Boston

i was familiar with many of the songs and i love the band and the music a lot i just think it’s not perfect to give a 5 but it’s close

surprisingly even though it is not the favourite type of music

Classic for a reason and a masterpiece of its kind. Everything fits, everything works. Can’t go 5 because of the era (feels olds even if it sounds fresh) and a few cliches (the organ solo on "Smokin'" and excessive shrieking by Delp), plus demerits for the association with Aerosmith, but otherwise good in almost every way a record can be good. 4.65 rounding down.

easy listening acoustical glam rock 3.75/5

What a god damn opening!! Those first 3 tracks are a mega 3-hit combo. The rest of the album is solid as well. It maintains a consistent sound without being repetitive.

Lots of solid songs.

Un dels discos fundacionals -i una de les grans fites- de l'AOR. Cançons pensades i executades amb precissió milimètrica i un Tom Scholz exultant de creativitat. A més, incorpora un dels grans hits de la década

This album is iconic. Not sure if I'm in a good mood since it's Friday, but this shiz is hittin all da spots I ain't even know was there

9/10 love it

More than a feeling

More Than a Feeling

joli, bien vu la guitare

Not a Boston fan, but no one can deny that this album is absolutely jam packed with hits.

'More than a Feeling' is een slechte maatstaf voor dit album. Er staan heel wat betere, minder cheesy nummers op. Het heeft me echter niet compleet omvergeblazen

Good

One of the greatest rock debut albums of the 70s, Boston’s self titled album delivers on tight suite like rock. Tom Scholz was a home recoding pioneer and many effects and techniques were developed by Scholz and became industry standard for a time. The vocals are powerful and the instrumentation is sweeping, classically influenced, and carefully orchestrated. I might call this baroque rock instead of power pop.

great songs on this one

Nostalgia and Tommy Scholz's unique guitar sound.

As a kid I always thought this was a “Greatest Hits” album. 4.5.

YES! Any album that opens with a song like "more than a feeling" will have a tough time keeping up the stadium destroying level of ROCK.....but apart from what to me was a slight misstep with the 7 minute noodling on foreplay / long time this album keeps up the pace

Dawno nie bylo jakiegos znanego i lubianego albumiku, bo do takich wlasnie zaliczam debiutancki krazek Bostonow, hamerykanska banda, kto by sie spodziewal z Bostonu, jedna z tych nielicznych band stworzonej przez ludzi bardziej technicznych niz artystycznych, ktorzy nie mieli problemu dostac rekord dila i tworzyc muzyki ktora byla sluchalna, a to za sprawa pana Scholza, ktory juz za dzieciaka studiowal muzyke klasyczna, wystudiowal sie inzyniersko, wszyscy czlonkowie zespolu poznali sie na MITcie, no i prawie samemu nagral w swojej piwnicy demo bostonow ktore zapewnilo im rekord dila, wiec juz na samym albumie zajmowal sie nie tylko graniem na niezliczonych instrumentach, napisal wiekszosc teksow, tylko dwa traki byly dzielone z wokalista Delpem, ale takze produkcja, a to samouk z gatunku tych, ktorzy sami zbudowali slasne studia nagraniowe, wiec jest tu cos co mozna odniesc do poczatkow rapu, gdzie producenci musieli nie tylko czuc muzyke, ale wiedzic jak sie ja tworzy od strony technicznej, wlasnie to know how wedlug mnie tworzy to bostonskie brzmienie, niby hard rock, a dla ucha tak przyjemny, ze mozna spokojnie zamknac oczy i oddac sie muzyce, prawie jak w otwierajacym more than a feeling, ktory uzywa podobnego zwrotu, co do kontentu lirycznego jaki prezentuje plyta, to jest to dosc typowy latwy odsluch pod wzgledem lirycznym, duzo kawalkow milosnych, trak o bandzie rokowej i struglowaniu w branzy muzycznej, wiec troche ironicznie, pojawiaja sie takze motywy wyscigu szczurow, jak na peace of mind, wyjatkiem wydaje sie tutaj byc hitch a ride, lirycznie krotki kawalek traktujacy o odejsciu tytulowym hitchem, traczek ten ma jedna z najlepszych solowek gitarowych calego krazka, a jest ich tutaj sporo, kolejna mocno rozpoznawalna jest opening foreplay/long time, wiec foreplay to instrumentalny wstep, nagrany w calosci przez pana geniusza stojacego za sukcesem grupy, ktory trak ten wymyslil sobie 6 lat przed powstaniem plyty, o ile Scholz obylby sie bez reszty zespolu, tak frontmen Delp i jego unikalne glos z pewnoscia przyczynil sie do sukcesu zespolu, rowniez niezbyt czesto sie slyszy zebym jeden wokalista spiewal cala plyte, wiec glowny wokal, chorki, czy przekladancowe overduby 37 solidnego grania ktore laczy w sobie przystepnosc brzmienia z jakoscia strony technicznej, na plejce juz mialem dodane najwieksze hity krazka, wiec more than a feeling i smokin, a tym razem dodam wspomniane hitch a ride i peace of mind

I was expecting to hate this, but I genuinely love it.

Classics all the way

Classic

Good craic

Every song held its own, and I no longer hate More Than a Feeling. So that's a plus.

Contrairement à la rumeur populaire qui se propage en ce moment sur la toile, je ne vais finalement attribuer qu'un 4 à Boston, et non un 5, comme certains ont pu le penser. L'album est absolument exceptionnel mais vous savez comme moi qu'il en faut un peu plus pour me faire décrocher la note maximale. J'ai à ce sujet eu beaucoup de facilité à me situer en écoutant les paroles des chansons de cet album puisque j'ai passé de nombreuses heures à arpenter les rues de Boston lorsque je jouais à Assassin's Creed III en classe de terminale. Certains indiens parvenaient de temps à autre à se glisser dans les visualisations que j'avais de certains récits mais mon cerveau corrigeait en général rapidement le tir.

4.5/5 that was great! What a surprise!

Lekker hoor

I mean, More than a Feeling is an undeniable classics and I would say one of the best songs of all time. The rest of the album was a bit hit and miss for me, loved some of it and some just a bit beige. MOTAF carries it to a 4

Het zijn zeer delicate nummers die mij stimuleren in het verkennen van mijzelf. Wat echter wel desastreus is voor mijn beoordeling, is het feit dat de eerste 3 nummers(deze heb ik alleen mijn oren laten penetreren) sterk lijken op andere nummers van andere muziekgroepen in dezelfde tijd. Ik weet niet of het de bedoeling was om sterk geïnspireerd te zijn maar dit zorgt toch voor een onorigineel gevoel. Al met al vond ik het een goed genoeg album voor een middelmatige rating.

👍

Good album feels ahead of its time.

A definite classic of the AOR rock radio days, pretty much not a bad track on the album.

Was alright.

