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Boston by Boston

Boston

Boston

1976
3.7
Rating
29893
Votes
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2%
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34%
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25%
Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Arena Rock

Reviews (page 2 of 16)

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

Sono molto americani ma sono forti e non troppo commerciali o piatti. La mia preferita da sempre è Foreplay / Long Time. Belli gli assoli di chitarra, come quello di Hitch a Ride. A tratti simili ai Deep Purple, come in Smokin'.

Really enjoyed

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

Truly amazing ability to thread the needle between polished rock and camp pop. Very produced but somehow not overproduced. Smooth but not saccharine.

How is it possible I know so many songs on this album when I've only ever intentionally played 2 Boston songs in my 42 years. I literally knew the words to all but one song. I'm rating this higher than I should for my interest in it simply because I know 95 percent of the songs.

Bit of a classic

Some real mainstays here

The finest boomer rock slop out there.

Produzione incredibile, un grande disco rock, le chitarre han fatto una gran figura, le parti con l’organo molto solenni. Mi sono piaciuti molto i testi

Loved it!

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

Holy shit an absolute 5. The best rock album i've heard in a while.

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.

I knew every song on this album and had no idea they were by Boston. Not sure if that says something about me or Boston's street cred...

I like guitars. 4.5/5

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.

Loved it

The first time I listened to this album cover to cover was a few months ago actually. Straight bangers, no skips, gotta love baroque rock and roll with harpsichord and organ music. the keys make this album

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.

Awesome. Think i have 2 LPs of this album!

layersonlayersonlayers. I can't separate nostalgia from this, I listened constantly in high school. Hammond on intro to foreplay - yaaas... And everywhere else, holy shit. THE stadium guitar album. Knocking off one star for forcing/leaning into "good times" too hard. Sorry Tom, nobodies THAT chill, especially if you need 20 tracks of guitar to say "you're taking your time (and just moving on)". Sure buddy. Now where are my edibles?

Good album, knew some of the more popular songs but liked finding some news ones I liked

:thumbs_up:

This was a nostalgic album for me. All great songs!

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

foreplay/long time is final boss music. from a few listens, quintessential classic rock album.

“George Washington was in a cult, and the cult was into aliens, man.” Dazed and Confused (1993)

Loved the guitar riffs, not my main genre but still a solid classic rock album.

This was before my time, and it’s not what I think of as my jam. But it’s so well done, from start to finish. “More Than a Feeling” is essential, of course. But the rest of the album isn’t far behind in quality.

I was today years old when I realized that the spaceships on the Boston album covers are guitars. Huh, guess I never looked that hard. Boston freaking slaps. There's not a second of wasted space on this album. It just sounds great from start to finish. What a debut album, Jesus. The first three tracks are a historic run that doesn't let up through the lesser-known songs that follow. "Foreplay/Long Time is one of my favorite songs ever. "Hitch A Ride" also went off for me on this listen. What a great guitar solo. It's frantic and calm all at once. 5/5. Put it on and go driving.

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.

Hell yeah bro Classic rock with no strings attached

Not really my tipe

Good album nice sound nothing stood out not playlist worthy

É bizarro ver a qualidade absurda que o rock comercial feito para tocar em rádios tinha na época. Esse album é impecável.

Definition of pablum, sooooooo boring can’t believe I forced myself to finish this monstrosity of boomer excess. Upset that Spotify might think I enjoy this. This is ONLY acceptable at 3 am karaoke or on guitar hero, no other context The number of people who gave this album 5 stars just tells me everyone doing this challenge is a boomer (grand)dad actual boston lyrics Playin' for a week in Rhode Island 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" Sign a record company contract You know I've got great expectations When I hear you on the car radio You're goin' to be a sensation!"

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

One of the greatest albums ever

I guess I am a Boston fan.

More Than a Feeling like 4 times and then a couple songs that sound pretty close to it. A solid formula but kept thinking the album was starting over.

War tuff aber bisschen zu oldschool sounds

Great classic rock album. Always makes me think of FUBAR.

