Beautiful Japanese Pressing With Obi Plus The Rare Billy Joel 1983 Full Color Calender. “Recording The Nylon Curtain Exhausted Billy Joel, And Even Though It Had A Pair Of Major Hits, It Didn't Rival Its Predecessors In Terms Of Sales. Since He Labored So Hard At The Record, He Decided It Was Time For A Break -- It Was Time To Record An Album Just For Fun. And That's How His Homage To Pre-Beatles Pop, An Innocent Man, Was Conceived: It Was Designed As A Breezy Romp Through The Music Of His Childhood. Joel's Grasp On History Isn't Remarkably Astute -- The Opener "Easy Money" Is A Slice Of Stax/Volt Pop-Soul, Via The Blues Brothers (Quite Possibly The Inspiration For The Album), And The Label Didn't Break The Pop Charts Until Well After The British Invasion -- But He's In Top Form As A Craftsman Throughout The Record.” Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG