Boston

I have been replaced by Cheese. i have babybell balls and a cheesestring penis. my arse is now two full wheels of edam, my toes are wotsits, my face is like a punched brie and my knob cheese is now a refined delicacy this album is so fucking cheesey that it has the midas touch but for cheese instead of gold. the more i listen to this the more i feel like i'm lack toes intolerant. je suis le fromage.

I don't "love" Boston. Not for any real reason but mainly just fatigue. That said, this album is pretty much banger after banger and each song elicits a special memory or lack of memory like getting black out drunk at various south bend bars and watching shitty dude-centric movies in the aughts where the director was probably like 'I dont know... lets just play more than a feeling over this scene'

Peak dad rock. This dad approves.

Radio killed Boston for me and their self-titled album is one of those I don't really ever need to hear again after hearing "More than a feeling" hundreds of times. That being said I won't hold that against the band in this review. Boston is an amazing album. Recorded at a home studio against the recorded companies wishes, it is a solid killer rock album from start to finish. I listened to it today and enjoyed it thoroughly even though I'll be putting the album away again for a while. The album is full of great guitar solos especially the one in "Hitch a Ride", a personal favorite. This is probably one of the few 5 star ratings I'll be giving for an album that I don't play a lot but it says a lot that I groaned when this came up on the list but put it on anyway and still enjoyed every moment of it.

how can someone listen to this album and not get a raging boner of epicness?

NICE!!! Another 5/7, perfect score!!!

Just 70s shit isn't it? Fine, not awful, not good. What do you want from me? Slam poetry?

It was exactly as I expected. Very familiar yet slightly irritating... all the classic rock songs I know will come on the radio and I know I will skip and change the station. It feels like sitting in an auto shop waiting room.

This is not the best selling debut album of all time (well, for a time) for no reason. If you love classic rock this is an essential. But what would I tell someone who hasn't listened to it 1000 times? Equally pounding vs. deft guitar playing, great harmonies, impressive guitar solos. And yes, some cheesy lyrics or hitting of high notes and added studio effects that likely aren't needed but that defined this era (Queen) or foreshadowed the next (Van Halen). The transition from Foreplay to Long Time is a classic music suspense moment. The last minute of Let me Take you Home Tonight is classic rock excess at its best. Essentially every song has an infectious musical intro (Peace of Mind) or verse (More Than a Feeling) or both (Smokin) that you can't help but rock out to. And if you just want to rock out, you'd be hard pressed to find a better, more fun album.

Classic. Road trip wind-blowing-in-your-hair type stuff. Standout tracks: Foreplay / Long Time Rock & Roll Band Smokin' Hitch a Ride

Idk what I can say about this. One of my favorite albums of all time. Incredible guitar work from Tom Scholz, incredible vocals from Brad Delp, incredible drumming, God I love this album so much

Total guilty pleasure - slick production, great songwriting, but definitely 70s power pop cheese. Regardless, More Than Feeling and Peace of Mind alone would make this album a 5. Plenty of great moments aside from that. There are better album I would rate a 5, but 5 seems like the right answer for this one.

Epic powerhouse record front to back with weaknesses. I put it in my top 100 rock albums of all time! (mic drop...with sleeveless concert tee on, haha)

Stellar album great tracks, great riffs, unique sound. Awesome

5/5. A classic, classic rock album. Every song is just so well written and feels so clean. This is just a perfect album and the first side is one of the best vinyl sides in music history. Just so good.

Scratched an itch I didn't know I had.

Instant 5 star album, this is a quintessential classic rock album. One of the fastest selling debut albums of all time, the first three tracks are instantly recognizable to anyone, they are true classic rock classics. The vocals and instruments, notably the guitars, are so FIRE. Tom Scholz is a musical genius, recording a lot of these tracks in his own basement. This album is a special one and if I could rate it higher than 5 stars I would.

Great album, it's like the epitome of Classic rock. B side is a bit weaker but A side is banging

Ok, look…it’s Boston…they self-produced a pretty great record, it was a massive success and then they never made anything else that lived up to this record. The songs that are worth hearing here are songs you’ve heard at least 1,001 times in your life already. It’s an exceptionally well produced album that makes great use of the 24 track tape it was recorded on: two tracks for vocals, one for hand claps, one track for drums, one for bass, one for keyboards and the remaining 18 for guitars. I’m kidding, but not by much. The DIY aspect of this record is what intrigues me the most, and it’s a good story, but musically I’m not sure it’s not far off from a REO Speedwagon or Kansas record. Pretty standard 70’s MOR rock music. It just sounds punchier because there’s a wall of guitars layered on thicker than the getup that Ralphie’s brother had to wear to school in A Christmas Story.

There are some albums that, when they pop up on this generator, make ones heart sink. This is one of those albums. More than a bloody feeling indeed! It's got that hideous American "rawk" guitar and vocals sound. Ugh! Horrible.

Cet album m'était absolument inconnu avant de le lancer. Vous pourriez donc vous dire que c'est un miracle qui a eu lieu ici, étant donné ma réputation qui m'interdit de donner le moindre 5/5 a tout artiste n'etant pas Michael Jackson. Mais vous vous trompez, cela ne releve pas du miracle. Ce 5/5 était même très attendu de ma part. En effet, j'entretiens depuis de nombreux mois une relation musicale très forte avec la figure paternelle de la famille robperimètre, avec qui nous échangeons très régulièrement au sujet du générateur. Il a pour sa part déjà terminé le générateur il y a de longues années, et vit desormais en complète autonomie dans une grotte, entouré de vinyles. Lorsque je lui évoquais Boston comme album du jour, il hocha la tête et déclara: "Très très bon tirage, j'ai au moins un de leur vinyle en ma possession." Je savais à cet instant précis que j'allais passer un grand moment de musique.

Basically hit after hit. one of my fav

Easily one of the best classic rock albums.

An amazing album, enjoyed every single bit of it!

Fantastic album, borderline progressive Rock to RockNRoll. Top of the heap in the late 70s

Already knew more than a feeling but the whole album is great

Kevin Garnett in his speedos climbing up a tree. A crow flies in and steals his throat soothers that he's been saving for a special occasion. Mark Wahlberg looks on pensively. The tree breaks and Kevin falls through the floor into Belgium's capital, Brussels. Jason Orange is there. Naked. A troubled horse jumps out of a house of mirrors and plays the bongos for a few seconds. The onlookers are impressed. Matt Damon appears. He's frowning. A beekeeper eats a pear. Everyone dances to Boston by Boston apart from Eddie the Eagle Edwards. He does a ski jump into the endless corridor of time. Hacksaw Jim Duggan greets him with a warm smile. A small crab falls from the sky. Robert Downey Jr catches it in his mouth and spits it back at the world. Tanny Grey-Thompson stands up and applauds. This causes a radiator to malfunction and jockey Ruby Walsh to burst into song at first, and then into flames. The gatekeeper lets 11 fish and 4 sheep into the dining room. They are presented with medals for good behaviour during their time on The Weakest Link. The orchestra plays the theme tune. The corpse of Meatloaf wrestles a priceless vase. The winner must drink the piss of Princess Diana through the eye of a needle. The referee blow the final whistle and they all go to the bathroom for chips and drinks. Sarah Palin wants crisps.

Like movie franchises that recapitulate their templates until they're the only way their super fans can understand art, Boston engineer prog anthems so perfect they could win a Nobel Prize—except there's not much to them beyond technical wizardry. Just immaculate playing propping up a familiar hopeless romanticism. For the first half, the wispy, lispy, kind of wimpy vocals are so in thrall to the calculated catchiness of the songs that they temper the bombast enough to make it fun. So much so that I was set to give it a 3. But it’s amazing how quickly it got boring once the tunes thinned out just a little bit on the second side. P.S. I actually looked up where they were from!

If you think about it, even now there must be at least a million people in the world who would say their favorite band is Boston. Life is weird. I never knew anything about this band, or cared to. I just learned that one guy played most of the instruments, which makes a lot of sense. The playing is all showy, gimmicky, grating, and empty. That kind of consistency is only possible if all the pieces are the product of the same ego.

This is some of my favorite type of music. Classssssic arena rock painstakingly arranged, I love the layers of carefully and deliberately screeching guitars. I wish they (Tom Scholz) could have made 50 albums like this.

I wouldn’t say I’m a Boston fan but this album rocks from the beginning to the end. Maybe I am a fan?

