Music CD - Boston: Boston

	Music CD: Boston Artist: Boston List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $4.92 Your Save: $ 7.06 ( 59% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. More Than A Feeling 2. Peace Of Mind 3. Foreplay/Long Time 4. Rock & Roll Band 5. Smokin' 6. Hitch A Ride 7. Something About You 8. Let Me Take You Home Tonight
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0696998632226 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2006-06-13 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: AWESOME ALBUM!!! Comment: I own the cd and the original vinyl record. I highly recommend this album to anyone. Customer Rating: Summary: Home studio recording. Comment: A classic album of the 70's! Always had a great sound on vinyl and cassette! But, the modern age of recording shows it's flaws. It was recorded at a home studio and now it shows. The producers had the gain up so high that you can now hear very clearly all of the slight audio overload and distortions. I can't figure why they didn't catch this when they were mastering the album for LP. Customer Rating: Summary: A Great Album Comment: This is one of the greatest rock albums of all times. It was a must have in the late 1970s and it is still a must for any fan of great rock music. Boston has a sound that has never been duplicated. It is power rock at its best. The songs are very familiar to anyone with any appreciation of rock and roll. Virtually every song on the album is a classic. It is one of those rare albums that has no real weak links. Some of the great tracks on this CD include the following: More Than A Feeling, Piece of Mind, Foreplay/Long Time, and Rock and Roll Band. This is really a must have for rock fans. Customer Rating: Summary: boston doesn't give me that same excitement anymore Comment: Boston were never really one of my favorites. I think because *every single song* from the debut has been played millions of times on the classic rock radio format. Over the years, when it's just the same eight songs *over and over*, we're bound to get tired of those songs. It's only natural. That's why variety is important. However, if you're one of the lucky people out there who HASN'T heard these songs every single time you turn on the radio, you might be able to find something to like here. Every song basically has that samey guitar sound that must have been made in the studio with the intention to turn the volume WAY up high, and the commercialized approach in full swing. This album was meant to be huge, and that's why people remember it. Still, I can't imagine coming into this album for the first time today and enjoying a song like "Long Time" which is a pretty boring song if you ask me. It's overlong, and the mid-tempo style does nothing for me. Only "More Than a Feeling" manages to bring a smile to my face after all these years. Not a recommended purchase. A band that was a lot better than Boston IMO was Cheap Trick. Check out that band instead. Customer Rating: Summary: Its "More Than A Feeling" When I listen To This... Comment: In 1976 Tom Scholz after a few years of trying to achieve something in the music buisness decided that after his last attemp he was going to sell all his equipement and do something else.He had been trying to make a succesfull band since 1970 basicly just recording tapes in his basement.In 1975 Scholz borrowed Aerosmith's recording equipement and recorded what would be the band's first album.I am sure glad that it turned out to work if not we would have never had the chance to listen to the wonderfull and timeless album that is "Boston".In fact not only did it work,it turned out that it became one of the best-selling debut album with over 17 millions albums sold(if not the best-selling one),but you probably knew that by now.30+ years latter it is still as good as it was back then and hasn't lost any of its appeal.The band had good competition that year,Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours",KISS'"Destroyer",Aerosmith's "Rocks" and planty of others but managed to be on top with its distinctive sound which attracted both rockers and radio stations.It had a fews succesfull singles and most of these songs are still played on the rock stations even today,right there that should tell you something. Boston were said to have a sort of futuristic sound and were even marketed as "music trought science" as other reviewers have said.But Tom Scholz has often said that he did not use synthetizers for the album to get the sound,well whatever he did,he made it right!The album was commercial rock yeah,but this stills rocks to me,it just has more melody to it and it attracts a wider range of people.The musicians weren't incredible,Brad Delp did have an amazing voice and they were good but not extremely gifted musicians,still they played very well and everything sounds good,voices,guitars,bass,drums,all!The band does show its influences but it has its distinctive sound right from the start that makes it "Boston".They are one of the rare AOR rock bands that we can nearly all like. The first tracks "More Than A Feeling" stands out as a true classic of music and you must already have heard this one a lot already.It was the most famous song on the album and it was also the highest ranked single of it.Track two,"Piece Of Mind" is a strong follow-up just when you tought it couldn't get any better!A personnal favourite,very good song."Foreplay/Longtime" is really a song that goes into one other and has perfect balance,amazing once again and at 7:48 its impressive."Rock'N'Roll Band" is the typical song you would find on a debut album,aspirations to become a rock band and all that,but this one is more about how they felt towards discovering the rock stars lifestyle."Smokin'",a good song it doens't really mean much else but then again a song doesn't have to mean anything to be appreciated,its not a standout but I like it to say the least,but compared to all the previous songs its not so impressive..."Hitch A Ride" a slower song with a slight ballad approach,very good showing the melodic side of the band even more,very good."Something About You" a fun rocker,short at 3:48 but very solid and the lyrics are great and everything about the song is catchy!Still this one was the least popular off the album."Let Me Take You Home Tonight",the slower-paced song of the album and written by Brad Delp(all others were penned by Scholz)it certainly has a nice feel,its pretty good.No song,I repeat no song are BAD on "Boston". We finally get a decent remaster for this true classic which fans had been wanting for year.The 1990 remaster had rather poor sound and therefore did not sound as good,it would be the edition that I would recommmend quality-wise.Yep its been done in 2006 by Scholz himself and it is to note that he also remastered the second Boston album,"Don't Look Back" as well.He did a good job on it too!If my and the other reviewers who were positive didn't convice you,I don't know what would.Maybe the fact that it is a 200 Definitive could convince you.You have all the good reasons to buy Boston's debut album,MUSIC THIS GOOD HAS TO BE HEARD EVERYONE!An absolute five stars,it just can't get much better this,its the best Boston album in my opinion but the first three albums of the band are pretty good and also worth looking at.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED(In fact you should click "Purchase" right now if you don't already have this! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: "Better music through science" was the Epic Records-coined slogan that Boston leader Tom Scholz hated, but this masterwork of studio-happy, high-school-parking-lot music earned it. Scholz fine-tuned his overdubbed guitar orchestra to a pitch that a thousand subsequent album-rockers couldn't resist. And why should they? Where the band's later records were hardly worthy of note, Boston pulls together classic after classic: "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," "Hitch a Ride." The pseudo-cosmic ambience invites scoffs as the year 2000 recedes into the past, but it's really just part of the disc's charm. Let it take you home tonight. --Rickey Wright