The Essential Billy Joel

Tracklist

Disc one
1. "Piano Man" Piano Man, 1973 5:36
2. "You're My Home" Piano Man 3:11
3. "Captain Jack" Piano Man 7:16
4. "The Entertainer" Streetlife Serenade, 1974 3:39
5. "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" Turnstiles, 1976 4:36
6. "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" Turnstiles 5:12
7. "New York State of Mind" Turnstiles 6:02
8. "She's Always a Woman" The Stranger, 1977 3:19
9. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" The Stranger 3:27
10. "Only the Good Die Young" The Stranger 3:53
11. "Just the Way You Are" The Stranger 4:48
12. "Honesty" 52nd Street, 1978 3:51
13. "My Life" 52nd Street 4:42
14. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" Glass Houses, 1980 2:57
15. "You May Be Right" Glass Houses 4:11
16. "Don't Ask Me Why" Glass Houses 2:57
17. "She's Got a Way (Live)" Songs in the Attic, 1981; originally from Cold Spring Harbor, 1971 2:59
18. "Allentown" The Nylon Curtain, 1982 3:50
Disc two
1. "Goodnight Saigon" The Nylon Curtain 7:02
2. "An Innocent Man" An Innocent Man, 1983 5:18
3. "Uptown Girl" An Innocent Man 3:14
4. "The Longest Time" An Innocent Man 3:36
5. "Tell Her About It" An Innocent Man 3:49
6. "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" An Innocent Man 3:51
7. "A Matter of Trust" The Bridge, 1986 4:08
8. "Baby Grand" (Duet with Ray Charles) The Bridge 4:03
9. "I Go to Extremes" Storm Front, 1989 4:20
10. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Storm Front 4:48
11. "Leningrad" Storm Front 4:03
12. "The Downeaster "Alexa"" Storm Front 3:42
13. "And So It Goes" Storm Front 3:36
14. "The River of Dreams" River of Dreams, 1993 4:06
15. "All About Soul (Remix)" Exclusive to the "All About Soul" single, 1993; originally from River of Dreams 5:57
16. "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" River of Dreams 3:30
17. "Waltz no. 1 (Nunley's Carousel)" Fantasies & Delusions, 2001 6:52
18. "Invention in C minor" Fantasies & Delusions 0:59
Disc three
1. "Worse Comes to Worst" Piano Man 3:13
2. "Prelude/Angry Young Man" Turnstiles 5:16
3. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" The Stranger 7:34
4. "Big Shot" 52nd Street 4:02
5. "All for Leyna" Glass Houses 4:12
6. "Pressure" The Nylon Curtain 4:39
7. "This Is the Time" The Bridge 4:59