Boston

Some classics like More Than a Feeling but the rest pretty samey.

It turns out that Boston have other songs than just "More Than a Feeling". The sound of this album is like a band that has its particular sound, got a rockin' thing, but yet they also feel obliged to do the prog rock thing that was in vogue at the time. But there's a reason why "More Than a Feeling" is the evergreen feelgood favourite and why "Foreplay / Long Time" is a forgettable album cut.

Typical West Coast rock, not very interesting

More Than a Feeling is nice. The rest is just standard Classic Rock without any highs or lows. It's OK, but nothing special to my ears. 3/5

Albums like these always put me in a bind. It was in near constant rotation in my car cassette deck for at least two years. It’s a great album! Yet, every time I hear a song off of it, I feel a bit nauseous (that is unless I'm at a Boston tribute band concert in the middle of summer somewhere on the US-Canadian border).

The most classic of classic rock. Unlikely to win awards for innovation, but enjoyable for what it is - a fun, melodic, bombastic slab of cranked-up guitar bigness. 3.5/5.

80s guitarsy. enjoyed the vibe but unmemorable

Enjoyed this. Guitars riffs and happy

It’s a great debut and lots to admire, but didn’t make me want to binge listen

Ich hatte die Platte - aber nur für "More than a Feeling"Die anderen Songs habe ich nicht mehr im Ohr. Heute mag ich diesen Bombastic-Rock nicht mehr

An ecstatic LP that excites on both emotional and instrumental levels. While the back half slides into forgettable classic rock territory, the front dominates with catchy melodies that don't skimp on flashy, satisfying solos.

Very safe and inoffensive. I'd give it 5/10.

The all time best band named after a city. Or maybe it's Chicago. Better than Beirut or Berlin. Phoenix doesn't count. Boston really brings the Boston on this album. It's the loud but friendly guy at the bar, cheesy but catchy, educated/virtuosic but loves the Red Sox. Half the album I knew by heart thanks to countless plays on KZOK and high school CD-R mixes. Love the tunes. Love the vocal harmonies. Love the guitar UFO cover. Love whoever is smashing on the church organ. Love that it's only 37 minutes. Can't escape the nagging thought there's something unappealing about the whole package. It all just seems so perfected. Boston tickles the patch of Gen X hair that sometimes grows on the backs of Silverback Millennials like me when we sense something corporate. But I'm trying to wax those hairs so here's a B+

Boston definitely came up with their own sound the raw harmonics between the vocals and guitars. The interplay of the guitars and the drum fills are good. I marked four 5s on this album. It will always have a cheap blue collar feel to it, not sure if it’s the name or the cultural meme or actually the sound, but when I hear it it sounds like 70’s blue collar. Unfortunately the repetition caught up with me mid-album and began to become stale. I think they also might have a lame lyrics problem. My 4 evaporated into a 3. I was ready to give BOSTON a 5 after the first 3 songs.

I gained a new found admiration for More Than A Feeling with its catchy hook and cool distorted guitar sound. I hoped the rest of the album would match this classic but aside from a few tracks, the album grew into a slightly bloated pop rock / prog rock sound, all very clean and lyrics seemed mostly to be about being in a band which is un-relatable for most of us. Still, a pleasant enough way to pass half an hour.

Starts strong with some power ballads but then everything ends up sounding the same. I can imagine white dads listening to this in the old muscle cars.

Pretty standard rock ballads and shit.

Some good some bad

CLASSIC ROCK

3.8 - Having lived in Boston for much of my life, it’s hard for me to rate this one. WZLX has played the hell out of these songs. “More Than A Feeling” remains a perennial classic.

Listened to a bit of Boston in the past, I was surprised by the range of rock that was on this album, from prog rock to yacht rock through to the harder edge of rock.

So, when Boston came up as my next album, More Than a Feeling popped into my head straight away, then I tried to think of any other Boston songs that I knew and came up completely blank. I have always dismissed them as soft rock, but after actually listening to the album I think they are more power pop (the heavy guitar riff just before chorus in More Than a Feeling should’ve aroused my suspicions) with soaring vocals, harmonies and some heavier guitars than I was expecting. The song Rock n Roll Band could’ve been a KISS song and Something About You sounds like one of my favourite power pop bands, Big Star. The production is amazing too. I enjoyed listening, but I probably wouldn’t listen to it again.

Lots of unknown good songs. Short and energetic album. Long Time stands out

Megahitti heti alkuun asetti levyn muille biiseille riman liian korkealle. 2,5*

It was alright. Not rushing to listen again and I think I’d appreciate it more if I actually saw them play.

Classic Classic rock. Not fully my cup of tea but can appreciate that's it's a good example of the genre

Eh. My issue with this album is that most of the songs sound exactly the same. It's a decent sound, just wish there was some variety.

Okay few songs which are fab

Alright as albums go but not going to be rushing back to listen again. Feels like it captures the essence of classic rock, but when you’ve heard one song you’ve kind of heard them all.

Not my type of music

Aikamoista synatiluttelua siellä täällä, mutta muuten suht geneeristä vanhaa rokkia. Ei tämä häirinnytkään, mutta ei myöskään herättänyt sen kummempia tunteita.

