtain. A Matter of Trust may be the best set of lyrics he\'s written! Many little known gems here: Code of Silence, Getting Closer....but you can sense he\'s not as sharp as he used to be.

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