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Piano rock is a subgenre of rock music that features the piano or keyboard as a prominent instrument in the composition. The piano is typically used as the lead instrument and is often accompanied by other rock instrumentation such as guitar, bass, and drums. Piano rock can have a wide range of styles, but it generally features strong melodies and emotive lyrics that are often introspective and personal. Some notable piano rock artists include Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Tori Amos.
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| 38 | 1968-03-15 | The Beatles | Lady Madonna | |
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1971-10-11 | John Lennon | Imagine |
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1973-11-09 | Billy Joel | Piano Man |
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1981 | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Remastered) |
| 46 | 1983-08-08 | Billy Joel | An Innocent Man | |
| 73 | 1986-07-09 | Billy Joel | The Bridge | |
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1994 | Tori Amos | From The Choir Girl Hotel |
| 3 | 1996-01-01 | Tori Amos | Boys For Pele (Deluxe) | |
| 6 | 1997 | Five for Fighting | Message For Albert | |
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1997-02-05 | Ben Folds Five | Whatever and Ever Amen |
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1997-04 | Ben Folds Five | Whatever & Ever Amen |
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1999 | Ben Folds Five | Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner |
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1999-04-21 | Ben Folds Five | The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner |
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1999-09-00 | Something Corporate | Ready … Break |
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1999-11-09 | Fiona Apple | When The Pawn… |
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2000-11-04 | Something Corporate | Ready… Break |
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2001 | Ben Folds | Rockin the Suburbs |
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2001 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | No More Shall We Part (2011 Remastered Version) |
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2001-08-29 | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
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2001-10-02 | Something Corporate | Audioboxer |
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2002-05-21 | Something Corporate | Leaving Through the Window |
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2002-07-21 | The Whitlams | Torch the Moon |
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2002-10-08 | Ben Folds | Ben Folds Live |
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2003-05-07 | Something Corporate | Songs for Silent Movies |
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2003-10-21 | Something Corporate | North |
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2004 | Amanda Rogers | Daily News |
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2004 | Keane | Hopes & Fears |
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2004-05-10 | Keane | Hopes and Fears |
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2004-08-24 | Ben Folds | Super D |
| 51 | 2004-10-06 | Straylight Run | Straylight Run | |
| 47 | 2005-03-29 | MAE | The Everglow | |
| 79 | 2005-04-13 | Ben Folds | Songs For Silverman | |
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2005-06-13 | Backstreet Boys | Never Gone |
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2005-08-23 | Jack's Mannequin | Everything in Transit |
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2005-09-13 | Harvey Danger | Little By Little… Deluxe Edition |
| 57 | 2005-10-07 | The Fray | Over My Head (Cable Car) | |
| 53 | 2006-05-09 | The Stills | Without Feathers | |
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2007 | Parade the Day | To Keep Us Moving |
| 1 | 2007-02-20 | Lost Ocean | Lost Ocean | |
| 44 | 2007-03-06 | Deas Vail | All The Houses Look The Same | |
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2007-03-13 | Sherwood | A Different Light |
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2007-04-23 | Esthetic Education | Werewolf |
| 82 | 2007-05-01 | Jon McLaughlin | Indiana | |
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2007-05-28 | Ross Copperman | Welcome To Reality |
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2007-07-17 | The Rocket Summer | Do You Feel |
| 29 | 2007-09-04 | The Fray | Acoustic In Nashville - Bootleg No. 2 | |
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2007-12-05 | We Shot the Moon | Fear and Love |
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2008 | David Bowie | Aladdin Sane (2013 remaster) |
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2008 | Augustana | Can't Love, Can't Hurt |
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2008 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory (2015 Remaster) |
| 55 | 2008-01-29 | The Morning Of | The World As We Know It | |
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2008-02-19 | Secondhand Serenade | A Twist in My Story |
| 81 | 2008-04-22 | Jukebox the Ghost | Let Live & Let Ghosts | |
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2008-05-06 | Gavin DeGraw | Rolling Stone Original |
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2008-06-17 | Jon McLaughlin | Beating My Heart |
| 45 | 2008-06-24 | Seabird | 'Til We See The Shore | |
| 27 | 2008-08-26 | Gabe Dixon Band | The Gabe Dixon Band | |
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2008-09-09 | Jack's Mannequin | In Valleys |
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2008-09-30 | Ben Folds | Way To Normal |
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2008-09-30 | Jack's Mannequin | The Glass Passenger |
| 15 | 2008-10-07 | Jon McLaughlin | OK Now | |
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2008-11-11 | Jamestown Story | Love Vs. Life |
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2008-11-24 | Coldplay | Parachutes (Japanese Limited Edition) |
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2009 | Various Artists | Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) |
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2009 | Lady Gaga | Die with a smile |
| 4 | 2009-01-02 | We Shot the Moon | A Silver Lining | |
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2009-02-03 | The Fray | The Fray (Deluxe Version) |
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2009-02-03 | The Fray | The Fray |
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2009-05-19 | Parachute | Losing Sleep |
| 76 | 2009-09-01 | Jason Walker | Jason Walker | |
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2009-09-08 | Howie Day | Sound The Alarm |
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2009-10-09 | Deas Vail | Birds & Cages |
| 97 | 2009-12-29 | Twenty One Pilots | Twenty One Pilots | |
| 63 | 2010-04-27 | Something Corporate | Played In Space: The Best of Something Corporate | |
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2010-05-03 | The Morning Of | The Way I Fell In |
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2010-09 | The Script | Science and Faith |
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2010-09-07 | Jukebox the Ghost | Everything Under The Sun |
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2010-10-11 | Elton John & Leon Russell | The Union |
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2011-01-01 | Christina Perri | Lovestrong |
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2011-09-22 | Jack's Mannequin | People and Things |
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2012 | Lana Del Rey | Norman Fucking Rockwell! |
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2012 | Lana Del Rey | Blue Banisters |
| 54 | 2012-06-05 | Jukebox the Ghost | Safe Travels | |
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2012-06-19 | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Expanded Edition) |
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2012-09-18 | Go Radio | Close the Distance |
| 19 | 2012-10-05 | Keane | Disconnected | |
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2012-11-30 | Slow Magic | Girls |
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2013-09-17 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks |
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2014-02-21 | The Fray | Helios |
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2017 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory (Remastered) |
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2017 | Matt Maltese | As the World Caves in |
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2018 | Father John Misty | God's Favorite Customer |
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2018-03-30 | Jukebox the Ghost | Off to the Races |
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2018-11-30 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino |
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2020-10-28 | Black Country, New Road | Chaos Space Marine |
| 7 | 2022-08-19 | Jukebox the Ghost | Cheers | |
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Something Corporate | Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate | |
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2021-02-28 | Will Wood and the Tapeworms | Everything Is a Lot |
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2022 | Will Wood | The Normal Album |
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2022-11-18 | Weyes Blood | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow |