Which Billy Joel album was released on August 8, 1983?

Which Billy Joel album was released on August 8, 1983? An Innocent Man was released on that date.

An Innocent Man is Billy Joel’s ninth studio album. Recorded in New York in spring 1983, it deliberately looked backward to the doo-wop, soul, and early rhythm-and-blues music Joel had heard during his youth. That nostalgic focus explains why the album sounds stylistically different from the darker, more ambitious The Nylon Curtain, released the year before.

The album produced several major singles, including “Tell Her About It,” “Uptown Girl,” “The Longest Time,” and “An Innocent Man.” “Tell Her About It” became Joel’s second U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, while “Uptown Girl” became an international hit.

A common mix-up is confusing the album’s release date with the dates of its singles. The album arrived on August 8, 1983, while its individual songs were issued later and charted across 1983 and 1984. The album cover was photographed on Mercer Street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood.