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I have been replaced by Cheese.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.

Peak dad rock. This dad approves.

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'

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?

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Scratched an itch I didn't know I had.

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

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!

Finally a great palate cleansing enjoyable album. Undeniably great and easy to listen to.

interesting instrumentals + very cohesive im obsessed will listen again !!

When I was about 12 or 13, my best friend at the time had me over for a sleepover on a Friday night and we stayed up late and smoked cigarettes and chewed tobacco and listened to Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and this album. It was the first time I had heard the whole thing and I was blown away on how good it was. Not surprising after all those years ago, I still think this album is really good. Hard to find any flaws on it, and I'm not shocked that it was one of the best selling debut albums ever. 5/5 Can't miss tracks: More Than A Feeling Smokin' Hitch A Ride Yes, you should hear this album before you die. You'd be an idiot if you didn't.

I honestly had no idea what to expect here. I obviously know “More Than a Feeling” but that’s that. I was expecting some generic soft rock kind of thing. I couldn’t be more surprised when More Than a Feeling ended and they launched into the harmonized guitars of Peace of Mind - so awesome! Then they start with the wakemanish keyboards on Foreplay/Long Time. Wow! This is some progressive hard rock extravaganza! Great vocal harmonies, awesome varied songs, crazy musicianship. The music is so full of energy and ideas and goes in all different directions while staying focused and powerful and emotional. I can’t believe I never listened to this band, it’s awesome. Simply a great find, this is what I do this project for. I’ll keep this on my rotation and will look into their other albums. Five stars.

Boston More Than a Feeling is an absolute banger but I have never felt the urge to check out a full Boston album. I wish I had as this is a lot of fun, with just the right amount of pleasurable cheesiness - I love its Ron Burgundy rock'n'roll soft rock power pop vibe, like The Cars crossed with Foreigner, Todd Rundgren and a bit of Tom Petty. You can see why it sold by the bucket load Aside from the meticulous layers of guitar with that sweet sweet 70s tone, there is some great bass playing and some excellent harmonies and backing vocals on here. He’s quite famous for his studio jiggery pokery and making his own studio gizmos and it really does sound excellent, crisp, warm and smooth. Like a heated up Granny Smith. The more I listened, the better it got and the more I can see why it sold by the tonne. Peace of Mind, Rock & Roll Band, Smokin, Something About You, Hitch a Ride and Let Me Take You Home Tonight are classic 70s rock banhers, with great arrangements and catchy melodies. The only thing I’m not keen on is the Foreplay section of Foreplay / Long Time, it goes way too prog and way too close to Yes for comfort and kind of distorts the flow. However the Long Time section is a great groove and an excellent track. After 3 listens I thought this was a solid 4, but listening again today and reading back what I wrote above I think this is a 5; it's enormous fun, the songs are great, it sounds superb, the guitar is tasty, it nails exactly what it sets out to do and it’s all done and dusted in 37 minutes. Excellent 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸 Playlist Submission: More Than a Feeling

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

Pretty good, really is a classic.

I do not particularly like Rock, but this was quite awesome and melodic, and not tooo heavy on the solos if I remember correctly. I simply enjoyed!

14 year old me would have loved this album. Slightly older me did enjoy this slice of classic soft rock. A fair few bangers and not many fillers. Leaning towards a 4 which is more than I expected.

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

More than a feeling is honestly such a banger. The rest is completely ok for what it is.

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

My dislike for this album was more than a feeling 🤣 jk it’s just really not my style of music, and I feel like commercials have used so many of these songs so many times that listening to Boston feels like an ad break from the music I actually want to listen to. Better than Deep Purple

too AMERICAH RAH RAH 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅 🏈🏈🏈 💸💸 for my liking 2/5

It all sounded the same.

If someone here has classical music training, it doesn’t show. Just a mid-70s rock band with one big hit. Being played on rotation on a radio station doesn't mean ‘great’, it just means ‘background filler’, 2

Technically good but this music has no soul.

Possibly my most hated album of all time. The songs are fine to good, actually, but Side 1 of it was the warm-up tape for the late 80s/early 90s Richmond Colts and fuck them. They tried to play this during the warm-up to the 1990 BC Final, but Ollie High wouldn't stand for that and there was a big kerfuffle at the scorer's table. Then we beat that ass.

I have heard this album in snippets. It is usually just as it starts, I figure it is Boston, and however long it takes me to change the station. I know some people call it one of the best debut albums of all time but they are all drinking Budweiser in their garage talking about the good ole days.

Truly terrible on so many levels.

Nope, Boston sucks.

will never understand how people can stand this stupid formula rock

Man how did this sneak in I know at least 1001 albums better than this. I listened to it in the car, which I guess is the best place for it. It's of a class.of Aerosmith, Cheap Trick and Kiss, and yet nowhere near as good with very little melody(go on, hum a Boston album track) and none of the driving rhythm that the above have. You can't sing along to it, and you certainly can't dance to it. Belongs in the brgai bins for people now in their late 60s to reminisce.to

Excessive, soulless drivel.

Holy shit these guys are so mediocre. They should have been a one hit wonder - and that song should only belong on those shitty radio stations that play the same boring rock music indefinitely

this album is vapid to the extreme. Its AI music before AI.

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Unglaublich erkennbarer Sound

I forgot about this song!!! A great album all around

Imagine making an album debut with More Than a Feeling as the first track. This album was such a nice surprise, coherent, harmonious, it already sounded like the 80s in 1976. I enjoyed listening through the whole album. Favorite tracks: More Than a Feeling Peace of Mind 5/5

Definitively Bostons greatest album and a top 5 in conversation of best album of the 70s. A game changer in rock

Boston Boston!

This was a little before my time, but every track on this album feels iconic. Probably one of the best rock albums of all time

Very classic album. Some of the coolest guitar sound ever

Final boss of AOR, who am I to argue?

Awesome 5⭐️

This album is still great.

Classic rock bangers through and through. "More Than a Feeling" is one of the best songs ever. I don't think I've ever listened to this whole album before, but regretting not having done so. Enjoyed every song.

Easiest review ever.

classic dad rock- enjoyed every second of this album. not my type of music necessarily but a must listen for everyone! only 37 minutes so perfect front to back album for a car ride

Classic. Still holds up, non stop hits

Favorite Track: More Than A Feeling

Really enjoyed this classic. Easy listening.

The highs are really high here. Great stuff, and a good reminder that I should appreciate Boston more. 4.7

Aces all around, I just wish I wasn't such a jerk in high school and thought I was too cool for this stuff.

All time classic, with a genre defining riff

bravi bravi

Very cool! Very melodic and fun album 5/5

Boston’s debut album is straight-up one of the best first albums a band has ever dropped. It’s packed with hits, and honestly, every single track is solid. It doesn’t feel like a debut — it feels like a band already at their peak. Everyone knows “More Than a Feeling,” and yeah, it still rules. But “Smokin’” might be the most fun track on the whole album. That organ solo? Absolute fire. It gives the song this cool, old-school vibe that just rips. Tom Scholz’s guitar tone is instantly recognizable, and Brad Delp’s vocals are insanely good from top to bottom. The whole thing is clean, tight, and somehow still sounds huge after all these years. Favorite song - Smokin

O album é excelente! As composições são impecáveis. Ja adicionei na minha playlist de rock 🎸.

On my list of top albums of the 70s, amazing.

This album was really fun to listen to! I know Little Richard was one of the founders of rock n roll and this album really proved that.

One of the best debut albums ever!!! I must listen in any library.

Pure classic! Full of bangers, great tone and energy. I hate the term, but it’s “Dad rock” at it’s best, and that’s Rock ’n Roll!

Amazing. I had no idea Scholz was such a badass. Love the idea of creating the perfect rock band, one "with crystal-clear vocals and bone-crunching guitars"

A classic debut album that literally defined mid-70's rock. Distinctly remember listening to this in a friend's bedroom and turning the cover upside as realized the spaceships were actually guitars. I love this from start to finish.

Scientifically produced to be enjoyable. The songs seem simple and the themes certainly are, but the production here is so carefully constructed that the more you listen the more you find. Man do I love a harmonic guitar solo and Boston gives us plenty to enjoy here.

Crazy.

Whata great album. I couldnt find any flaws. If anything it is annyoing how overplayed More than a feeling is, when the album is full of bangers