The Ninth studio album from Joel, An Innocent Man was influenced by the American popular music of Joel's adolescent years in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including doo-wop and soul music. Seven songs were released as singles from the album, including three Billboard Top 10 hit singles: "Tell Her About It" (No. 1), "Uptown Girl" (No. 3) and "An Innocent Man" (No. 10). Like his three previous efforts, Joel's An Innocent Man received a nomination for the 26th Grammy Award for Album of the Year, although the award went to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

At the time that he was recording An Innocent Man, Joel was newly divorced from his first wife, Elizabeth Weber, and was single for the first time since achieving rock star status. According to Joel, the various songs were not meant to be autobiographical, and instead center around various made-up characters. "Easy Money" was influenced by James Brown and Wilson Pickett, while "Uptown Girl" was a "homage" to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

TRACKLIST

Easy Money
An Innocent Man
The Longest Time
This Night
Tell Her About It

Uptown Girl
Careless Talk
Christie Lee
Leave A Tender Moment Alone
Keeping The Faith