I've heard this album before, and many of the tracks SO MANY times. There are songs and sounds that are worth checking out. A little surprisingly, I had to admit that this album didn't reach the "I'd listen to this again" level. The music is good, but I think there are too many versions of "hey girl, I'm so cool, so be with me" in the lyrics.

Some good bops, not hugely consistent and wears a little thin after a while

It was okay. My taste says I should like this more, but I can't really get into for some reason. It might be because each song doesn't change too much throughout the runtime. The chorus sounds extremely close to the rest of the song and it gets bland. Favorite track: More than a Feeling

The original power rock album. It feels like the guitar riffs are more complicated than it initially lets on, but ultimately I feel it is a bit over polished.

just so very average. a bit better than I expected but still unimpressive

Never listened to this album because I figured after hearing “More Than a Feeling” unsolicited easily over a 100 times in my life, I’d heard enough Boston. Just kinda assumed it’s your prototypical hard rock album from the mid 70s. And that’s exactly what this is. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The compositions are all very well put together and very rockin. But I’m not vibin. I don’t hate it and I understand why it’s here but I’m not over the moon. This is exactly what I expected. It’s fine.

While they may have been contemporaries of Foreigner, these men are no Foreigner. This album is chock full of late 70's radio hits about fuckin' though. The kind of stuff that makes 80's kids reminisce about rides in Buicks, and pool parties and drunk uncles with too short cut off jean shorts. 3.5*

Good classic rock album, some catchy songs and good riffs.

Pretty schlocky mid 70's US Rock. Some good tunes but the style is one I just can't stand.

Decent album. Nice soft rock

A very solid, albeit cheesy, classic rock album that is technically proficient with a noticeable amount of soul. 7.9/10

Not bad, but it doesn’t work for me.

Not a classic rock fan, but this album has undeniable hits that are still staples 35 years later. A godfather of the blues rock genre. Songs tend to go longer than they should, but im guessing they were written with the live show in mind, where they would have been fucking epic in 1976. I guess Boston is a little better than the Eagles.

1st track's a classic. Not really my kind of music but it's got some cool sounds, experimental, some decent structured songs. I imagine influenced Thundercat a bit, 80s sounding guitar/keyboard stuff. Prob a hit ahead of its time. 3/5

Perfect

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Classic rock. Whats not to like?

Peaked too early with More Than a Feeling

La verdad no me sonó nada distintivo, pero espero que lo haya sido para el momento. Debe ser algo así, por el año, como que luego hubo copycats de Boston???. Eso o quizá no le puse tanta atención y pasó sin pena ni gloria. No hay favs. 7/10

Didn't realise they did "More than a feeling" so pretty good and some cool riffs

Short and fun.

A classic but standard album. A bit lack luster at points

I was never a big fan of Boston, although I liked them better than Journey or Styx, who I think of as the same genre. I can appreciate the songs and the production though. 2.5 stars.

Classic rock at its finest

It was a great album. Definitely frontloaded with a less memorable B-side.

Boston

I'm now listening to the self-titled debut album of the band Boston. It opens with "More than a feeling" and it's one of the more recognizable songs for people of my generation. It's been played a thousand times on a thousand different classic rock stations throughout my life. Two for Tuesday! Rocktober! Or whatever gimmicky way to sell classic rock to the public. It was very effective, I've met many people who jumped on the classic rock bandwagon and never left. This might sound better if I had not heard all of these songs many times before. I should say it "sounds" very good and the music is very cleanly produced like a lot of music of the time. It's a giant of an album in the classic rock cannon. But I've heard it too many times over the years to really appreciate how great it was at the time. Too bad.

Ultimate dad rock. Great harmonies. Sounds like the 70s!

Didn't really like

Ganska gött sound, men det största problemet att musiken är oironiskt. Tänker främst på låten Rock'n'Roll Band.

Good cheesy rock. Some good tunes but cheesy and probably not my cup of my tea as an album as a whole

Very vanilla

70’er pop/rock, kor, fængende

More than a Feeling put me in a really good mood. I then lost a bit of interest as the album progressed.

Again, not my kind of genre, I'm trying to keep an open mind with rock leaning albums but yeah...

Has some great hits, the rest is kind of filler, overall enjoyable album

Closer to a 3.5. Can be a little basic sometimes, but plenty of super enjoyable pop songs. Reminds me a bit of early Steeley Dan

Good but a little boring for me. I did like some songs tho

Ben would use this in a music round.

Dad rock - I get it it’s got uplifting vocals and wistful lyrics and the guitar sound is recognizable, probably my favorite part is the guitar. But when you’re songs are about the good old days and how hard touring is you lose me.

If grown ups 2 were an album, I imagine this is what it would sound like

Pretty middle of the road stuff, except for the two more widely known tracks. I could do without it tbh. 2.0/5.0 Best Song: More Than A Feelin

Some riffs, but mainly shite divorced dad rock

5/10

i think for someone of my age and tastes this is, fundamentally, the kind of music you expect to encounter in a montage sequence in a B-tier kids' animated movie. by the time "smokin" rolled around i was ready to be done with the album. most of the itches this scratches for me can also be scratched elsewhere - glam bowie, thin lizzy, the cars, def leppard. come to think of it def leppard were working class blokes and i prefer their vocal harmonies.