There are no bad songs here. All can be played individually and would cause no offense. You've gotta admire Tom Scholz's songwriting/producing/guitar work and Brad Delp's vocals here. Massive respect here and particularly enjoyed Let Me Take You Home Tonight and Peace Of Mind. The only reason its not a 5 because I didn't have any passion for it, I didn't love it. It just doesn't move me.

I'm in Boston right now... weird

J.aime lemson cestnun band que je connaissais ancause la 1ere toune mais le reste est res interessant 4

great example of cheesy power rock! Album starts very strong with the first three tracks, but slowly degrades as it goes on... || I'll be generous and round up to a 4.

Gros classique, plein de tounes connues

Me parece un poco dificil el disco por el lado de mi predisposición hacia Boston, siempre se me han hecho dentro de esa camada de rock de concierto tipo Journey, Kansas, Foreigner etc etc de la parte más baja, los que sacaban discos "buenos" y fueron flotando con fama y canciones medio sosas que medio cumplen... Pero este disco la verdad merece la pena. Quizá solo tenían un buen disco dentro de ellos pero es un disco excelente. Desde los sencillos conocidos hasta canciones que parecieran casi de Yes o Rush fue una sorpresa total escuchar el trabajo conjunto. Quizá nunca sacaran nada que llegara a este nivel pero fue un debut realment especial.

Loistava levy

Classic rock and rolll

What a belter of a first track to kick this project off! I hadn't heard past the first two tracks before, but was hooked by 2mins into the third.... Perfection. 👌

Loses steam over the back half but damn if this isn't one of the most electric opening 3-song runs I've ever listened to. Foreplay / Long Time is one of my favorite 2-part songs of all time. Fun fact: I played Peace of Mind in the car for my high school girlfriend and she asked me to turn it off halfway through Already Saved: More Than a Feeling; Peace of Mind; Foreplay / Long Time Saved After Listening: Rock & Roll Band, Smokin'*

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay / Long Time Cutting Edge: Let Me Take You Home Tonight Overall Notes: I was skeptical going in because I'm not usually a fan of this kind of stadium rock/hard rock/classic rock music, but this was fun. Great hooks, not too busy. Started to blend together a little over the second half of the album, but those first few songs single-handedly won me over. Especially loved the Long Time portion. Clean 4.

Great classic hard rock. Wonderful "mordents". It has became clear, who among other things influenced the formation of Russian rock. Best Composition - Foreplay / Long Time

Surprisingly enjoyed this, great guitars! Remembered the guitar hero days!

I was always impressed by the fact that the band, like Queen, used no synths. I think I know every song on this album from type radio, but I do not own the album. That’s how popular it was. Production is stellar, of course.

Excellent rock album. Holds up well and goes by quick. Their hits are great rock anthems. Their lesser known songs are still good. Easy listening album that can replayed all the time. 8.2/10

quasi 5

I rolled my eyes when I saw this album cover... but I didn't realize how many songs I already knew. It's classic rock radio banger after banger. It's enjoyable and as an album... like this many hits can't be ignored. 4/5.

Ahhh Boston. One of the quintessential "dad rock" records. I've never listened to this album before, but know all of the first five songs from it pretty well from various playlists or radios. It's good music and I can absolutely understand why it got so popular and why it was so influential and I enjoy listening to the individual songs. But it gets very samey very fast and in the end it's really not very interesting music from a modern-day listener perspective. Still good though.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Can you forgive her, Go west

this has always been one of my favorite albums. Just hit after hit from boston.

Slaps

Pretty nice but not very.

Catorze. Tantas notas, tão pouco tempo. Sinto as colcheias a escapar-me entre os dedos. Há impaciência no ritmo de escuta, como uma fila de trânsito com pressa de chegar a casa. Atrás do prejuízo, havemos de lá chegar. MotA: More Than a Feeling. "Babe, tomorrow's so far away / There's something I just have to say"

Obviously has some classics. Funny they sounded so 80s before the 80s. Not my fav sound anymore but again, a classic

Pretty good. A lot of songs must have been played in the same key because I thought I was hearing the same song a few times in a row.

// Favs: Peace Of Mind / Foreplay Score: Light 4

A great, classic album. Probably the most quintessential classic rock album of all time. There's nothing else to really say. Highlights: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Banger

A great start to the album one of the best rock songs the rest of the album doesn’t quite reach the heights of the first few songs but still a good album 4/5

"More Than a Feeling" "Peace of Mind" "Foreplay/Long Time" "Smokin'" Classic with Banger Songs

I rather enjoyed this ablum. I thought it was quite neat and interesting.

I liked it, especially the use of electric organ. And the bluesy song was less stereotypical than most blues songs which I appreciated.

"MORE THAN A FEELING" - noooo, qué temón, me hace acordar al oh oh oh its magicccc you knoww, y ahí is more than a feeling when i hear that old song they used to play... (5/5). // "PEACE OF MIND" esta canción me la imagino fumando un puchito con una tormenta de fondo, caminando pa casa después de haber desaprobado un examen de la facu (5/5). // “FOREPLAY / LONGTIME” me hace acordar a una de queen, pero no se a cuál, y la baja q dure como 10 minutos, pero muy wena (4/5). // “ROCK AND ROLL BAND” la usaría en el soundtrack de dragonballZ (3/5). // “SMOKIN’” nueva para mis oídos (3/5). // “HITCH A RIDE” muy linda, me da miedo cuánta gente la habrá usado para personas q murieron (5/5). // “SOMETHING ABOUT YOU” al principio me encantó pero después fue too much (3/5). // “LET ME TAKE YOU HOME TONIGHT” linda (3/5).

Не совсем мой стиль музыки, в целом неплохо, но переслушивать не стал бы. Не дослушал до конца. Long Play достаточно фанковый!

Strong start to the album, back half a little weaker. 3.5 if i could

Sounds undeniably consistent, and incredible, but gets kind of one-note despite how fun that note is.

Great Rock album, all timer. Hit after hit. Truly good songs

In the summer of 1976, the radio propaganda drumbeat for Boston's debut was omnipresent: \"Better music through science!\" was the tagline--silly but memorable. When Tom Scholz presented the demos he had painstakingly assembled in his basement studio, the record company suits balked. \"You might have something here if you re-recorded it in a real studio,\" I imagine they intoned. Scholz dutifully re-recorded the music and gave the suits the original tapes: \"Much better!\" they roared. Scholz wasn't being a wiseass--he just couldn't recover the magic he created in his home studio. And Boston's debut album is kind of magical, in a low brow way. Yes, the prologue Foreplay is cheesy, bordering on risible, and the double time coda of Let Me Take You Home Tonight barrels right past that--it makes me cringe every time I hear it. But Boston's debut album functioned as the template for arena rock and for good reason. The playing is tight, the sound is impeccable, the melodies soar, and every song is crammed to the rafters with hooks. It richly deserved to be the smash it was. Now, I realize that by today's standards, this music sounds hopelessly naïve and sincere, but I can't hold that against it. Nor am I going to dun it because of a lack of ambition. For a poppy, candy-colored, rock 'n roll confection concocted to appeal to the masses, Boston's debut album is just shy of perfect.

Nunca pensé que me fuera a gustar un disco de Boston pero ese twin guitar attack está bien verga.

rock symp

Some fun bops for sure.

Pues me pareció ok. Pero no lo volvería a escuchar, un rock bien hecho y ya supongo. La que más me gustó es la famosa more than a feeling. Mood: Tea Party

Cool album

I heard some songs in my life, its cool i like it, i like classic rock

Love a nice short album that doesn't drag on with stuff I would never listen to

Very fun album.

What an awesome debut album with sounds that clearly changed the direction of rock music. A top notch rock album!

AOR per de bueno. Tema spotentes, con ese sonido M80 tan característico

Good 80s rock album

I enjoyed this. And More Than a Feeling is still a great song.

yarr

Great Album to jam out to

Classic, bbq music

my brother thought "more than a feeling" was called "morgan freeman" until he was like 11. this is some great grilling music.

Solid. You already know all the hits, though i was pleasantly surprised that the remaining tracks are also enjoyable continuing with the Boston sound.

Has to be one of the better albums of the 70's and that is saying a lot. So many classics. What a debut!

The album is more than just More Than A Feeling. At least that's what I thought while listening to it. Later on I didn't remember anything about it apart from that hit song. It's good but very repeatable to the point where tge songs blended together into one constant stream of music.

Unbridled classic Rock. Brilliant

Surprised that I knew a lot of the songs. Good old school rock all around

A debut with almost all the hits, great songs and moments

Some classic 70s rocking, can start sounding a bit samey, but the last rack is a really good change of pace and has a good feeling of finality for the album.

I didn't think that I was super familiar with Boston before today but it turns out they are the soundtrack to every movie ever set in the 70's. Enjoyable listen.

I've heard more than a feeling a million times but never checked them out. this was fucking cool, melodies for weeks and good mix of rockin and softin'. 4/5.

TL;DR: A mixed bag of classic rock cheese once you get past the sublime More Than A Feeling. BEFORE: I like More Than A Feeling and that is pretty much the full extent of my opinions on the band. I know this album has a strong reputation. AFTER: It's very cheesy but mostly well-executed. Brad Delp had an incredible voice and I really like the guitar work on most of the songs. Some of the songwriting can be forgettable - like music from a Dazed and Confused montage. HIGHLIGHTS: More Than A Feeling is a great song with incredible vocals and fantastic guitar work. It's a classic rock staple for a reason. God help anyone who attempts it at karaoke. Peace of Mind is catchy. The instrumental section of Foreplay / Long Time is pretty cool - energetic and spacy. The song that follows is just OK until you get to the exceptional guitar solo. Hitch A Ride is a solid mid-tempo song elevated by a weird, dreamy chorus. LOWLIGHTS: The lyrics are an endless string of cliches that the music can't always overcome. The guitar solos and screaming falsetto can't save Rock & Roll Band from mediocrity, but at least it's short. Smokin' is a generic boogie although I didn't mind the keys in the middle section. Something About You is forgettable and Let Me Take You Home Tonight is nauseating. VERDICT: 3 stars. It would be 2 if not for More Than A Feeling.

Not my kind of guitar solos but better than I thought it would be

saw the first track and for some reason my head went to ‘hooked on a feeling’ instead. safe to say very different album, nonetheless was fun.

Easy and cheesy

Boston

I knew one song

Short and sweet.

Defo some of the better cheese rock that I've listened to.

feel like I might have heard more than a feeling about a million times. album was exactly as expected. smokin' a bop.

First few tracks had me. It petered out a bit when it became more straight rock. There were a couple of really cool prog moments though. 3/5

In the mid-1970s, anything was possible in music. Progressive rock was at its peak, pop music was flourishing thanks to ABBA and similar artists, the disco wave was slowly gaining momentum and Bob Marley's reggae was becoming increasingly popular. In the UK, punk emerged as a distinct counter-movement to the established music scene. AOR was flourishing. The debut albums by Boston, Toto and Foreigner were released within a very short space of time, while bands formerly associated with prog, such as Styx and Kansas, jumped on the AOR bandwagon and saw their record sales multiply. Boston's eponymous debut album, released in 1976, effectively sparked the AOR craze. I well remember how often the single 'More Than a Feeling' was played on the radio, and how captivating I found the album's sound. However, time has somewhat diminished the album's appeal: on the one hand, it embodies virtually every AOR cliché that has been heard ad nauseam; on the other hand, it is important not to listen too closely to the cheesy lyrics. While poor lyrics were the norm back then, to me, Boston’s debut feels like a hackneyed cliché from a bygone era, both lyrically and musically. Nevertheless, it’s hard to resist the powerful compositions and Tom Scholz’s guitar work. While it is certainly the epitome of AOR, setting aside fan bias, one must admit that Scholz simply fused elements of hard rock and blues rock. That’s good, but it’s no world-changing revolution.

This album opens with Boston's only hit: More Than a Feeling. This song has endured for a reason. Despite being not to my taste, i recognise thar it's really well written and delivered. I will give credit for the rest of the album continuing with enthusiasm but all other tracks are unremarkable.

I can't deny that More Than A Feeling is a fantastically well-written track. So well written, in fact, that it's transcended being just a stadium rock anthem and has become absolutely timeless. Other than that track, though, everything else here was pretty nondescript 70s stadium rock. While I was tapping my foot along throughout the majority of the tracks, and would come back to this happily enough, I wouldn't go as far as recommending the whole album as a must-listen.

More Than a Feeling is a banger. Rest of the album is dad rock and I'm just not interested.

Ok. I knew the first song. Solid music and vocals but didn’t really move me.

3.5/5

boomer slop but first song slaps Would I listen again: nope Deserves to be on this list: not really sure why but i guess 2.7

Pretty good big rock album

Starts strong with the big single. Love the bluesy sound of Smokin' and ends well with a more balladic sound. The rest of it is eminently forgettable.

4 months ago my child was born. 5 months ago I would not have cared about this album. Now, it suits me perfect. Dad rock.

este álbum me gustó, lo volvería a escuchar capaz. me hizo conocer este tema more than a feeling q ya me sonaba de antes y me gustó bastante después me gustaron un par de temas más pero tiene canciones largas y eso me la baja pero está aprobado, buenas guitarras

Not really my tipe

Good album nice sound nothing stood out not playlist worthy

I should like this more than i do. It’s alright but somthing a out it is a bit meh.

War tuff aber bisschen zu oldschool sounds

Bar music for a friday night

Not bad.

Hard rock that rocks hard, what more can I say? I knew more than a feeling, great song, kind of underplayed in the UK compared to stuff like Don’t stop believing that I kind of lump in a similar category mentally? rest was pretty much on par

запомню ли я мор зэн э филинг? никто не знает… приятные ребята, чуть-чуть бонджови для меня

boston ass album

Up to now, Boston was not much more than a feeling to me. I enjoyed this piece of Americana complete with some boogie woogie. Great instrumental combinations, although not always supported by great lyrics. I didn't have room for this in 1976, so it's good to make some space 50 years later.

A high quality, uplifting 70s rock album. Not sure how many times I’d return to it, but had I discovered it years ago I’m sure it would have been a staple. I absolutely LOVE the cover too. High 3.

I really like the singles and nice harmonies. Album overall not incredible but decent enough. It’s ok. More than a feeling is a banger, obviously.

yes for the iconic old style tunes!

I just don’t know! Was it *literally* just two guys in a basement? If yes, then wtf/how is this possible/phenomenal. If it’s not, then this is pretty good rock music, I guess. Is it a 4(.5) or a 3(.5)? ……I just don’t know! Going low, because I have a hard time understanding when things are literal.

Totally acceptable rock music that is missing something that I can't quite put my finger on. All just a bit too straight and predictable, although well executed. It's like drinking a good, non-alcoholic beer. That album cover is mint though.

Guessing at the time, analog, this was a technical spectacle. That’s probably been diminished in the digital age as can now be done by pushing a button. It’s good, in that classic rock way, Dad rock fine. It’s a little slick American radio way, so yeah can see the argument about soulless. Corporate America rock sure followed its template for that good old USA 70s rock radio (soulless) sound, but that isn’t this record, or more importantly the open tracks fault. I mean More than a feeling is a classic, all time song, the rest doesn’t live up to it’s heights but that would have been a stretch, still a good record in small doses, and pretty impressive for the guys basement tapes. 3 Star

it's ok

Unique sound and fun melodies, but pretty frontloaded and starts losing its luster by the end of the album. Highlights: "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay / Long Time"

I was pretty familiar with this whole album

A: Basic perus bitch ass rock album. Helt kiva instumentala delar men liksom bruh orka... 3/5. One hit wonder. Hade dendä ena kända låten... Nåjoo. (ABC-tier) D: Buu för bandnamn + egoistiskt albumnamn. Otroligt basic. Otroligt 3/5.

Harmonies were pretty good and I liked syncopated guitars but the schick got old and they seemed like a one trick pony

These all sound like tracks that you have heard a hundred times, probably in soundtracks from 1980s films, and More Than A Feeling is the peak of this. This could play 24/7 in any Hard Rock Café worldwide. Cheesy stuff, but cheerful and fun, very hard to dislike. Reading about this, very impressive if this is mostly one man playing, it really sounds like a full, tight band. Also interesting to read about his company, Scholz Research and Development, which made a lot of music technology products.

After decades of hearing these songs on classic radio, I think there isn't much left for me to appreciate. No shade, really. It's all perfectly fun once I gear up and try to listen to it with sympathetic ears. The guitar on Long Time and Hitch a Ride is good. Their improbable success, which I read about in Wikipedia, also softens me. Weirdly, I liked Let Me Take You Home Tonight best, because with its obsessive "sweet delight" it kept reminding me of William Blake, a strange overtone. Anyway, I like Boston more than I did yesterday, so thank you, this list.

This is fun, a few bangers in there but the ballads aren't great.

Essentially a greatest hits album. There's plenty of better albums out there, but this is a very enjoyable album.

Feels nostalgic in an American way. Focuses a lot on instruments, vocals are repeated. One song that stood out to me are foreplay/longtime which talks about leaving after such a long time because time is not waiting for them and they gotta chase their dream. The line that stood out to me is “I’m jst moving on” “you’ll forget about me after I’m gone” he’s leaving the person to chase dreams.

It's got some sauce

Perfectly fine mainstream rock with Hooked on a Feeling being the obvious stand out.

Yeah. I have multiple projects going. I got this album pretty early on. I was flooded with nostalgia when I realized it was in my dad’s album collection and he played it fairly regularly when I was really young. But today? Man was it generic stadium rock. 3 Boolean: True

Rock & Roll band is an incredible song but is also kind of where the album peaks. The songs sound repetitive after with let me take you home tonight as arguably the albums weakest track.

Good but extremely repetitive.

An album I can see why it's liked by many. I just didn't click with it. Quite samey, and nothing great on it beyond the initial track, More Than a Feeling. Middle of the road

The first thing I will say is this came through awesome on my car stereo. I don't know if my shitty aux jack just happened to work that day or if this was mastered in a way that worked for that circumstance. The guitar tone and tightness of the band were positives. I got kind of tired of the bands overall sound by the end of it because it's kind of an onslaught of the same thing. It's not really life changing stuff but it's a solid rock album

"More Than A Feeling" and "Smokin'" are massive songs that will get me moving like a drunk uncle at a wedding, even if I didn't need an entire album of this. With dueling guitar solos and dramatic vocals, this album is made for stadiums. You can hear them take influence from progressive rock during the instrumental sections. The talent is there, but they just sound like a dumbed-down version of Yes when they start noodling away. Although this isn't my preferred type of rock music, you have to give Boston credit for sounded fully formed on their debut record and being ahead of the curve and putting out an album in the mid seventies that sounds like it would be playing in arenas a decade later.

Cool album cover. Generic classic rock.

better than i expected

Positively inoffensive 2.5 stars

The grilled cheese made with Kraft singles bonafide of arena/dad rock! Harmless, not especially interesting but brief! I’ll take it. More Than a Feeling is still fun.

Heard More than a Feeling as the first song and loved it. Production was super clean, loud and crisp. I bought the album and liked some of it. Funny to think that at the same time I was buying the Ramones album.

Another very fun album with many highlights. Not all songs are equally good and memorable but the preformeces are great all along. Instrumental and vocal. The first track is of course a classic for a good reason. I also really liked tracks 6 and 7 . But the entire thing runs really well. I think it's a classic high 3.

Crazy how much mileage that band got out of that one record. It's not even that good.

Enjoyed it more than I thought I might...first two songs are the hits, which are both great, the rest is pretty repetitive. Cool guitar tones (shoutout to the "cocked wah" and some of Tom Scholz's other tonal approach). Its like a 3.7, probably overrated by some and overhated by others, plus its under 40 minutes.

Killer guitar tone. Absolute cheese-fest. You can smell the exposed chest hair and lopsided moustaches. Spaceship city is one of the best mascots of all time. Rating: everyone should listen to this album before they die

6/10. Filed under the encyclopedia entry for classic rock n roll. Minus one for the slightly creepy take you home tonight. Some of the songs kinda all mixed together.

