2000 Years: The Millennium Concert

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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
Billy Joel - 2000 Years.jpg
Live album by
Billy Joel
ReleasedMay 2, 2000
RecordedDecember 31, 1999 – January 1, 2000
Venue Madison Square Garden, New York City
Genre Rock
Length128:39
Label Sony
Producer Don DeVitto
Billy Joel chronology
Greatest Hits Volume III
(1997)		2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
(2000)		 The Ultimate Collection
(2001)
Billy Joel live chronology
Концерт
(1987)		2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
(2000)		 12 Gardens Live
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert is a two-disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. On May 31, 2000, it was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 250,000 copies.

Contents

The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during Joel's The Night of Two Thousand Years Tour. Some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"),[ citation needed ] others were edited in studio.

2000 Years: The Millennium Concert also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice. "Only the Good Die Young" (C to B), "Goodnight Saigon" (C to B), "I Go To Extremes" (C to B), and "The River of Dreams" (G to F#) are a semitone lower. "New York State of Mind" (C to Bb), "I've Loved These Days" (C to Bb), and "This Night" (A to G) are a tone lower. "2000 Years" is a tone and a half lower (F to D).

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Joel, except where noted.

Disc one [1]
  1. "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" (Ludwig van Beethoven) – 1:43
  2. "Big Shot" – 4:55
  3. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" – 5:23
  4. "Summer, Highland Falls" – 5:29
  5. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 6:52
  6. "Don't Ask Me Why" – 4:49
  7. "New York State of Mind" – 8:29
  8. "I've Loved These Days" – 4:30
  9. "My Life" – 5:47
  10. "Allentown" (Includes an excerpt from the Allegro of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "The Emperor" ) – 4:48
  11. "Prelude/Angry Young Man" – 5:23
  12. "Only the Good Die Young" – 3:49
Disc two [1]
  1. "I Go to Extremes" – 5:01
  2. "Goodnight Saigon" – 7:28
  3. "We Didn't Start the Fire" – 5:21
  4. "Big Man on Mulberry Street" – 5:29
  5. "2000 Years" – 6:02
  6. "Auld Lang Syne" (Burns/Traditional) – 1:44
  7. "The River of Dreams" (Includes a bridge from "Land of a Thousand Dances" written by Chris Kenner) – 5:54
  8. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" – 8:05
  9. "Dance to the Music" (Sly Stone) – 3:17
  10. "Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 3:17
  11. "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" – 4:08
  12. "You May Be Right" – 6:07
  13. "This Night" (Ludwig van Beethoven/Billy Joel) – 4:49

Some editions include a bonus track:

"This Is the Time" (live) European release: Columbia 497981 2

"This Is the Time" (live) and "Just The Way You Are" Japanese release: Sony SRCS 2267-8, which also included a 48-page booklet. [3]

Several songs were performed in the concert but not included on the CD:

Personnel

Charts

Charts for 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
Chart (2000)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 64
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [5] 17
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 54
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 68
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [8] 68
US Billboard 200 [9] 40

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan—75,000 [5]
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  4. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Joel – 2000 Years - The Millennium Concert" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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