DAD ROCK DUVIDOSO que saudade filho mas to com o amigo, o vídeo do golfinho voador da visa inc. tocando more than a feeling é um clássico universal absoluto será que eu consigo aproveitar o fato de que a senhora minha esposa trabalha na instituição pra ver se ela consegue me apresentar o golfinho??

tava faltando um rock para papais CHUCRO que nem esse, hein. muito tempo sem. mas eh isso né. rock para papais perderem a linha em um estádio gigantesco. tem "mora than a feeling", conhecida pela PROPAGANDA DA VISA COM O GOLFINHO FALANTE NA MOTO. enfim, eh isso. poderia ser BEM pior. mas eh só ruim memo

not my cup of (Boston) tea

just like Boston. mid.

Empezó fuerte, pero siento que tiene algunos ritmos buenos, una canción bastante buena, pero lo demás lo siento muy repetitivo

Eh

Not much more than a feeling

Technically strong but just so boring. Eagles adjacent but with incredibly earnest vocals and prattling guitar, it’s not for me. I’m sure they’re a lovely bunch of guys though. Maybe I’m missing something but suspect it’s included on the basis of More Than A Feeling, can’t otherwise see the appeal but no doubt plenty like this kind of thing.

Expectation:  Some cheesy bangers akin to what you might enjoy in isolation at a wedding or formal event disco.  Formulaic rock with a bit of pop buzz. Reality:  The "formula" played out as expected but when in the context of an album it got a bit draining and dull.  A couple of diversions in Smokin' where I enjoyed the school of rock in a church, and they did get a little more energetic towards the end. OK but a bit bland.  It's a shame as the vocal range is pretty impressive but like anything else used in one dimension.  On basis that they failed to meet even my simplistic expectations I will peg them down another notch.

Hard rock, arena rock.

Rock melodico bem trilha sonora de filmes dos anos 90

Didn't listen

Meh. It's okay. Not my speed, I'm not a huge fan of this era of rock.

Boston's self titled album is a landmark in rock and roll production. I think that's what people liked about it? It was rock and roll buffed to a sheen. Just as digital art did some years later, it showcased a product that was smoothed and devoid of flaws. I was willing to like this. All I knew was More Than a Feeling and Long Time, neither of which I had much of a strong opinion on (though if you'd asked i'd probably have conceded “butt rock”). But that overproduction leaves us with a soulless final product. It removes all the imperfections that made rock and roll feel vital and immediate and honest, which I think is part of what made rock and roll important to start with. So even in bits I like (the intro guitar on “Something About You,” let's say), this feels closer to the autotune and AI era than the one it came from. It has all the bite of an old man without his dentures. This is the face that launched a thousand ships tho. People like overproduced music-by-numbers. They loved rock and roll without danger, just as they love overproduced, defanged hiphop, just as they love overproduced, bootlicking country. It's hard to think about how many bands music like this destroyed. ⭐️⭐️

Liked the entire album less than I thought I would. I guess things change.

Some parts were interesting but most was very same-y. Glad it was barely 40 minutes.

slightly annoying boomer rock with one (pretty overrated) hit as first track. Some cool instrumentation tho. Didnt age all that well in my opinion

Not to my tatse

Yep, it’s those songs from Boston.

I’ve never heard an album fall off harder. Two good songs then nothing.

Just when I think I'm safe in every song, there's a loud guitar and someone screaming in my ear in that American cock-rock way only they can. Genuinely just quite an annoying album. Production is pristine though.

Classic/ hard rock.. meh

Arena rock and hard rock built from soaring layered guitars, polished production, powerful harmonies, and pristine vocals feels like watching a spectacular fireworks display that somehow keeps launching the same few patterns—immediately impressive, relentlessly polished, and for me ultimately less exciting than it promises. The album is packed with hooks and technical perfection, but its larger-than-life sound becomes predictable fast.

Standard rock. Heard "More Than a Feeling" way too often and for me it's not a song that stands the time as it is just too cheesy and has no depth. 2/5 or 3/5

Radio Rock for white dudes

not having grown up with classic rock, I often come to popular records with fresh ears as an adult. Some of them, like Rumors, I fall in love with completely, but some of them, like this one, just bounce off me. I don't hate it at all, every single second is jam packed, it's so maximalist, but I am not terribly moved

an album that came and was popular during my first years of college. My roommates loved this album and played it all the time. Consequently, I hated it. Listening to it now, it is an ok album. I would listen to it if someone else put it on but I would not play it and certainly would not buy it. Listening to it again, it seems typical rock for the time and not my cup of tea

Boomer slop, its fine 2.5/5

Pretty good first track, rest I really hated. Not a good album in my opinion.

Not really

If i had a nickel for every mediocre album released in the mid 70s with over the top production, strong dad rock vibes and a space themed cover with a flying object, I would have two nickels. Which isn't much... ...But it's weird that it happened two times close enough welcome back Out Of The Blue...

😐 a bowl of oatmeal

Listened to this driving from the Cape to Boston, a ride I have done 100's of times, which during my early years almost certainly were done listening to these tracks via WZLX. Very similar in many ways to The Cars as far as its place in the Boston rock history. Both bands really clash with most other Boston culture and stereotypes. Boston is many things, but it is not glamorous, highly refined and all that upbeat. The Standells "Dirty Water" is more accurate, and of course they're from California. My point is, we could have used our own Springsteen but instead got BOSTON and this band sucks!

Reminds me of that time I had to explain to my mom what AOR was and realized I might be beyond saving.