All of the songs are pretty long Why is this song 8 minutes 💔 Reminds me a bit of Queen

There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with this, great harmonies. Some really interesting guitar tones. But it’s also so 70’s rock by the numbers that you could believe it was created by AI. The track ‘smokin’ sounds exactly how you imagine it sounds

6/10 This is one of those albums that sits fairly high on the list of biggest selling albums of all time, having shifted 20 million records since its release, but that I’ve never really felt the inclination to listen to before. I’ve obviously heard tracks many times, as many of these are staples of rock radio, but it’s always interesting to wade into an album like this. The first thing to mention is how great this record sounds, given that (against record company wishes) it was more or less completely recorded at home, which in 1976 was quite the achievement. Tom Scholz manages to create a weighty and expansive stadium rock sound throughout the production that gives a strong base on which the songs can sit. And those songs are decent too. There’s a decent pop-melodic twist to things, as well as some solid riffs that drive things along well. The quality of the playing is excellent and there are some tasty guitar and organ solos sprinkled around to liven things up and add some adventure to proceedings. To my ear, the strongest parts of this record are when they start to go a little more off piste, throwing in a slightly more proggy or experimental edge, as aside from those moments, things often felt a little too safe for my tastes. And boy, oh boy, is this cheesy. It’s a cheese sandwich in which the bread is cheese and the filling is also cheese, with soft cheese instead of butter. But it leans into that in a way that it’s hard not to get on board with. Filled with fromage it may be, but the band are having so much fun that it’s easy to just settle in and go along for the ride. But with all that being said, and while I did superficially enjoy my time with this record, it did all feel just a touch surface level, and didn’t really have enough depth or musical invention to really stick with me. Sure, there are some hooks that have stuck in my mind, but while I can appreciate it for what it is, and enjoy it enough while it’s on, I don’t think this is a record that I’d ever have the inclination to just stick on during regular listening time, so I cant’t quite justify giving it the 7 I was tempted by on first pass. More Than A Feeling - There are obviously some classic radio rock riffs on this. It’s got some decent hooks and an overall decent vibe, but it is quite tonally middle of the road and lacks a bit of bite that would elevate it to something a bit more exciting. It’s well written, has some engaging grooves, and it’s executed brilliantly. I do like it, particularly the wailing guitar solo work, but it’s just doesn’t do quite enough to really grab hold of me and stick with me beyond surface level enjoyment. Peace Of Mind - This has a decent weight and depth to it and again, there are some decent enough riffs in here. There’s just something about it that doesn’t quite connect with me, though. It’s like the edges have been sanded off a heavy rock band and just enough pop music sensibility thrown in to the melodic elements of the songwriting, but not enough to make it truly catchy and poppy. Again, I don’t dislike it, but despite having actually quite a lot of compositional interest within, it feels a bit shallow. Foreplay/Long Time - The intro here is a bit more like it. There’s a bit more of an attempt to take things in a wackier, more avant garde musical direction. It’s proggy, got great effects use and production, and leans into the slightly silly side of flamboyant stadium rock. When we drop into the actual track, things just feel like they’ve hooked up in a more satisfying way. There’s more range and, while it’s still cheesy as all hell, handclaps and all, it feels like it’s leaning into that in a more knowing way. The call and response between the harmonised and lead vocals is cool. And there are some excellent riffs and solo work in here too. It’s a bit long, but it’s a lot of fun. Rock & Roll Band - And now they dig in to a heavy rock and roll effort. It’s great fun, not too serious and full of everything that makes stadium rock tick. The sound is massive, the riffs are heavy, and the guitar solos wail. I mean, it’s quite throwaway in some regards, and isn’t exactly high art, but it’s just really well executed, fun time rock music and there’s nothing wrong with that. Smokin' - The organ solo in this is fantastic. As with the last track, this is just great fun. It’s got a great groove to it and actually has a little bit more range in terms of dynamic and musical development. We get further experimentation into instrumental work, and there’s some solid effects and production work at play too. But underpinning all that is a great, swinging feeling that pulls everything along at a clip and doesn’t let up. Hitch A Ride - This is… less interesting. It’s not terrible, but it’s just quite bland soft-rock stuff, at least for the first minute or so. Sib Hashian tries to give things a bit of drive with his drum work that feels way more intense than the rest of the track, but it’s quite an odd blend. The more psychedelic sections here are much better, as is the solo. What we end up with is a bit of a mixed bag of fun, stadium rock and fairly bland almost-ballad that doesn’t quite go together. Drop the ballady bit and I’d be in. Something About You - Back into something stronger now. It’s got some cool riffs that don’t necessarily stick to an expected sequence length, which is cool. It’s still cheesy stadium stuff, but it’s great at what it’s trying to be. It’s cheesy stuff, but it’s pretty good fun again. It’s kind of a weird sensation, because I quite like it in some respects, but I’m not sure I’d ever actually choose to listen to it. Let Me Take You Home Tonight - Another cheesy number, but the swagger and swing of this one is really good. It manages to weave the ballad style into the stadium rock sound much more effectively than Hitch A Ride. The guitar playing here is excellent and has a solid sense of fun to it. This one really rides on its groove, and the attitude of the vocal sells it really well. The tempo switch up towards the end is great fun and the intensity ramps up really well. A solid end to the record.

7/10 Better than expected Highlights: Peace of Mind Foreplay / Long Time More than a Feeling Rock & Roll Band

This is just a classic rock album with some fun moments but for me it does get too typical sometimes.

disco de "moore than a feeeeliiiing", rock bastante estandar,

Suena a tener todo en orden y estar sintonizado emocional y vibracionalmente con la felicidad de estar consciente del segundo en el que estamos presentes. sacaron toda la carrera de bon jovi 10 años antes.

The first song "More Than A Feeling" is the most memorable of the album. The rest was okay as well, but nothing special

3.5 stars Listening context: walking my dog on a sunny summer afternoon. The context is important, because I was ready to shit on this album. It’s difficult for me to separate Boston from countless times playing through “More Than a Feeling” on Guitar Hero and being into Class Rock Radio in the early 2000s where they were a staple. The first half of this album was full of certified Classic Rock Radio hits. And “Foreplay” is a part of the opening to Girl Talk’s Night Ripper which I cannot separate from my mind when listening to it. For an album I’ve never listened to, each of the first 5 tracks had me feeling like maybe I actually had listened to it? But with all of that said, the elephant in the room is that I hate the lead singer’s voice. It’s a mix of annoying and trying to hard to be like other higher pitched rockers but not having the chops, and I just don’t care for it. It is passable in the hit songs, but mostly out of familiarity. With a better singer, maybe these somewhat cheesy but genuinely decent rock songs would be killer tracks. Instead, they feel like guilty pleasures. Perhaps unfair, but just being honest here. The second half of the album was decent. Nothing that blew me away or shocked me, but consistent in quality and pacing to the rest. And it’s a brief album. So walking the dog on a nice summer afternoon, this album really hit. It if we’re slogging through the album while preparing for a work day like I often am when listening to these albums, perhaps I’d have a different (more negative) attitude.

Almost every song a single. A more enjoyable listen than I thought it would be.

First listen, good. Rock & Roll Band and Hitch a Ride are the best songs of the album

“More than a feeling” is a certified banger. Great guitar solos. Impressive debut album.

How do Boston and Chicago somehow work as band names when it’s nearly impossible for any other cities? “Live from MSG: San Antonio!” It amuses me. Anyway, Boston is from Boston, and they even have a song on the album about it called, uh, “Rock and Roll Band”. So that’s fun. Write what you know. All right, so, the album. I have to acknowledge that the three opening tracks are one of the best triple-shots to begin an album ever. “More Than a Feeling”, “Peace of Mind” and - especially - “Foreplay/Long Time” are a fun and unstoppable combination. After that it pretty much falls off a cliff. They’re out of ideas after the initial salvo, and the songs, lyrically and musically, become hopelessly generic. Nothing sticks and you won’t remember anything on the second half. They might as well have released a four-song EP. I’ve never had much love for Boston. Brad Delp has no low register, so he always sounds strained and screechy. Guitars always have that tinny, fuzz-crunchy sound that gets real boring after a while. One reason I never got into them was that chintzy production sounded even worse on car radios in the 70s. They had a formula that, on occasion, produced something memorable. This was Boston’s first album and they basically shot their wad on those first tracks. Sometimes that’s all you got, and Boston made the most of it. But there’s a good reason they didn’t stick around.

I’ve heard this before. My dad has it in his collection and I spun it a few times in high school but didn’t find it as interesting as the other classic rock in there, and most of these songs were very overplayed on classic rock radio as it was. After not having listened to classic rock radio in a long time most of these songs are sounding better than I remember. I’m rating this higher than I would have 5 years ago as I’ve become less of a musical curmudgeon these past few years and can appreciate the musicianship in these songs, and I also appreciate how Tom Scholz fucked around with the label and recorded the entire album in his own house instead of in a studio where they could meddle with things. It’s solid.

Very classic rock n roll!

love the first two !! feels super "raoptripping-on-a-dirt-road"/americana vibes !

Boston has a lot more hits than I would’ve guessed. Much better of a rock album that I was thinking I was going to sit down and listen to

It's like listening to the radio in 2006

An rock band

Decent

Encore une fois surprise de connaître une des musique ! C’est cool de pouvoir découvrir l’album dans son entièreté !

Mama

I’m not gonna lie.. when I saw this was the first album I considered abandoning the project before beginning. With that said, I was pleasantly surprised with some of the more experimental parts. Also never realized the spaceships on the cover are guitars, not saucers. 5.5/10 Favorite Track: Foreplay/Longtime Skip it: More Than a Feeling

Three absolute bangers...followed by five rather boring songs in my opinion. Would rather just listen to the first three tracks on their own

This record was truly massive and its not difficult to understand why. This might be the platonic ideal of a particular type of '70s rock. Mostly mid tempo with a few faster tracks, the tracks are all memorably catchy and are well produced. I'm not a huge fan, but the musicians certainly succeeds in what they are trying to accomplish on this record. I enjoyed more than I expected, even though I probably will never listen to it again. The exception is the last track, which I really disliked.

This one is so much better compared to the last album that I listened to, meaningful lyrics that resonate with me. Band with lead vocalist that can ACTUALLY sing. Interesting melody too, funny how one of the tracks in this album is literally popular and I heard it before but never bothered to check it out. It’s fine, not life changing or somewhat boring but still a good listen. Maybe a solid 3

3.5

Bostons self titled record is 100% dad rock core similarly to Steely Dan. The problem is, this record was so huge and got so much airplay, it feels like a cringe guilty pleasure listening to. This is the epitome of Samuel Core rock. (IYKYK) It’s like how I feel about Back in Black by AC/DC. Good songs for sure, but we’ve heard them so many times in our life it’s nauseating. If only I could listen to some of these albums for the first time again. The vibes would be different.

Boomer slop maybe but it’s fun. What does fun mean. It’s just silly and entertaining. You listen and you don’t feel bored you feel engaged and silly a true testament to how dad rock gets you. Fathers love this cause it’s straightforward low thinking not eventful music you get a good experience but is it necessary is passive fun versus the clear active energy and enjoyment the band is having an amazing time that’s it. I have heard too many car commercials and ads with this music style I also think it doesn’t push anything it’s arena rock to familiarize yourself with the genre but it just turns out fine. I couldn’t pull out any one song cause it’s so middling to me.

Well it was good, I like it, I’m just not a huge fan of rock like this, but it was good. Also I didn’t know that the song “more than a feeling” was from this band hehe. I would say 3/5

Great classic rock. Maybe suffers from songs starting to sound the same.

um rock de pai. menos legal que seilá, dire straits, mas ainda bom. começar com a melhor música é sacanagem também né.

Favorite songs: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay/Long Time, Rock & Roll Band

Hubieron unas cuantas canciones que me gustaron, y la de "More Than a Feeling" me encanta skdjf Pero no es un álbum que escucharía diario laverda

Take out more than a feeling and this is bang average

Was putting this off for a while but it was fine. Cool prog rock moment during Foreplay that the rest doesn’t really live up to, but More Than a Feeling is acc pretty epic… and reminds me of The Men Who State at Goats

more than anything this reminded me of listening to the radio and how awesome it was to hear like random ass songs like More Than A Feeling than you'd never listen to just like going about your day... then it comes on the radio and you're like o ya this bangs... but ya those first three trax are bangers and then the rest kinda happened

felt like i was in a movie , not really my style but i liked the vibes

more than a feeeelIIINNNG Another rock album and its kinda groovy

Tom Scholz is a genius, and Boston is boring. I can safely forget this part of my childhood and not look back.

Fine. Fun in places. Not my thing.

A front-loaded beast that is awesome and kicks ass. A-side has a permanent sketch on my body from over-exposure to classic rock radio.

you might as well kill me instead. please. kill me instead. see cock rock tolerance comment circa led zeppelin review. at least the zep™️ have the "not AOR" thing going for them. nothing against AOR (apart from the obvious) but you guys did "homophobia racism night" at comiskey park for *checks notes* m-m-m my sharona???? 2.7-3.1. lots of lowk nonce libertarian high school music teacher jumpscares. addendum: this nu metal ass intro to "something about you". maybe it'll all make sense once i smoke some 70s reggie.

Pretty good but not crazy insane great not a waste of time tho

Single song that calls out for me is the first one, but from there it kinda tires my ears, not to say it's bad but would listen only if asked to 3/10

Overall pretty enjoyable

Classic... lads we wrote a global hit, quick let's add another 10 crap ones about a rock band and their broken hearts and it'll sell a shit ton. Easy listening for stupid people. I quite enjoyed it

Music grown in a lab to be guaranteed to sell a gazillion records. Cool guitar riffs, fun vocal harmonies, but I can't enjoy it as someone who's not currently at a kegger in midwest USA in 1976.

More Than A Feeling is the standout but the rest is just ok.

Familiar but it’s aiigh

Diet Van Halen, especially for the calorie conscious.

Side 1: 4/5 Side 2: 2/5 We'll meet in the middle at 3.