Nice rock music :D

Awesome debut album!!!

dad rock that doesnt suck?? a first for this website!!!

I know only one song from this group and it is the first song of the album. It can be shown as a great example of what rock music is. I like the lyrics of "Peace of Mind"

The dad rock goes hard

fun good times album, power ballads, and they recorded this in a home studio?! insane. didn't connect with it emotionally, but I did enjoy.

You’ve heard of a one-hit wonder, well these guys are a one-album wonder (Yes I know that “Amanda” was a No.1 much later, Shut Up!)

Heard it a million times.

Bar music for a friday night

What can I say, this rocks.

Used to absolutely hate this album, but have done a full 180 in the last decade or so. Fun, vibrant, and everything that the 70s did well. Did it lead to the bombastic and overwrought ballads of the early 80s? Yeah, but this one works and is a helluva lotta fun.

金属光泽，车载音乐？在这个身体节奏病毒式分发的现在，这张唱片的聆听者可能不会再是主流了，就像黄金时代只存在于Realplayer的播放器里的播放列表里和某段YouTube视频的评论区和简介中，我喜欢这张唱片

Not bad.

I really do not like this sanitised formulaic crap. However I’m a big fan of a Hammond organ, so Smokin’ would have earned it a 2nd. star. Then I heard the last track. Atrocious!

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

Hell yeah More than a feeling just makes you feel a certain way Long time being an edubble sample made me sit up too 3.5

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

Every song is great

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

Another phenomenal album cover. I have never associated Boston with sci-fi but it seems to be a major theme for their album covers. The first three tracks are obviously some of the greatest rock songs of the century and it's quite unbelievable considering they were debuts and recorded in a DIY basement studio.

not my cup of (Boston) tea

Fun, gospel music for agnostic white people

just like Boston. mid.

boston ass album

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

Echt een top feel good album!

Album that was hugely influential to the 80s stadium rock and also hanging on my wall!

This album was so much fun! It was over before I knew it. Lots of good rocking songs. Some had too many guitar squiggles, but it was a quality album nonetheless.

Not much more than a feeling

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.

What a start followed by a proper good old album.

Of course it's over the top. But it's bloody lush and it's put a smile on my face all day long. The Darkness done right. 5*

Even though I was raised in the 2010's a lot of these songs range from very familiar to completely overplayed, I can't imagine how exhausted someone from the 70's or 80's would feel. That being said there is a reason there are so many familiar songs and it's because this album rocks. It's not my favourite genre of rock but there are so many sweeping epics on this album that it's impossible not to have a good time listening.

This was a nice blend of guitar work that sounds both old and sci-fi at the same time. I enjoyed the mix and listening to the guitar solos.

Some critics might disagree, but this album is on the rotation of every Dad Rock station for a reason. Crisp production even with limited tools, crunching guitars, and sing-along rock lyrics, these dudes pioneered the Arena Rock genre. Good music doesn't need to be weighty, it can just kick @$$ in a bar of people singing full throat.

Maybe one of the most overplayed albums of all time, it’s hard to listen to this with fresh ears. But if you squint, the combination of killer riffs, insanely catchy melodies, greater vocal harmonies, and innovations like Scholz’s distinctive guitar tone and guitar harmonies make this a remarkable debut for a band that effectively came out of nowhere. Nearly every song is killer. Dad rock? Maybe - but Dad rocks!

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.

Felt like my Dad sitting in his college dorm back in the 70s; you can't help but smile, wishing the sun was in your face and wind in your hair cruising anywhere