Lame. I'm sure that they were cool at the time or whatever but I couldn't care less about this kinda stuff

Pas aimé, sûrement parce que je suis de mauvaise humeur, n'empêche très déçu beurk, fait le temps paraître long

Undisputedly one of the greatest rock bands in USA. With a small discography but huge sales, their debut album contains a 70s gem. The classic value of “more than a feeling”is evident from the fact that we know the song, we are moved by the energy and we remember the feelings it creates in us, while many younger people know the song itself and not the band .Favourite songs besides more than a feeling, foreplay/long time and hitch a ride

Nothing says 80s naff rock like Boston does

It's not trash. But any review that starts on that note means it ain't amazing. Put it this way, Boston finished and Spotify started playing me Chicago and my ears perked up.

nah

more than a feeling is popular and know it. album is more upbeat in an old way. some songs are very repetitive, but if your in that vibe its good. Not my favorit though. 2/5ish

It's fine!

Ehhhh

May not have aged well in the artistic canon but substantially more enjoyable than the junk from Lorde that came up on the list the day before 2.4

4/10

very something a dad would listen

The best way I can describe this album is as proto-21st-century computer-made music: a couple of "music scientists" in their lab attempting to engineer "the most perfect rock songs". So that's... basically the polar opposite of everything I love about music.

No like personalmente

i blame family guy and seth macfarlane for journey’s revival, and i blame that cradlesnatcher zach braff and scrubs for this getting popular again.

medicore, commerical, radio music. Not bad but not good

Fou cover, le seul UFO que je veux c'est celui en guitare

Seems like it was made for radio. Full of energy all the time, little bit cheesy though.

Tom Scholz recorded most of Boston's 1976 multi-platinum debut album in his Watertown, Massachusetts, home basement, not a professional studio. Working largely alone, the MIT-educated engineer and guitarist played most instruments and created his own equipment, crafting hits like "More Than a Feeling" in what became one of rock's most famous home-recording feats

Loud

Todays listen is Bostons debut album. I am going into this expecting good guitar work and bmbastic 70s rock and roll based on the hits I have heard before. I have always had Boston down as a band you cant escape from but one not a lot of people ctually listen to Boston was exactly as I expected. Very familiar yet slightly basicwith a lack of variety that can become boring. These tracks are al classic Dad rock tracks but they ack depth and variety, this album has the kind of music on a bang average radio station. Favourite tracks: More than a feeling is a great track. Least favourite tracks: Hitch a ride was a bit naff Album artwork: I love the album cover

Je n’ai pas vraiment apprécié car trop hard rock pour moi et parfois un son entêtant et repetitif, un peu trop agressif. Ce qui est dingue c’est que le groupe s’appelle boston en reference a leur ville et leur premier album boston fait parti des 10 albums les plus vendus avec 17 millions d’exemplaires. Un riff a meme inspire nirvana. Succes du au son hyper quali.

I personally don't like American rock. I find the production of this album interesting, especially considering it was done by only two people. However, musically, I think all the songs sounded the same. The lyrics were annoyingly positive, very American style. I won't put any songs on my playlist.

Corporate friendly rock n roll

This record represents so much that I detested about popular music in 70s and why it bums me out how much it has endured. How was this one of the best selling debut albums of all times, as Wikipedia tells us? Sold 20+ million copies worldwide? WHY??? Sure, there are earworms, and people who know what they're doing with their instruments and behind their mics. But every song is bloated, wayyyyy too long, and dismayingly self-indulgent. Yes, there are songs on here I would sing along to at karaoke night. But they would need to play the abbreviated version. However, if I never heard another song off here for the rest of my life, that would be fine too.

Only one standout track

I can recognised the skill on display here I just don't like it at all

qué buena canción es More than a feeling, el disco no me gustó en general :( es un género que no me gusta tanto.

Сара 2.5 Марко 3

fav songs: more than a feeling smokin' exhausting, repetitive, radio 40/100

great start, but corny development

Hard Rock done in the most boring way possible. The kind of music your mates lame dad claims is the pinnacle of rock.

Rock classique bourrin sans nuances. Pas totalement mauvais, mais pas bon pour autant. 2-3 moments sympa mais le reste se ressemble énormément, de la musique de magasin de chaussures qui te donne envie de partir. 2/5

Rock for glade mennesker. Føles som plata bare har et gir. Ble slitsom i lengden.

Pretty tough to get through

too samey and not for me anyway

Longtime is good but very samey.

Not bad for a cock rock album

Meh

Meh, 1/8 liked

Glad I've listened to it. Glad I need not again. Last track quite good

Man, I'm supposed to LIKE arena rock. But I zoned out during this :/ Tracks I liked: peace of mind (only the guitars), something about you (again, only the guitars and beginning.)

I loved the start music of foreplay, but the rest isn’t my cup of tea

2.5

Bueeeee no me voló la cabeza pero tampoco mediocre. El primer tema es un clásico and i like it, el resto es medio meh (vale aclarar que es rock y yo no suelo escuchar ese género usualmente). Es otro que dado que no me interesa mucho, termina sonándome genérico, todo igual. Instrumentales que draggean on too long.

