Thanks for the shout, TH.
Everything Billy did up to (and including)
The Stranger was pretty much perfect. After that, he went downhill, as you said. However, I still find most of his work from that era to be enjoyable, especially
The Nylon Curtain and
An Innocent Man. Both are fantastic albums and on par with his early stuff, IMO.
I won't address the "Billy isn't rock" critique, since I've never considered him such. In fact, I enjoy him better when he's not trying to be edgy--he's a storyteller singer-songwriter at heart. However,
Glass Houses is still a pretty darned good album--maybe you'd enjoy it more without expecting it to be rock?
Anyway, welcome aboard. I'm slowly working through Billy's discography in my journal, and hopefully this will drum up some discussion about one of my favourite artists.