oh so very underrated i cannot believe how much good was in this piece

This one's been on the hit list (in a good way) for a while. That is, everything about Boston hits ridiculously hard. Reminds me of the Eagles if they took more liberty with sounding aggressive. My "key tracks" list started becoming just a straight rundown of the album, so I gave up pretty quickly. Any single song from Boston (1976) would be most other bands' pride-and-joy singular hit. Amazing, fresh, exhilarating start with More Than a Feeling. You really can't do much better. That riff is an absolute fiend, cutting through the mix and also through most of 70s riff-based rock in the process. I don't love the vocals, but then who does? The strength of the other instruments more than makes up for it. In case you felt starved of the magical timbre of the acoustic guitar, Peace of Mind has you covered. Again the song glows with energy, positivity, (mainly) major chords... and this time the singer doesn't hold back. The guitar solo at the end speaks directly to the soul – though I imagine the soul has to be in a relatively positive mindset. You might want to avoid playing Peace of Mind at a funeral; it'll do the opposite of what its title suggests. Closing out side 1, we have Foreplay / Long Time. Damn, is this what foreplay feels like? Rapid 12/8 bars with guitar/bass ideas introduced left and right, brilliant drum lines, tempo changes to contrast different sections, a synth-laden, spacey intro to Long Time... I could get used to this. Rock & Roll band sounds very coverable and also (oddly) a bit like Rush, Elton Rock, and late-70s Queen rolled into one. I reckon it'll take a couple of listens to fully accept the crowd SFX, not to mention the constantly harmonised vocals. (And guitars, for that matter. The entire solo consists of two guitar notes at any given time.) Solid chorus, tons of gusto, incredible stuff happening in the outro. Then we get Smokin', very much along the lines of Queen's Tie Your Mother Down, but faster and (very arguably) more interesting. Fantastic use of an organ – unexpected for such a lightning-paced rock piece. Hitch a Ride takes an unexpected turn into ballad territory, though with such an active drum part the term "ballad" becomes a little more subjective. Around the 1:20 mark we verge into that fast organ-based rock we saw introduced in the previous track, this time bolstered by some crazed bass playing and other solid additions I'm too overwhelmed to chalk up. Something About You holds the fort down in standard energetic, positive fashion. Finally, Let Me Take You Home Tonight finishes off the album in typically positive style, making use of the I-VIIb-IV progression that these guys seem to be so enamoured with. Another very Eagles-esque piece. 5/5 Key tracks: all

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.

Yah this is easily one of the greatest debut albums of all time! Not to mention of the greatest rock albums ever! It’s crazy that they wrote 8 songs, and somehow FIVE of those ended up being actual hit songs, 3 of those being massive hits! I can concede that there are 3 songs I didn’t save (foreplay,something about you,let me take you home tonight) but those few songs can’t hold back how perfect songs like “smokin’”, “rock n roll band”, and “more than a feeling”!! This is one of those albums that will last forever because it’s just so untouchable. I just wish Boston could reach even a tenth of this level of success cause none of their other albums are as good or popular as this masterpiece, but make no mistake, this is a perfect rock albums!

Look.  I never claimed to not be basic.  But I already had this album in my music library, and it's a well-produced, tight example of 70s arena rock that clocks in at 37 minutes, perfect for driving or getting psyched up to do basic bitch stuff.  Five stars for the organ parts alone, or for the transition between Foreplay/Long Time.  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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.

Classic 10/10 album! So many good songs!

Absolutely iconic rock, almost every track stands on its own anthemic piece of art. Lots of interesting layered sounds that were clearly meticulously engineered by Schultz. The organ feels like it has its own identity and becomes a signature that I've heard for decades. This is a truly lovely experience to go through and mind boggling that it is more or less the product of a single mind. What a crazy debut album and an equally crazy story behind it which makes going through this list so rewarding.

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.

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

Hard rock, arena rock.

Rock melodico bem trilha sonora de filmes dos anos 90

I really enjoyed this, just strong classic rock. Not too many bells on it, short track list, some clearly identifiable bangers, some surprises. Pleasantly enjoyed the instrumentals and overall vibe of it. Exactly what it said on the tin and delivered

Day 2 Some really frickin great tracks in here. Side A is perfect and Side B has some great (not life-changing tracks). Really amazing moments in the weaker tracks sort of keep it in pendulum. Fav track: Foreplay/Long Time EDIT: Yeah, I was being stingy, this is a five

Didn't listen

Just a classic, glad I got to see a lot of these songs played live a few years ago