первая песня мемная. Ну они какие то ваще размазанные . Тяжело понять что здесь припев ,что куплет ну и т.д.Можно сказать "рокешник" в его привычном понимании . Ну и соляки таксебешные, в мираже получше были. 4 трек неплохой, а не забей, опять эти противные аккорды (похожи на мажорные). Честно, просто заебало это слушать . Это буквально просто самый стереотипный рокешник. НЕДОСЛУШАНО

2/3

More Than a Feeling enters the conversation for best first song off a debut album. Every song has gotten slightly worse. I will say that it's crazy that I recognize the first 4 songs though. It was a different time on FM radio when this came out. Thank god for streaming. The album is basically a 45 degree line down as each song is not as good as the one before it.

Ugh, More Than a Feeling is so overplayed I don't like hearing it. Rock, almost glam in places. Blues rock in others (Smokin') Wow, so generic I barely heard tracks changing.. Best track - Smokin 2 stars - nothing particularly memorable, and the style gets old so fast

Really just not my thing, I had no interest in this album and found myself completely zoning out on it while animating

Too much keyboard for me.

I actually really like More Than a Feeling. After that song it's cheesy forgettable radio rock.

Fine, I didn’t turn it off but I couldn’t tell you a thing about it apart from you’ll recognise the first song.

Not bad music per sé, but I fail to hear a real point of difference between this album and others released around this time that are also on the list.

Songzeile: A man came to the stage one night He smoked a big cigar Drove a Cadillac car And said "Boys, I think this band's outta sight" Manifest your destiny and be boring as fck.

One cheesily enjoyable tune the rest pretty forgettable.

I needed more than the feeling this gave me.

Rock!

Interesante, es un sonido que me gusta. Reminisencias de Fito quizás, ese rock juguetón. Me gusta porque es ruidoso, rrockerou pero tambien tiene ese elemento más pop, espacioso. De alguna forma siento que ya escuche esto... se habrán influenciado de alguien? Monotono? Sí, pero disfrutable. Likes: More than a feeling - Long time -

Klingt alles ganz gut, wenn man es sich nur einmal anhören muss

Leider nicht viel "more than a Feeling" ...

Going in I thought that I had a bit of a soft spot for this, but nah, not really. More Than a Feeling also sits alongside Hotel California and some other things in the "songs I would prefer to never hear again for the rest of my life" category. I sort of think of this advent of this kind of music as the beginning of something of a dead end path for a certain type of rock music. You can draw a direct line from this to hair metal. Probably the most remarkable thing about this record is that one guy played just about every instrument on it. I'll concede that Tom Scholz is incredibly talented, that I was pleasantly surprised by some of the soloism on the tracks I don't know well, and that Foreplay/Long Time is a banger. None of that really saves it for being boring commercially-packaged stuff designed to be played in arenas for uncs with purchasing power. Like they even basically say as much in Rock And Roll Band lol Unfortunately, it's also probably among the best that this style of music has to offer. Already has me groaning in anticipation that we're likely gonna have to listen to Foreigner 3 one man bands out of 5, and lucky that I can't give half stars. Edit: revisiting this it has to break to a 2 based on where I've ranked other stuff.

The mixing is really good. It's very well produced and fun but nothing earth-shattering.

I feel like I’m in a 70’s period piece about teenagers savoring the last days of their adolescence. The songs kinda blend together after a while. I like the guitar though.

La unica que me gusto fue More than a feeling

Uninteresting and stupid lyrics but unoffensive for background music

Не моё, тупо восьмидесятые, афиг с more than I feeling

I know its classic, but i dont give a shit about it. Every song seens just generic. I guess it got Lost in time, diferently from others classics.

Ugh

Funky, og lidt meh

Sounds good but very similar to other artists of the era just not as iconic, its just not hitting as hard as other similar albums.

Album was okay Some songs were too long - 8mins Its dancey Fav songs - peace of mind and more than a feeling Least fav- Foreplay / Long time Overall: 2/5

I am the "dad" when they talk about dad rock. I'm 62 years old and listened to rock music even before it was called classic rock. In the 80's I discovered lot of other genres (thank goodness), but this album is the type I grew up on. That being said, I actually never liked Boston. I didn't own this album and generally changed the radio station when their songs came on, or at least never really paid attention. I just found them uninteresting. There was nothing that made me think, "I get why everyone loves this band." I let out a groan when this came up today from the generator. It's not that I hate Boston, it's just that I don't care. I've never willingly listened to this album before. I figured I'd know about three of the songs. Much to my surprise, I knew all but one. The only one I'd never heard before, Something About You, had the same riff as a bunch of the other songs. I didn't strongly dislike this record. Mainly I was bored. It was exactly what I thought it was.

Nja

I assume that if I liked classic cars I would love this. However, I am at best indifferent to cars of all types, much like this music.

such an uplifting album but i just found it funny. More Than A Feeling is the only one that matters.

This album is not offensively bad, but it's not good either. The lyrics are uninspired and bland, and there are unnecessarily long instrumental breaks on one too many songs. Overall an extremely boring album. Two stars. (Favorite track: More Than a Feeling.)

I can tell how it’s a classic album however its sound is a bit repetitive to me with the instrumentals. Giving this album a 2/10.

Had some good songs, not totally in love with it though, it mostly felt very generic to me.

haven’t listened before (but i think i knew all the songs) it’s so fine. so listenable. felt like i was at the mall. fav: first 2 minutes of foreplay/long time

Starts off as fun maximalist AOR. It’s hard not to like More Than a Feeling. After that it starts to all blend into a sound I quickly tired of. By Smokin’ I’d already felt like it had gone on for hours. It is also beyond cheesy. Just not a fan of this one.