Typical pop rock of the 70-80s.

Dazed and confused wenn es eine story hätte

Another good album ruined for me by US97, Your Classic Rock Station. I really tried to listen but I've heard these all so many times it just faded into the background. I'm sorry, citizens of Boston, it is not you, it is me.

Banger! Acho que conhecia alguns hits de filmes dos anos 80

Not my usual thing, but it’s fun and short (hey, maybe it is like me!) Favourite track: More Than A Feeling

Nice solos with a great vibe. "More Than a Felling" is a classic.

Helt ok Boston! Det har sine øyeblikk der jeg blir oppriktig gira, men for det meste er det helt ok morsom 70 talls musikk. Jeg liker orgelet og gitarsounden godt dog, og koringen er gøy, minner om Uriah Heeps koring. Kanskje jeg hører igjen!

What a song to start with, it's really pretty much impossible to keep up the level - especially when making unwise prog excursions Kudos to Boston for using clapping as a legit part of the drum kit

Fun!

fun classic rock. I've come to see this music as a trope and do not know how to rate it. Feels like I need more context.

I like a lot of it but there are too many effects over the top. Some good guitar playing and catchy songs but there are just some production choices I don’t like. Some real tunes though, even if they have been overplayed. Fav song: More Than a Feeling Least fav: Hitch a Ride

Not sure the organ was super necessary and sometimes I think they went a bit over the top with all the guitar but there were a lot of moments I really enjoyed and More Than A Feeling is such an iconic song. Favourite song: More Than A Feeling Least: Foreplay/Long Time

Couple of good songs and a good listen

Great album, dit not change my life

7/10 - Got some bangers. No real weakspots on the album, the first three songs go hard. Fav Tracks: Foreplay / Long Time, Peace of Mind, More Than a Feeling Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ❌

Smoky van with dragons fighting aliens on the side. Tight t shirt and long hair, long moustaches, long beards. Apex American mid 70s rock with what sounds like 28 guitars racing for the sky, a lead singer whose bell bottoms are so tight, and giant hooks. Gotta admit despite having heard all these songs on KGON in the 80s way too many times, still sounded pretty good.

Pre Listen: I get this band confused with Journey sometimes. I've heard this album before on many occasions, Boston's songs have unfortunately been included in every single classic-rock radio station or default rock playlist since their debut. Due this this, I feel their songs have been overplayed to the point where any merit they held individually has sort of worn out their welcome. Despite that I'll do my best to scrub my brain of every time I've heard their songs in a public space or on a long car ride, and keep an open mind. Notable Tracks: More Than a Feeling - Yup, that's More Than a Feeling alright. Despite my best efforts it's just a song I've heard 100s of times. It has merit as a real classic, but man I wish it wasn't included on everything. Peace of Mind - Yup, that's Peace of Mind alright. Yup. Foreplay/Long Time - Would be my favorite track, if it cut off right around the 2:30 minute mark. Certainly the most unique sounding track on the album in my opinion, until the aforementioned point, where it loses it's identity, and picks up the same sound as most other songs on this album. The acoustic bits in this track are great as well, I wish they let them shine more. Post Listen: In the time between listening to this album and uploading this review, a time period of ~18 hours, I went and got some groceries and got a haircut. While getting a haircut, "More Than a Feeling" came on over the ceiling speakers. I can't make this shit up. This album is solid. The instrument work is solid, the vocals are solid, the mixing is solid, it's a very clean album. The problem may be that it's too solid..? There's nothing in it that really sticks out to me, neither inherently amazing, nor abhorrent. It's the musical equivalent to that one B+ kid you knew in high school, who was really nice, decently smart, but painfully average. You wish them all the best, but ultimately don't keep up with them after you graduate. 3/5

its boston

It’s fine. It’s like a 3. I really don’t have much to say about it. There are a few strong tracks and I read about the influence of classical music on this album and did notice some parts with classical instrumentals that I did enjoy, but the album just felt fine as a whole. I don’t see myself listening to more than like two tracks from this ever again.

Non offensive 70s soft rock, bit samey with banger 'More than a Feeling'. 3 stars

More than a feeling is a guilty pleasure the rest of this US corporate rock album wants to make me puke in particular the lyrics.

3!

As great as this album is, I never had much of an urge to put it on. Coincidentally though, I just became a dad last week, so I figured this would be a grand opportunity to test out the dad rock on my new found tiresome lifestyle. Turns out, it had no effect.. Maybe I'm not the father.

gasa assai in certi momenti

Avevo aspettative basse, invece non male, anche se è comunque un genere di rock che non mi fa impazzire

More Than a Feeling //

I liked Peace of Mind, I didn't know that's what the song was before it played. I've heard a lot of these tracks but the artist and song title were never connected. This seems like some pretty decent "run of the mill" mid '70s radio pop rock that fills the air well and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Was fully prepared that this would be an album with 'More Than a Feeling', which for the record I really don't like, as well as a load of filler. While it didn't blow me away it was a lot better than that, and 'Foreplay/Long Time' was by far the standout

No es de mis favoritos, pero tiene varios temas que vuelvo a escuchar. Boston logra un sonido bien pulido, aunque a veces se siente repetitivo. Aun así, canciones como “More Than a Feeling” y “Peace of Mind” cargan el disco. Rating: 3/5 ⭐️

More Than A Feeling - Catchy, fun. A classic. Not much to say about this track. Can't really see myself revisiting it much soon. Peace of Mind - Interesting hook. I don't really like the vocals much. Feels very 80s in a way I don't like. I like the guitar and the bridge, but a lot of the vocals throw me off. Meh. Foreplay - Fun intro. I like the bass in the beginning. I also like the piano bit. The guitar coming in so aggressively kind of ruins it for me a bit. Damn this song is 7 minutes. I did not care for the other 5 minutes. Rock and Roll Band - Quick. nothing stood out. Smokin - I like the organ. Especially in the latter half of the song. I liked this more than the others. Hitch a Ride - I like the vocals in this. I did not really stop to write for the rest lol. Generally pretty simple. Not really my favorite, but still a little catchy. 6/10

The album was resoundingly ok, I just didn't connect with it.

I know this. It’s the song for when you see someone sexy. Ok I like this. Yeah I mean it’s a great song. However, you guessed it, average white 70s rock. Same as every other. But it’s vinery definitely. Ok it’s short though thank god. Yeah it’s good. Classic. Enjoyable. I do actually really like this album. Nothing particularly noteworthy though. Favrourite: More Than a Feeling Least favourite: Foreplay/Long Time

Fun! Easy listen and punchy intro song. Not spectacular to me but would not be upset to listen to again 3.5

Ooooo I do like these sounds!!! Very dopamine + nostalgic for me. Kinda feels 80s rather than 70s

dad rock with lovey dove songs and lyrics .solid 7.5/10

To be honest I only know one Boston song and that's the opening track of this album. So I never listened to this album before. Not a great album. Not a bad album. 3/5

Esperaba mucho por More than a feeling, pero el resto de las canciones no me gustaron tanto. Es un tres estrellas, quizá lo escucharía entero de nuevo, pero no creo.