5/5 - I mean, this is one of the greatest albums ever.

Practically a greatest hits record, one of the strongest debuts of any band. Every song is an instant classic, and I don't think there's a wasted second on the record. Brad Delp's voice is wonderfully joyous throughout the entire record, backed by some excellent roaring guitars. Favorite tracks: "Foreplay/Long Time", "Rock and Roll Band", "Peace of Mind"

Really enjoyed the album. Excellent guitar and vocal work.

That was an extraordinarily enjoyable 40 minutes - which I really enjoyed as an album length but I imagine pissed people off back in the day. Half of these are classic rock anthems, but I really liked the others too. The sound is consistent and not too varied but I love it.

Insta-5. What even can be said?

God, even if you don't like this type of rock, this record does not QUIT. And I love it.

Amazingly good album.

Awesome stuff! Hard rock turns power pop. I really enjoyed this. Thought I'd only heard "More Than A Feeling" before, but recognized "Foreplay/Long Time", which I'm naming fave track, from a bunch of TV shows and loved hearing the whole thing!

Perfect classic rock. 10/10 1. Peace of Mind 2. More Than a Feeling 3. Hitch a Ride

Fantastic album. Pretty much every song bangs

I wasn’t familiar with Boston until recently but these songs really slap

A childhood favorite. Timeless as far as AOR goes. Favorite tracks: First five. Rock & Roll Band is underrated. 4/5

This album is fun! Can see where the darkness got their inspiration.

Technically good but this music has no soul.

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Growing up in the album era where funds were hard to come by, buying an album was a bit of a gamble. You bought it for the hit(s) and then hoped that you liked more of what was left than you didn't. This album hit me in the right place at the right time. It wasn't the first album I owned but it was the first album I owned that left me awestruck and it left an indelible impression. The whole thing was solid bangers! Back in the day I played this album so often that I had it memorized. In the years following its release, radio overplay put a tarnish on it but I haven't heard this from front to back in decades and I loved every second of it! This is definitely one of my life's audio milestones. (And the album cover art concept is awesome!)

Say what you want about dad rock and the fact that many of these songs have been played to death by FM radio, but this is almost perfection. The son writing, guitar playing and vocals are top level for rock music. Top. Level.

Förvånansvärt hårt bitvis. Några riktiga storhits finnes. Mycket bra platta.

Day317 - from first to last this a complete rock album. boston should get into the rock and roll hall of fame but it’s too bad brad delp won’t be there when they do, what a voice he had

SUPER fun album, so much energy en expermental fun songs i love it

THE staple of high school drive time! And a perfect bookend for the week that started with Surrealistic Pillow.

Fantastic album from start to finish.

Every track is perfection.

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What a refreshing album for the weekend. The story on how this album was actually cut is amazing in its own right, worth reading up on if you haven’t. The first 5 tracks alone get it to a hands down 5 for me, the rest is just icing on the cake. I won’t even call out specific instruments or tracks because it gels and flows so seamlessly. I listened to this on the highway at about 11 on the dial and 80 on the speedometer, and could just feel my blood pressure dropping a few points and the stress and weight leaving my body. Staple party album of the 70’s and 80’s. Probably helped coin the term “Dad rock” as well, but a positive bangin play through nonetheless.

Arena dad rock at its finest with all eight tracks charting. And the first 4 are simply classic. The backstory of how this album was made and recorded is fascinating. Timeless songs that still rock today, nearly 50 years later.

This smokes, obviously. Foreplay isn’t until track three? Sorry babe, not gonna last past the solo in More than a Feeling.

Man, I knew I liked me some Boston but this album just kept going! The guitar riffs, the harmonies. Greatness. It’s like rock your face off Bee Gees. Motha’ fuckin’ ten!

No way I’m giving anything less than 5* for the album with the ultimate song. First five songs rip hard and are super fun. Not trying to reinvent rock here. Just wailing guitars and good vibes. 4.5/5

Classic rock! I feel like Boston are pigeon-holed as fairly basic meat and potatoes rock 'n' roll / Dad Rock but I find this album better than that. The synths are a little of their time but create a really distinct sound. I also found it interesting how Scholz was influenced by classical music in terms of how he structured some of the songs. Aside from that, love the guitars and especially love the vocals, what's not to like?

