Track listing

A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia

On May 19, 2014, the album was re-released and retitled as A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia, a two-CD, one-DVD/Blu-ray set incorporating eleven previously unreleased tracks on CD and seven previously unreleased and restored songs on video. In addition, the DVD/Blu-ray set contains a newly produced documentary of the same name which features updated interviews with Joel's current and former band members as well as personnel involved with the original 1987 production. "Superfans are likely to drool over the deluxe edition which includes a book with accounts from writers and journalists who were on the road with Joel during the tour", Charles Pitter at PopMatters wrote.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Joel, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Odoya" (Traditional Georgian) – 1:16
  2. "Prelude/Angry Young Man" – 5:33
  3. "Honesty" – 5:15
  4. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 5:32
  5. "She's Always a Woman" – 3:35
  6. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" – 8:21
  7. "Goodnight Saigon" – 6:37
  8. "Stiletto" – 5:10
  9. "Big Man on Mulberry Street" – 7:29
  10. "Baby Grand" – 6:14
  11. "What's Your Name" – 2:17
  12. "The Longest Time" – 5:11
  13. "An Innocent Man" – 6:04

Disc two

  1. "Pressure" – 5:23
  2. "Allentown" – 3:52
  3. "A Matter of Trust" – 5:10
  4. "Only the Good Die Young" – 3:32
  5. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – 4:00
  6. "Sometimes a Fantasy" – 3:38
  7. "You May Be Right" – 5:35
  8. "Uptown Girl" – 3:09
  9. "Big Shot" – 4:54
  10. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (Lennon/McCartney) – 2:55
  11. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Dylan) – 2:38
  12. "She Loves You" (Lennon/McCartney) (Russian concerts rehearsal recording) – 2:24
  13. "New York State of Mind" (Russian concerts rehearsal recording) – 6:22
  14. "Piano Man" (Russian concerts rehearsal recording) – 4:25

DVD/Blu-ray

  1. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
  2. "Allentown"
  3. "Goodnight Saigon"
  4. "Big Man on Mulberry Street"
  5. "Baby Grand"
  6. "An Innocent Man"
  7. "Honesty"
  8. "The Longest Time"
  9. "A Matter of Trust"
  10. "Only the Good Die Young"
  11. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
  12. "Sometimes a Fantasy"
  13. "You May Be Right"
  14. "Uptown Girl"
  15. "Big Shot"
  16. "Back in the U.S.S.R."

Bonus song:

  1. "Pressure"

Personnel

  • Billy Joel – vocals, grand piano, harmonica, keyboards, electric guitar
  • Dave Lebolt – keyboards
  • Mark Rivera – keyboards, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, lyricon, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Russell Javors – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Kevin Dukes – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
  • Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar, electric upright bass
  • Liberty DeVitto – drums, maracas, Simmons drums
  • Peter Hewlett – percussion, backing vocals
  • George Simms – percussion, backing vocals
  • The Georgian Rustavi Ensemble of USSR – vocals on "Odoya"
  • Oleg Smirnoff – on-stage translation

Charts

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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!Chart (1987/88)

!Peak<br>position

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|align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report)

|align="center"|10

|-

|align="left"|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)

|align="center"|39

|-

|align="left"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)

|align="center"|16

|-

|align="left"|New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)

|align="center"|13

|-

|align="left"|UK Albums (OCC)

|align="center"|92

|-

|align="left"|US Billboard 200

|align="center"|38

|}

Certifications

See also

  • Снова в СССР, Paul McCartney album originally released in 1988 exclusively in the Soviet Union

References