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"

Feel good, just the right amount of theatrical Harmos très cools, donnent un côté un peu bo film des années 80 Tres road trip

Yes, now it is cheesy 70s dad rock and has got to be the quintessential example of the genre. Then, it was on what passed for everyone’s playlist. In the unlikely event that this never comes up on some playlist ever again it still deserves its rating for an influential recording you do have to listen to and respect before you die

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

I knew I loved this album, but I didnt know I loved it this much

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

MUITO BOM

More Than A Feeling is such a Dad-rock classic that it verges on cheesy, but it’s still a brilliantly put together track. I didn’t know the rest of the album but it had that same level of well-crafted borderline-teetering classic rock. I definitely teetered on the favourable side.

Another record that I remember hearing some songs from while I was growing up. I think Boston is my favorite band that my mom listened to. This is an incredible debut album produced in some dude's basement. Schultz was trying to create the perfect album and I think he got about as close as anybody could in their situation. With that said, the less popular songs don't hit as hard as the popular ones. Hitch a Ride was fun to listen to but lacked the musical depth of the earlier songs on the record.

This album is slightly above average. It's fun and has at least one really amazing song on it so I probably would come back to it.

The album that helped define a generation of cliché guitar rock. Quality 70s cheese at it's finest.

You’re one of the cool ones, Boston. Don’t go to boomer band school tomorrow.

#55 - Boston - Boston ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There are quite a few bangers on this classic. It’s a very solid rock album, and probably the Dad Rock-est album that I’ve ever heard. Lots of fun but negative one star for promoting drug use on one track.

Boston – Boston (1976) On Day 222, I experienced complete perfection from top to finish, this record is everything I look for in an album. Knowing how labels originally rejected their demos is utterly mind-blowing because this LP delivers everything you could possibly want. The vocal performance was flawless, the guitar riffs were incredible, the production and overall instrumentation were perfect, and the cohesion was razor-sharp. I honestly don't know what took me so long to hear this album. As for favorite tracks? Literally all of them. From the very first song down to the last, I physically cannot pick just one. Whether it's "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," "Foreplay / Long Time," "Rock & Roll Band," "Smokin'," "Hitch a Ride," "Something About You," or "Let Me Take You Home Tonight," every single track is elite. A flawless, legendary 5/5. AND YEAH IMMA GLAZE COZ IT'S THAT GOOD

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.

Just a super fun and energetic album. It’s just a super good time listening to this. Of course I was familiar with “More Than a Feeling”, but the rest of the record is great as well. Loved the many harmonies on this. It does dip down a bit in quality near the end but it keeps the same energy all the way through.

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.

Review - wow this is way better than I expected. I'd never heard a single Boston track except More Than A Feeling, and I think the quality of it had been diminished in my mind by the thousands of times I've heard it; it really is a very good song. And there are a whole bunch of other real bangers on here. It sounds like the beginning of NWOBHM style guitar soloing but with way more blues still in it. The story of how the album was recorded basically as a hobby in the guys personal hobby studio is also crazy. Is this low-key the original lofi album? Maybe midfi. Still, cool as fuck and the guitar rips. Score - 9/10 Need to listen? YES

I have this on vinyl....absolute classic 5/5

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

A lot of people call it “corporate rock”, and maybe it was, but it was still amazing songwriting and musicianship. I think it helped to define that genre for better or for worse. And as far as corporate rock goes, I don’t think anyone can argue that it didn’t achieve its goal. It sold millions of copies, was all over the radio (it still is in fact), and produced numerous hit singles. Boston knew how to write a hit song. And if that’s the idea, they certainly understood the assignment.

All cohesive all 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.

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. ⭐️⭐️

Cool, nice instrumentals, good singing, fun songs. More than a feeling is a 5/5 song, but the rest is not that good, so it is an overall 4.

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

This album is all of 1970s rock personified. There is not a weak song on this album and really set the standard for guitar driven arena rock that could sound radio friendly. Tom Scholz is a mad scientist of a guitar player and genius of the recording process.