Yeah, that's fun! I was expecting super lightweight pop rock. It kind of delivered that, but there's some substance and quality in the execution throughout too.

Cheesey as hell but the production of the remaster is outstanding.

Good production. Hate the singing. Soooo white. Would not recommend to a friend.

First three tracks remain incredible. Had hoped the rest of the album would grow on me. It hasn't. Standout track: Opening Trio 3.0

в моём представление это типичный американский рок 70, для мужичков в кожанке за 40 и шевроле я понял, что такое мне не заходит, но звучит прикольно. я бы даже сказал объективно идеально, вокал, гитара, продюсирования, нет минусов но мою душу не цепляет( понравились : More than feeling (классика, до этого знал) Smokin’ Foreplay/ Long time остальные треки ноль эмоций

A good album, I liked More Than A Feeling, Peace Of Mind and Rock & Roll Band the most.

On mais pas très bien vieilli… 😁

Fun in small doses but starts to feel overly cheesy after a while.

Tiene buenos temas sueltos pero tampoco para tanto.

Impeccably crafted trash. Kind of fun to listen to an album and know every song from the radio, but .... come on. I do enjoy listening to trashy 70s rock hits at times, and this reminded me that there are a number of songs I could add to my Super Seventies playlist, but ... again, that's an ironic / nostalgic activity, not a savoring of immortal classics.

I’m feeling the same as I did with the recent Fleetwood album. Hits were good, but nothing I couldn’t live without. What I didn’t know, don’t change my world.

Eh

Very solid.

The opener is a classic but I find the rest of it pretty forgettable. Rating: 3.1

I had this album in high school. My dad laughed at me. It’s cheesy, classic rock but catchy enough. No more than a 3.

Fine

неплохо

Had heard the opener before. Didn't mind the music but not the singing so much

Je pensais detester et en vrai c'était pas trop mal

ok

classic dad music, really liked Smokin' and Let Me Take You Home Tonight

good

.

Started strong, then metered out. No need to revisit as when you think about listening to Boston, Boston starts playing

I mean, two fist pumps way up. Perfect 70s rock. Not necessarily my entire thing but pretty good

Guardians of the Galaxy type of music, just good old upbeat rock – with a couple of deliciously surprising moments peppered in. It's the kind of music that keeps one going on long, warm summer night drives, but I wouldn't seek it out regularly.

Liked it overall. I’ll give it a 7.5/10

7/10

More than a feeling is a great opening track, but that’s about it in my opinion, the musicianship is great but it’s very generic for me and doesn’t stand out to some of its peers such as Pink Floyd or Queen who had very distinct voices in this era

Overall exactly what I expected but with enough little bits that made it interesting....

Si not my favorite genre

It's a decent album. Solid listening flow with tons of hits. Some of the songs ran together, I couldn't tell if I had hear them before or not. I didn't mind it though. Great driving music. "Hitch a Ride" and "Rock n Roll Music" were my favorites.

Enjoyable but just so basic. It’s a hit single then the rest is mostly the same. Everything about felt like it should’ve came off better than it did, but none of it felt like a revelation.

dad rock

1. More than a feeling: Temon, lo conocía, no sabía que era de esta banda y este album. 9/10 2. Peace of Mind: Buen tema, no lo conocía. Me gustó, bastante parecido en vibes al anterior. 7/10 3. Foreplay/Long Time: Es como que cambia un poco el mood, me gusto pero no tanto. Normalito. 5,5/10 4. Rock & Roll Band: Sensaciones parecidas al anterior. No esta mal. 5,5/10 5. Smoking: Onda un poquito mas blusero, rock and blues. Me gusto un poquito más. 6,5/10 6. Hitch a Ride: Siento que vuelve un poco más al mood de los primeros dos temas ese rock tranquilon. Me gusta 7/10. 7. Something About You: Este me gustó bastante más gran tema. 7,5/10 8. Let Me Take you home tonight: Gran balada, me gustó. 7/10 Nota general: Me pareció un buen álbum, no es una locura. Tiene un gran hitazo que es "More than a Feeling" y el resto de canciones ninguna no me gustó, acompañan bien. Pasas por distintos moods en el camino. No conocía a la banda. Buena música. Aprobado: 7/10

Okay.

Buen album.

Godfathers of cheesy butt rock? Hasnt got better with age, hasnt got any worse either. A rousing meh all round

I guess I’m in my dad rock era…or I’ve opened my mind.

OKAY

Mítica more than a feeling

Album #51, Boston, Boston ⭐⭐⭐ I tried to leave my rock snobbery at the door and, for the most part, it worked because I nearly enjoyed the hell out of this. It starts off so well. More Than a Feeling, despite being one of the most overplayed songs of all time, is perfect. It’s Monday morning, get-you-going music. I love the vocals and the huge guitars and those elongated notes that just ring out forever. Absolute banger. Same goes for Peace of Mind, and by the end of that I was properly pumped. But then Foreplay/Long Time goes on for a very long time and the momentum drops. The proggy organ excursions are all over this record and that’s probably the weakest part of it for me. The best thing on the album is the dual guitar sound. It really reminds me of my much beloved Thin Lizzy, and I’m an absolute sucker for that. Smokin' filled me with nostalgia as it is featured on GTA: San Andreas. The rest of the songs kind of range from good to shite. Rock & Roll Band is probably the worst offender, it genuinely sounds like stock rock music. The lyrics are super basic throughout, but it is a genuinely positive album, and I don’t listen to enough positive music, so it was a nice change of pace. I was also a bit shocked to find out that Brad Delp died by suicide. I never knew that, and it did take me aback. (Though I know he was not the lyricist). Not perfect, but at the end of the day this is a feel good album!

Rockiger als erwartet bei dem Erscheinungsjahr Könnte ich mir gut vorstellen beim auto fahren oder im Hintergrund bei treffen mit freunden Mir zu viel Instrumentale Anteile/ wenig Gesang bei manchen Liedern

I think I’m just in a bad mood but this was really grating

I never really liked Boston, honestly. It could be that my impression of them is simply dulled by an insane amount of overexposure over the years, but I honestly don't remember ever having anything but a lukewarm response to these tracks. It's overall just a bit too anthemic and theatrical for my tastes. Also, the less said about the lyrics, the better. I'm less familiar with the second half of the album and that's not a surprise since it's an obvious step down. It's nothing offensively bad, though. It's an important album, especially because of what it did for the recording practices in the future. The way that this record sounds on a technical level is truly incredible for the time, and I will always appreciate that, but I doubt you'll ever see me giving it a listen outside of the radio sphere. Favourite track: Foreplay/Long Time

Not bad. Had a couple jams but not super interesting

1/8 bekannt 6,5/10 Beste Songs: more than a feeling, peace of mind, smokin‘

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