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''Glass Houses'' is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks and was ranked number 4 on ''Billboards 1980 year-end album chart.
Opening with the sound of glass shattering, ''Glass Houses'' has more of a hard rock feel than Joel's prior albums. Accordingly, the response to this album was quite mixed. ''Glass Houses'' alienated many long-time fans, while at the same time, attracted many new fans to his music. - Wikipedia