It's got some sauce

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

Ha, prvi komad valjda poznam, ostalo pa pomojem ne. In ja, "More Than a Feeling" je fakin hud komad. Men (k nimam osebnih izkušenj z življenjem v 70ih, sam pogovore s sorodniki, That 70s Show & general pop culture) je to quintessential 70s komad. Ej, so far ("Foreplay/Long Time") prou fajn. Trenutni komad se zanimivo, domiselno razvija. Zadnji, "Let Me Take You Home Tonight", ma insane začetek. (Kokr vidim med reviewi kle gor, majo Američani mal oversaturation banda, zarad raznih rock radiev, k jih skos vrtijo. I do not have that problem.)

classic hits. sing along. rock.

Dad Rock's Final Boss I was going into this with "It's Boston, what's new?" And then Foreplay started playing with that blasting reminder that the Oregon as an instrument is highly underrated and under the right circumstances can rock harder than any other instrument can. Praise be thy oregon rocking so hard! I really don't want to give this 5 stars because it's Boston, but it's getting 5 stars because it's Boston by Boston.

Loved it then and still love it now.

Right up there with The Cars debut. All but one song, I feel, is a classic. 5/5

Imagine starting out your catalogue with ‘More Than A Feeling’? Like where do you go from there? Pleasantly surprised with this being a really enjoyable listen. Feel like Boston isn’t talked about enough.

Temones. No los conocía pero algunas canciones si

Good background and guitar solos More than a feeling is good 👍🏼

Feels like a defining record for how the 80s sound

Not to my tatse

More than just one track!

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

Part of the soundtrack of my college years, and I still vote there are no scrubs on this one. Some tracks were overplayed on the radio for sure, but I'll still turn up the volume for this one.

I love me some arena rock. This is one hell of a debut album. All killer, no filler. Makes me miss Guitar Hero. 🤘🎸

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

Dad rock but one that has stood the test of time and has a bit of everything in it. Massive vocals, huge guitar solos, organ solos. Love it.

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

Good pop rock album, just overplayed to me

This is one of my all-time favorite albums and I own it on CD and vinyl and have heard all of the songs many times. I listened to it three times start to finish over again and still love it. Five stars, easily.

Cozy, lacking some power. But more than a feeling is great. 7/10

This album was better than expected. Going in, the only song I knew of was More Than a Feeling, which is an ok song, but i actually did enjoy most of the songs on the rest of the album. I kinda see this as being inspired by bands like Deep Purple and Queen, with a bit of prog rock thrown in.

"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.

Callie recently learned that people can snap their fingers. She obviously can’t do it yet. But when ‘More Than a Feeling’ started she immediately started grooving and dancing. While also pretending to snap her fingers and clicking with her tongue to make the sound of snapping your fingers. Overall it was a fun album to groove to in the morning.

Was looking forward to this album, as I haven't personally listened to much Boston. Although I have seen this guy around, but never personally listened to what he had to say. The Hammond organ on this album is fucking nuts, adds so damn much, and kinda makes me want to get one, buncha free ones available from people just wanting to clear space from their basements on Marketplace. Favorite song is 100% Foreplay/Long Time, do to the conversation happening between the organ, bass, and guitar. Epic. What a hell of a debut album though. Especially for the fact that Tom dropped out of college to focus on music and then proceeded to write music in his basement. Even apparently deceiving his studio saying he was recording on the west coast. While he was apparently recording back in his stomping grounds (his basement). Crazy you can get this kinda sound with no fancy recording studio, I think the only thing that was studio recorded was the vocals. Hell of an album, but feels as though its missing sustain across the entirety of the tracklist. Left me wanting more from the flow of the songs, and more of the spacey kinda vibe felt in the intros and on the cover of the album.

Yep, it’s those songs from Boston.

better than i expected

Desert island album

Fantastic

This was quite a wholesome listening experience.

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

Astonishing for a debut album.