I was brainwashed by the Boston-area radio stations of the 70s to think this was worth listening to. Turns out that the only local heroes they had were these guys and Aerosmith, at least until the Cars came along. It's not the harbinger of power pop, it's the last gasp of dinosaur rock.

1 is too harsh but I can't imagine ever listening to this again. 2 it is.

Quickly reached Boston fatigue. Not offensive, but I doubt I'll seek it out again anytime soon.

Royalty free rock music

I was prepared to hate this and it's...fine. More than a Feeling is the big single. There are sections reminiscent of Deep Purple, Eagles/Maiden style guitar harmonies, even some.full on Crimson style prog, but it"s all a bit dull. Can see why it would have been loved at the time, but do we need another 'History of the band in a song' track? A low 3 for fans of the style, a high 2 for me because I'm bored of it.

1976 no excuse. Long boring songs. Excellent musicianship.

Torture, saved by some tunes like the massive hit "More Than A Feeling" but not my kind of music and the first in a long while that I have been tempted to skip.

A couple of good tracks, but mostly pleasant American soft rock. Middle of the road country, bland.

Sorry I tried

I now understand why we needed punk.

Musik. Folk säger det är "dad rock", kanske om din dad är född på 40-talet. Detta är ju gubbrock!

There's a strange mix of nostalgia and familiarity with this album. Most of that comes from the fact that even after almost 50 years, it's difficult to live a normal life and *not* hear More Than a Feeling at least once a year, probably at the dentist's office or the pharmacy... Favorite: Peace of Mind Underrated: Foreplay / Long Time Would be glad to never hear it again: More Than a Feeling

I wish I could just close my eyes and slip away from this album! Seriously though, this is far from the worst thing I've heard so far in this run but pompous, overblown, overproduced, 70s arena rock is just not my bag.

Very loud

Did not enjoy

Really weird listening to this album because it feels like I'm listening to the entire credits of an early 2000's family comedy movie. I guess I like that feeling? But it also feels like a bore for that same reason.

oh I know this lol who doesnt, nice to see some stuff I recognize finally :> and 70's music over 80's any day lol i mean its ok? i dont personally like/listen to this kind of music, its just road trip music 4/10, there can be much worse, i do not like how everysong ends like the end of a album would

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it has one and a half good songs on it. the rest is cheese 1.5/5

I wore the grooves out on this when it came out, so it's difficult for me to disassociate the memories from the music. But I'll try... A good album, every song is a fun listen. What it lacks is any real passion, meaning, or message. But Hey! When you're a teenager blasting it through your headphones in your bedroom Rock and Roll is more than enough.

A light 2. There are some catchy songs, but the cheesy mid-70s radio rock thing just doesn’t do it for me.

Not terrible but not my bag.

Hol ich nach, kein Bock, keine Zeit. Eher nichts für mich.

114/1001 :: Boston - Boston Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 4 Listen before you die: No Nothing says Classic Rock radio like these Boston tunes. And while I find a lot of this album pretty cheesy there are definitely “Hot Licks” on here too. Some of the playing is kinda impressive inparticular the guitar work. But overall it’s too over the top especially the singing. Lastly, I’m still baffled that this spaceship with a city in it is the actual artwork. It’s so bad it’s practically iconic at this point.

37 minutes of background music for deodorant commercials.

I of course knew More Than a Feeling and I recognized a couple others. This is the type of music I don’t enjoy. I throw this band in with Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Journey as music that is tolerable, but that I don’t ever need to hear again.

The dad rock cringe is REAL.

just barely a 2

This sounded like a poor man's Eagles. Apart from the slay cover art, this album gave me guitar hero PTSD.

1 connue 1 bien ***

loud, dumb, cheesy, self indulgent, and all the album tracks are just worse versions of the singles. but it doesn't outstay its welcome and those singles are fairly fun

Clásico pero ahí está

Not quite my tempo. 2/5

Was this bad? No. Was this good? No. Just a very generic album, the sort of thing to pop up if you asked a Siri with no invasive knowledge of its owner "play me a rock album".

One-track album

More than a feeling aside this a lot of samey "rawk" music. Still the feeling pervades that it would improve with further listens. There aren't enough minutes or hours in the day for that though. 2 thumbs down.

Boston made the whitest record in rock history. It’s so white it should come with a bottle of sunscreen and a pair of cargo shorts. Scholz engineered the thing like he was calibrating medical equipment. The guitars are so polished they could blind you, the harmonies stack straighter than a row of filing cabinets, and the melodies march along in neat diatonic lines as if afraid of syncopation. Every ounce of grit and groove has been bleached away. It’s antiseptic rock: precise, polished, and utterly safe. Metallica were white, but their whiteness was brutal, disciplined, menacing. Nirvana were white, but their whiteness cracked, bled, and screamed its way into catharsis. Boston’s whiteness is sterile, like a dentist’s office waiting room. It gleams, but it never swings. The debut impresses as an engineering product, but as art it sits too clean, too careful. It’s the showroom car you admire for its wax job but would never actually want to drive. It removed the soul from rock, but it didn't add anything back.