Fuck yeah

Classic

Yessss!!!! I am 100% sure they have sold their souls in order to write this album. 😈 And the album cover is just perfect. 😍🛸😍🛸😍🛸😍

This might just be my favourite album of all time. The guitar sounds are awesome, the singing is great, the songs are catchy. It just all clicks

Smokin' is very good, More Than A Feeling is a masterpiece. Nice vocal. Very good album.

The spaceship is an upside down guitar and i never knew this until the internet told me. Foreplay/longtime is such a cool song but it bothers me at times cause the beginning is so sick and the bass line is so fat and then it just disappears

This album opens with two of the best rock songs ever recorded.

One of the great rock voices of all time in Brad Delp. I consider him with Freddie Mercury, Nate Ruess, and Steve Perry.

Maybe one of the best albums of all time. I'm warm on dad rock. I like a Nazareth, I like some journey...but this album is insane and basically made by one guy and a really wild singer. It's very, very good.

Obviously a class. Don't listen to it much anymore because I listened so much in the past.

This is literally an album of hits, and it’s also Boston’s first album, so is that the equivalent of peaking in high school? I don’t know. I feel kind of bad for Boston because every single person has heard every song on this album at least 100 billion times. I didn’t listen to the whole thing. Just kind of went through each song and was like “oh yeah, it’s THAT song.” But still, not many artists or bands can say that they’ve ever put out an album where every song was played on the radio. That’s pretty unheard of. I can’t fathom giving them less than 5 for that reason. That and the fact that Brad Delp was troubled…😔 He deserves 5 stars.

crazily iconic - i didn't know it from the band but lol i've heard all this

Obviously everyone knows the opening track 'More Than A Feeling' but does the rest of the album live up to that? Honestly I think the opener is one of the lesser tracks here. It's full of absolutely brilliant songs. Every track on this album could go onto one of those compilation CD's. 'Dad Rock: Songs To Drive Down the Motorway To' and they would all fit nicely between some Thin Lizzy and Status Quo. The first two minutes of 'Foreplay/Long Time' was so good I went back to it first thing after finishing the album. The fact they wrote and recorded the demo years prior to the album's official release, and when it came to making the actual album they didn't change a single thing tells you they knew the material they had was brilliant. If you're into 70's rock then you'll really enjoy this a lot. Catchy tunes, radio friendly choruses, perfect production, great riffs and solos, fantastic vocals. It's just a hell of a lot of fun from start to finish.

This album takes you back to a point in time and demonstrates why this is one of the greatest albums ever engineered. Front to back classic hits!

5/5 Classic. Every song is perfect.

Amazing album, a true classic. Not one track you’d skip. Must listen and enjoy.

Love this whole album

an equal mix of both loud and quiet rock music; i wanna say it's the sort of music you and your uncle would listen to in the car as you stare out the window, seeing endless fields and a golden sunset. i can really see why they call it arena rock, it's definitely the sort of rock and roll that'll get a crowd jumping, whenever it's an arena, party... heck, even a church. the last track especially has a fast gospel-inspired finish.

Totally kicked ass. I’ve only ever known “More Than a Feeling” and “Peace of Mind” and the rest of the album was almost every bit as good as those songs. This has to be one of the best rock albums of the ‘70s. It’s maybe closer to a 4.5 but it would still round up to 5.

Fantastisch rock album en als we eerlijk zijn ook wel het enige goede album van Boston. More Than a Feeling blijft een tijdloze klassieker en ook Peace of Mind, Foreplay/Long Time, Rock & Roll Band, Smokin' en Hitch a Ride zijn best wel goeie nummers. 4.6

Best album ive heard so far. I love a 70s rock vibe it seems. Reminded me of jonny’s cottage

An absolute joy to listen to. Though the opener is the big hit everyone knows, the rest of the album is just as good and so criminally underrated. Such a nice blend of proggy complexity with a radio-friendly dance feel. The biggest thing for me too is how fresh and modern it sounds. Truly trailblazing and captivating

