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| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - Billy Joel {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r474644|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=allmusic}}</ref> | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - Billy Joel {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r474644|access-date=May 28, 2012|newspaper=allmusic}}</ref>
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'''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two-disc set and the third live album by ], released in ]. On May 31, 2000, it was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 250,000 copies. '''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two-disc set and the third live album by ], released in 2000. On May 31, 2000, it was certified Gold by the ] for sales of 250,000 copies.


The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], 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|date=June 2009}} others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Joel singing off-key, while he sings perfectly on the album). ''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," "Goodnight Saigon," "I Go To Extremes," and "The River of Dreams" are a semitone lower. "New York State of Mind," "I've Loved These Days," and "This Night" are a tone lower. "2000 Years" is a tone and a half lower. The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], 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 "]"),{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} 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. "]" (C to B), "]" (C to B), "]" (C to B), and "]" (G to F#) are a semitone lower. "]" (C to Bb), "]" (C to Bb), and "]" (A to G) are a tone lower. "2000 Years" is a tone and a half lower (F to D).


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
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|"]" (])&nbsp;– 1:43 |"]" (])&nbsp;– 1:43
|"]"&nbsp;– 4:55 |"]"&nbsp;– 4:55
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:23 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:23
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|"I've Loved These Days"&nbsp;– 4:30 |"I've Loved These Days"&nbsp;– 4:30
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:47 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:47
|"]"&nbsp;– 4:48 |"]" <small>(Includes an excerpt from the Allegro of Beethoven's ] )</small>&nbsp;– 4:48
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:23 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:23
|"]"&nbsp;– 3:49 |"]"&nbsp;– 3:49
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|"]"&nbsp;– 5:01 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:01
|"]"&nbsp;– 7:28 |"]"&nbsp;– 7:28
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:21 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:21
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:29 |"]"&nbsp;– 5:29
|"2000 Years"&nbsp;– 6:02 |"2000 Years"&nbsp;– 6:02
|"]" (Burns/Traditional)&nbsp;– 1:44 |"]" (Burns/Traditional)&nbsp;– 1:44
|"]"&nbsp;– 5:54 |"]" <small>(Includes a bridge from "]" written by ])</small>&nbsp;– 5:54
|"]"&nbsp;– 8:05 |"]"&nbsp;– 8:05
|"]" (Stewart)&nbsp;– 3:17 |"]" (])&nbsp;– 3:17
|"]" (]/])&nbsp;– 3:17 |"]" (]/])&nbsp;– 3:17
|"]"&nbsp;– 4:08 |"]"&nbsp;– 4:08
|"]"&nbsp;– 6:07 |"]"&nbsp;– 6:07
|"]" (Beethoven/Joel)&nbsp;– 4:49 |"]" (Ludwig van Beethoven/Billy Joel)&nbsp;– 4:49
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Some editions include a bonus track: Some editions include a bonus track:
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"This Is the Time" (live) European release: Columbia 497981 2 "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.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-2000-Years-The-Millennium-Concert/release/2994366</ref> "This Is the Time" (live) and "Just The Way You Are" Japanese release: Sony SRCS 2267-8, which also included a 48-page booklet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-2000-Years-The-Millennium-Concert/release/2994366|title = Billy Joel – 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000, CD)| website=] | date=May 10, 2000 }}</ref>

Several songs were performed in the concert but not included on the CD:
* "Pressure" and "Just the Way You Are" were performed in between "Don't Ask Me Why" and "New York State of Mind."
* "This is the Time" was performed in between "My Life" and "Allentown."
* "Uptown Girl" was performed in between "Prelude/Angry Young Man" and "Only the Good Die Young" (transposed from the key of E to D).
* "Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" and "And So it Goes" were performed in between "Big Man and Mulberry Street" and "2000 Years."
* A cover of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze" was performed in between "The River of Dreams" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
* Covers of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" and Mark James' "Suspicious Minds" were performed in between covers of Sly and the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music" and The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women."
* After "This Night," "Souvenir" and "Piano Man" were performed to conclude the concert. "Souvenir" was transposed from the key of E flat to D and "Piano Man" from C to B.

== Personnel ==
* Billy Joel – lead vocals, keyboards Rhythm electric guitar on we didn't start the fire. Harmonica on Piano man.
* ] – keyboards, backing vocals
* ] – keyboards, guitars, saxophones, ], backing vocals
* Tommy Byrnes – guitars, backing vocals
* ] – guitars, percussion, saxophone, Occasional harmonica. backing vocals
* David Santos – bass
* ] – drums
* ] – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
* Ozzie Melendez – trombone
* Barry Danielian – trumpet
* ] – orchestra (1)
* ] – conductor (1)
* ] – choir (1)
* Melodie Crittenden – backing vocals
* Kim Keyes – backing vocals
* Curtis King – backing vocals
* Michael Mellett – backing vocals
* Marlon Saunders – backing vocals
* Arif St. Michael – backing vocals
* Biti Strauchn – backing vocals

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Charts for ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|64|artist=Billy Joel|album=2000 Years - The Millennium Concert|id=27185|rowheader=true|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (])<ref name="Oricon">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
|17
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|54|artist=Billy Joel|date=20000521|rowheader=true|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|68|date=20000521|rowheader=true|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|] (])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/20000521/2/|title=Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=]|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
|68
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Billy Joel|rowheader=true|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
|-
|}


===Certifications=== ==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''}}
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{{certification Table Entry|title=The Millennium Concert|artist=Billy Joel|type=album|relyear=2000|region=United States|award=Gold|autocat=yes|multidisc=2}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=75,000|salesref=<ref name="Oricon"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=United States|award=Gold|certyear=2000|multidisc=2|artist=Billy Joel|title=2000 Years -- The Millennium Concert|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
{{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}


==References== ==References==
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2000 live album by Billy Joel
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
Live album by Billy Joel
ReleasedMay 2, 2000
RecordedDecember 31, 1999 – January 1, 2000
VenueMadison Square Garden, New York City
GenreRock
Length128:39
LabelSony
ProducerDon 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
AllMusic
Rolling Stone

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.

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"), 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. "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. "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.

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

  • "Pressure" and "Just the Way You Are" were performed in between "Don't Ask Me Why" and "New York State of Mind."
  • "This is the Time" was performed in between "My Life" and "Allentown."
  • "Uptown Girl" was performed in between "Prelude/Angry Young Man" and "Only the Good Die Young" (transposed from the key of E to D).
  • "Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" and "And So it Goes" were performed in between "Big Man and Mulberry Street" and "2000 Years."
  • A cover of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze" was performed in between "The River of Dreams" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
  • Covers of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" and Mark James' "Suspicious Minds" were performed in between covers of Sly and the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music" and The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women."
  • After "This Night," "Souvenir" and "Piano Man" were performed to conclude the concert. "Souvenir" was transposed from the key of E flat to D and "Piano Man" from C to B.

Personnel

  • Billy Joel – lead vocals, keyboards Rhythm electric guitar on we didn't start the fire. Harmonica on Piano man.
  • David Rosenthal – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mark Rivera – keyboards, guitars, saxophones, flute, backing vocals
  • Tommy Byrnes – guitars, backing vocals
  • Crystal Taliefero – guitars, percussion, saxophone, Occasional harmonica. backing vocals
  • David Santos – bass
  • Liberty DeVitto – drums
  • Richie Cannata – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Ozzie Melendez – trombone
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra – orchestra (1)
  • Eugene Ormandy – conductor (1)
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir – choir (1)
  • Melodie Crittenden – backing vocals
  • Kim Keyes – backing vocals
  • Curtis King – backing vocals
  • Michael Mellett – backing vocals
  • Marlon Saunders – backing vocals
  • Arif St. Michael – backing vocals
  • Biti Strauchn – backing vocals

Charts

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

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan — 75,000
United States (RIAA) Gold 250,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - Billy Joel | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. Wild, David (May 11, 2000). "Billy Joel: 2000 Years The Millennium Concert: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  3. "Billy Joel – 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000, CD)". Discogs. May 10, 2000.
  4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Joel – 2000 Years - The Millennium Concert" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  9. "Billy Joel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. "American album certifications – Billy Joel – 2000 Years -- The Millennium Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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