2,5

I confess, that I have a soft spot for the pop rock of More than a feeling, but after it the album didn't really match that level.

For two first songs I was sure I won't be able to finish this album. Those songs were pain and agony for me. Luckily rest of the album had better vibes and even little progressive moments.

Those progressive parts of this album were decent. Otherwise this was just ok, nothing more.

One world hit, the rest I find disappointing. The contrast is simply too great.

one awesome song surrounded by a bunch of mediocre ones

Great 1st song. Weak album.

Surely no one would ever put this album on?

A career built on a chorus.

idk man. It was fine. 4/10 because I definitely don’t need to hear this before I die. 27/08/25

All by one person and a computer

OK, I tried to be fair here, but while the first leg of this album is DENSE with classics, generally everything from Rock & Roll Band through that trash pile of a final song are either middling or bad. Really, the best moment on this whole album is Foreplay. Not one I'll come back to but, again, appreciate the first leg. 2/5

This was so corny and had most of what I don’t like in bad rock. The lyrics were not thoughtful and it had so much clapping. I have heard most of this way too much on classic rock radio and the few songs I hadn’t heard were more of the same. I won’t give it one star because I am reserving that for truly painful experiences but this was not a fun listen.

forget about the songs themselves here for a sec: tom scholz has a masters from MIT?? he worked at polaroid?? he outfitted a mad scientists lair of diy music equipment to make the perfect rock song?? he conspired with the rest of the band to hoodwink the record company and get their unadulterated demos on the album?? this became the second highest grossing debut album of all time for a north american band?? lol. lmao, even. i like the story of boston more than the album itself, and the album itself isn't half bad. having just emerged from under a rock where i've been living for the past three or so decades, i can hear why people think these songs sound overplayed. this is a ceremonious and benevolent 2. highlights - more than a feeling

Mwah, niet super leuk maar ook niet stom

It's solidly fine, it's like every other 70s rock band. More Than A Feeling is catchy enough. 2/5 stars.

the longest 37 minutes of my life

A little bit middle of the road soft rock - beige

Only one good song

Har et MEGET nostalgisk forhold til More Than a Feeling, men ved sgu ik helt, resten af måske liiige lovlig 70er

I would class myself as a classic rock listener but I never really got this album. For all it's pioneering of that area rock sound and the massive amount of airplay on American FM rock radio, More Than A Feeling is the only really memorable song. Maybe the polished production sort of polished the soul out of this album, probably why I never bought it back in '76.

I expected easy going ‘yacht rock’, so the proggy elements of Long Gone… were interesting, but overall, it didn’t do much for me. It kind of reminded me of Manic Street Preachers and I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. It probably sounds less dated today than it did twenty years ago - maybe I’ll listen again in twenty years’ time to see how it’s faring. Maybe I won’t.

Boring! There’s like two interesting tracks on here and they’re the first two. Sounds like the soundtrack to a shitty outdoor market in the north side of Chicago where they try and scam you into paying 10 dollars to enter. The story about how this album was made is very cool and Scholz is clearly a talented musician but the music is BORING!

Boston is kind of a fascinating case study to me. They are a band who was led, in part, by Tom Scholz, who was an absolute studio wizard who invented all sorts of pioneering recording techniques and home studio devices, however, what they used all this innovation for just doesn't feel like especially interesting music. Boston just kind of sounds like the cleanest, catchiest, most accessible arena rock possible, like this really feels like archetypal "dad rock" to me. And honestly, that audio engineering skill clearly went somewhere, this album does sound really good. Making an album sound this immaculately, spotlessly clean is no small feat, and even though I don't really like Boston, it's hard to argue that the work didn't pay off. Just about every song here was a hit on some level. A lot of them still get airplay on local classic rock stations across America (and beyond) to this day. And the songs are also there, like yeah, everything here kinda, sorta sounds the same, but every song does hit real arena rock highs. Depending on where you live, you would be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard More Than A Feeling, it's just unbelievably catchy. Honestly, if you're into this, more power to you, because you are probably having more fun than me, just in general.

Meh

I can see how it influences a lot of modern music. Its not my vibe but its not bad.

I think there's a finite amount of Boston a person can listen to. I reached my limit in 1988.

Some class some ass

Boring.

I was willing to hear this out because it’s not immediately disgusting to me but then I realized that I was only two and a half songs into the album even though I felt like I’d been listening to it for at least half an hour. So actually maybe not.

Other than the first song this just isn't my vibe.

Classic rock, reminds me of listening to Petra. I like solos in general (although a bit cheesy) and the solos in Hitch a Ride, Foreplay/Long Time, and More Than a Feeling were amazing... a guilty pleasure. More Than a Feeling had iconic riffs, and definitely heard parts of this song before not realizing where they were from. Loved the intro to Foreplay/Long Time as well.

