Which Billy Joel album includes the 1978 single My Life?

The Billy Joel album that includes the 1978 single “My Life” is 52nd Street.

52nd Street was Billy Joel’s sixth studio album, released by Columbia Records on October 11, 1978. “My Life” appeared on the album before being issued as a single later that year. Its upbeat sound helped introduce the record’s more polished, jazz-influenced direction after the breakthrough success of The Stranger.

The album’s title refers to Manhattan’s West 52nd Street, historically associated with New York jazz clubs. Joel’s label operated in the CBS Building on that street, and the album was recorded at A&R Recording, also located there. That setting helped give the record its urban, musician-centered identity.

“My Life” is sometimes confused with songs from The Stranger or Glass Houses because it became one of Joel’s best-known radio hits. However, its album home is 52nd Street, which also produced the singles “Big Shot” and “Honesty.” The album became Joel’s first to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and later won the Grammy for Album of the Year.