One of the best debut albums of all time. Flawless in my opinion. 5/5

Track 1: More Than a Feeling (10/10) This is one of the most overplayed staples of classic rock radio, and for good reason. Great riffs, beautiful harmonies and enough variety to keep it interesting make it worth listening to. Track 2: Peace of Mind (9/10) Just realizing that I'm probably gonna know all of these songs lol legendary chorus, the harmonies are easily the best thing about Boston. Track 3: Foreplay / Long Time (10/10) Oh my god I love this! The keys especially stood out to me, super proggy in the intro and perfectly utilized throughout the rest of the track. Plus the guitar solos! Man... Track 4: Rock & Roll Band (7/10) Pretty fun, but a little disappointing after 3 bangers in a row. Track 5: Smokin' (10/10) Amazing riffing and a super catchy keyboard solo! I can't hear this song without thinking about South Park. Track 6: Hitch a Ride (8/10) This song has my favourite guitar solo so far! Also, I didn't expect to love the keyboards as much as I do since they're not normally my favourite instrument. Easily the highlight of the album for me! Track 7: Something About You (7/10) The filler tracks on this album are honestly still really great thanks to the guitar solos. This song felt super short for some reason... Track 8: Let Me Take You Home Tonight (8/10) The lyrics may be generic by today's standards but it's too sweet for me to care! I think this song is really cute and I would totally use it for a wedding or something similar. Overall: 9/10 I knew I would like this album but it somehow beat my already high expectations. It deserves it's stellar reputation and I would say the 3 elements that made me love this were the guitar solos, harmonies and especially the keyboards! This'll be getting much more attention from me in the future. Fav Song: Foreplay / Long Time Least Fav Song: Rock & Roll Band

I'm gonna run out of superlatives to describe how good this CD is. It sounds like a good band's greatest hits CD, every song is just a banger. Anyone with a car and a radio has heard the first three tracks a dozen times, but it just goes 8 deep. I love "Something About You" and "Smokin", and there's just no dud numbers on here, basically not even a down moment. "Something About You", as close as Boston gets to a deep cut, is a great illustration of the formula that makes this CD work. Delp is a criminally underrated singer who can just crush high notes - he does it late on "Something About You" (beginning "Gotta to have you..."), he also does it on "More Than a Feeling". Scholz has some crushing licks - his tone and penchant for grace-note trills are recognizable from miles away and totally unique - and where he comes in with the solo right after Delp's climactic belt is chilling. You combine those two with massive pop hooks, huge backing vocals, persistently fast tempo, and lyrics that elegantly straddle the line between human universals and banality, and you've got a formula for one of the greatest CDs ever recorded. There's a lot you could say about Boston's influence on rock music - Scholz literally built the sound of 80s rock - but it's unnecessary. This CD is a temple, and if he'd never done another damn thing it'd still be a 5/5.

This album GOES! Somewhat “one note”, but it’s a good note.

Sept. 27: Imma save this for a worse day October 1, 2024 the crème de la crème of A.O.R. The omen for Boston's lack of future smash hits comes as soon as "Something About You", which I think is fun but basically rips off its own A-side. How did I not realize the UFOs on the cover were guitars?

One of the quintessential rock albums, Boston's 'Boston' makes for an absolute blast of a listen. At under 38 minutes and only eight tracks, the album has zero down time and is more or less the perfect classic rock album. As someone who grew up in America, I had obviously heard many of these songs played on classic rock stations growing up, but had never actually sat down and played the album straight through. I was enthused to hear that the energy and vibes of 'Peace of Mind' (the best track, IMO) more or less are evident with every song. This album is famously the greatest freshman offering from a band in rock history, and I think it's warranted. A tremendous, lean, exciting listen.

An absolute classic in classic rock. Hits from start to finish, Tom Scholz carved out a sound of his own. Doesn’t get much better than this 4.75/5

I looooove this album

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This was an absolute blast to listen to. I'm not a huge classic rock/dad rock fan, but this one definitely had me singing along. Felt like Bon Jovi before Bon Jovi. It's funny what a good singer will do to make a group more appealing to my ears. When the album finished, I was disappointed since I wanted more lol.

One of the best debut albums of all time.

The biggest complaint I have about this record is so many of the songs are over played. That isn't Bostons fault. It's the platonic ideal of classic rock. If I never hear it again that's fine, but it deserves 5 stars.

Top notch!!!

This album really gave me "peace of mind" for this whole thing.

Great classic rock riffs with quite a few hits.

Everything about this is brilliant. Riff rock has never achieved such heights before or since.

pure hits