Ay, I'm reviewing here, pal. Get this shit out of my earholes. Okay, okay. A little harsh given that I've listened to a minute of this album. I just have no idea how to introduce my reviews when I have no familiarity with the subject matter in question. I'm sorry, municipality of Boston. That being said, I get the impression that Boston are a band who don't demand much research into their background or craft as musicians. Rather, they're more focused on delivering some feel-good, rockin' hard rock tunes of a hard variety, which I can respect. There are some good moments in here. "More Than a Feeling" is competent on the whole, with some very good performances and vocals - the growling guitar hook during the chorus is especially good. "Foreplay / Long Time" is another good tune with some more great guitar hooks. The song is way longer than it ever needed to be, though I'd be lying if I said that the length didn't give the music an epic component. The organ on "Smokin'" and a few of the other tracks is also quite good. A notable victory considering that I usually have very little interest in the instrument. Yet, many of the songs on this album fail to go the full mile for me - especially during the latter half of the album. I think many of the songs on this album are much longer than they needed to be. I'm undecided on the place that arena/hard rock albums have on this list. On one hand they're immensely popular and are representative of the time that they came from, but on the other hand I feel like the influence of this genre is minimal, with the sound being much more commercial than creative. I also don't think that hard rock bands are "iconic" in the same respect that other popular musicians are, which I think is largely owed to the lack of an image or persona that these acts have. Still, as an archetypical (and an admittedly competent) hard rock album, I still think that there's merit to the inclusion of this album. It was massively successful, after all.

Thought this would be a lock for a 1 for me. Expected to hate every song and ended up hating 1 or 2, being indifferent to 3 or 4, and slightly enjoying Hitch a Ride, Something About You, and Let Me Take You Home Tonight. It's almost like their sincerity and theater kid-ness won me over in the end. If they kept going and were even more kitsch they would probably end up in Thin Lizzy territory which is my favorite of these kinds of bands. Fav song: Hitch a Ride

Track 1 is a classic. The rest doesn't come close. Listening on phone speakers as we're away so probably not giving it the best platform.

Classic rock cliché monstrosity. Mostly, it’s pleasant and occasionally fun to listen to but the lyrics just fall so flat. Obviously there are guitar solos galore. Sometimes they even make up a centre motive of a song - see Hitch a Ride’s simultaneous lead guitar solo. Foreplay has got to be one of the most annoying intros ever. The one thing that is actually charming to the record is its proto power pop character in some of the songs (cf. Peace of Mind). Hitch a Ride is a song where the genres (classic rock and power pop elements) come together quite well. Overall, better to stomp your feet than to pay close attention to the tunes. Sometimes (of course, that’s my retrospective impression) the songs are just so boilerplate, it hurts (esp. rock’n’Roll Band). I feel like that the band didn’t have much to say at all. With 38 minutes, the record is still too long - it could have been trimmed and it would have probably ended up being a more concise and enjoyable experience - that holds especially true for the B-side.

Blah. I respect this album but it’s not my jam.

Perfectly fine 70s cheesy rock.

I'm not a big 80s rock guy. Or classic in general

More Than A Feeling is a true soaring classic but the rest of the album seemed samey FM rock.

OK, but showing its age

In the end…meh. Hilary got it: it’s aggressively fine

Dismayed that I know almost every song here. I guess my people do come from Boston

It was alright. Quite generic but fine enough for the era.

I knew 6 of the 8 songs on this album just from driving around for years with classic rock radio. Couldn't tell you song titles or that they were all by Boston though. It's fine? Just because I know these songs doesn't really make me want to listen to it all the time. The making of the album was an interesting story, but it's still just mid to late '70s arena rock and that's mostly a meh for me.

This album is by a band named Boston.

Sounded like an albun of terrible advert songs!

Hot like a cup of Malted Milk on a Sunday evening. Sexy like big pants and support stockings. Groovy like guttering.

Middle of the road dad rock. 2.5

Uninspired rock with lengthy 70's like solos.

Not for me.

Not a big fan, bit dad rock

Infuriatingly shallow and pretentious classic rock. I feel like the genre is too broad: Bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd should not be categorized w/ this irritating bullshit.

Started of well then felt like every rock song that people ever tried to publish in the earth. For its time peehaps it was good but feels more or less outdated

As per usual with me and hard rock/AOR type things, I'm not exactly keen on this but it's not the worst I've heard in the genre, if anything it's carried by genuinely good performances and a fun sound, but I think I prefer it as a random song I hear when I go to the store than I do as a full album.

Hat mich bis auf den Klassiker nur wenig abgeholt

less than a feeling. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

I like that this was recorded in a home studio, but that’s about it. Not for me!!!

Wimp rock.

sounds like generic 80s rock, which I guess makes this ahead of its time because it released in 1976

More than a feeling is notable mostly for familiarity. On the whole the album is just full of wanky 70s rock which is arguably one of my my worst genres. Its close to being unbearable. 2.5 stars but not worthy to be upgraded to 3

Classic 70’s rock.

Incredible opening track but otherwise loud and boring. Would be a killer 45 of More Than A Feeling/Rock & Roll band.

I like more than a feeling, but found the rest too cheesy.

Generic as fuck but fine

i do not care for guitar solos

I feel more or less the same about this band as I do about the city of Boston.

Highlights Include: "Smokin'" Kind of boring unfortunately.

Painfully tedious listening. Some nice keyboards but god, this is the definition of soft rock in its most vanilla form.

La única canción memorable es la primera. La banda alcanzó su cima en la primera canción de su primer disco.

Boring.

- classicrock/ arena rock 70s vibes - catchty vocal melodies on "Rock & Roll band" - dont like the high screamy vocals too much - nice driving guitar riffs on "Smoking" - lot of close reverb on the vocals - gitarren solo manchmal ertränkt in vibrato in den bends - bisschen southern vibe auch ist irgendwie nicht so meins -