Cold Spring Harbor is the debut studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on November 1, 1971, by Family Productions.

In 1983, producer Artie Ripp oversaw a remixed, edited and speed-corrected version of the album.

Cold Spring Harbor was named after the hamlet in the town of Huntington, New York, located on Long Island Sound near Joel's hometown.

[4] When it was released as a single, Record World remarked that Joel had "a flair for dramatic, lush orchestral sounds.

[6] Through an error in the album's mastering, the songs played slightly too fast, causing Joel's voice to sound unnaturally high, which he later compared to the Bee Gees and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

[7] In a 2012 interview with actor Alec Baldwin, Joel stated that, despite the remix, he believes that "there's something wrong with it.