When deciding on the best song on an album that's as much a classic as it is can be hard, but that isn’t the case for this album. The best song on The Stranger is Vienna, which separates itself from other classics like Movin’ Out and Only The Good Die Young with its melodic mastery of a track and phenomenal lyricism. The track has a great backing, and its very emotional piano accompanies the song. As the song goes on, it gets to an accordion solo before the crescendo in the final refrain to the chorus, which adds so much to the already musically talented song. The lyrics find themselves in an amazing position, and they’re incredibly relatable to everyone who listens to the song. Being spoken as a matter of taking some time and not being perfect because all of the things will be okay in the end is just something everyone wants to relate to. With all this in mind, Vienna is the best song on the album and one of the best of his entire discography.

As easy as it was finding the best song on The Stranger finding the worst was the opposite since the album has no bad songs. Unfortunately, the song Everybody Has a Dream finds itself at the bottom compared to all of the other songs on the album. The song is at a disadvantage with how slow it starts off with its piano and slow lyrics, which many people don’t listen to the album for. The more the song goes on, the lyrics are joined by a church choir singing the title lyrics, which can sometimes help but other times seem cliche. The lyrics about how everyone has dreams and he is to be with the one he loves are good by themselves, but the lyrics and vocals can only make up for so much when competing with heavy hitters. The two-minute piano solo for the outro also doesn’t help the song because when someone clicks on a song, they usually wanna listen to Joel’s amazing vocals; it seems to extend the song more than it needs to.