I was first introduced to this album by one of my engineering professors in my 3rd year of college. On the back of the original vinyl, Scholz (himself an engineer) repeatedly tells you, the listener, to “Just listen to the record.” In the same way, our professor told us that the key to this class was to “Just read the textbook,” before blasting “Peace of Mind” for the entire class over the awful projector sound system. Although I didn’t ever read the textbook (he was a really good teacher), I did fall in love with this album over the course of what was one of the most hellish semesters of my academic career. Every song is beautiful, melodic, and the album as a whole is far from bloated (something that a lot of other albums on this list could stand to learn from). Anyways, thanks for the early exposure to one of the easiest 5-Star albums on this list, Dr Dewhurst. Hope you’re doing well

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.

3.5/5 A very well engineered album that still sounds good today despite its dated style. The songwriting is interesting too; not only are there some great hooks, there are instrumental moments which wouldn’t be out of place on a soundtrack album. However, many of the tracks, especially at the end, can be difficult to tell apart, and the lyrics are nothing notable. You can tell it was created by an engineer.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time, top 10 for sure. Truly, this is one of the greatest rock albums of all time, sooooo far before its time. For the 70’s, this is crazy. Ya know, admittedly, it can be some bias on my part, as it’s one of my dad’s favorites, so I’ve heard it truly my whole life. And to be critical, some of the writing and lyrics in this album can be maybe a little generic at times, but a few things about that. 1. If it rocks, who cares. The lyrics are incredibly catchy; have been stuck in my head for the better part of 25 years. 2. I truly think it can only be so generic when it’s 50 years old. Because at the time, it maybe wasn’t generic. It only is because of the quantity now a days. This is as 5/5 as it gets

Boston in ‘76! The beantown music scene was really rockin’ when this debut album dropped. And it was huge. All songs are good and all got radio play, although some are pretty similar. Rock & Roll Band kinda became their signature song as they were just another band out of Boston. We enjoyed the trip down memory lane! L = (4.0*s) gotta give the Boston boys some props as they pulled this off from their basement studio while working full time. You heard this album at every high school party. J = (4.4*s) that’s one killer debut, unfortunately no where to go but down…

Not just another band out of Boston...these guyys put together a stand out debut album. Whole thing is good. Opening track hooks you right from the get go. Great guitar work and Delp got the pipes. It's always mind boggling to find out that great bands/albums are turned down by so many record companies and then they break out and sell millions. This one got a bunch of rock classics that always get the party going when played. 3.92 stars for the Boston boys.

While I've never considered myself a huge Boston fan it is impossible to deny how great of an album their debut is. 50 years later it remains as basically their greatest hits album with the songs still holding up nowadays. I recognize all 8 songs and feel like I remember hearing all of them with pretty regular radio play through my entire life. Tom Scholz must be a mad genius to have arranged this album nearly on his own with an extensive ruse to fool the record label. He assembled an incredible lineup of 8 hits that all sound like they belong together. The style of the album feels completely unified and established a sound that still resonates today. The vocals/lyrics are fun, approachable, easily memorized and simple enough to tell a story or get the point across of each track without having to overanalyze. Something about the guitar tone has a signature to it where even though the solos aren't overly extensive they perfectly punctuate each of the tracks. Whether you like Boston or not, you have to appreciate the accomplishment for them to storm out of the gates with this debut album. I personally can't name another song by them, but was able to sing along and enjoy pretty much every note of this entire album. A very worth entry for the list, and an argument as one of the greatest debut albums of all time. 3.95 stars

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.

Undeniably great. Easy to imagine having lived in these times and this being your favorite album ever and being tied to all your good memories like Cal in Euphoria S2. If I grew up on this I'd probably know how to play guitar or drums. And shout out to the outro: asks to take you home tonight and ends up taking you to church instead. Teezo Touchdown - Stranger

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.

I’m really in my dad rock era so this was fun.

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

definitely more my taste! knew some songs, really good

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

A stone-cold classic in every way. Scholz spent countless hours recording, re-recording, erasing, editing and revising the songs with little regard to commerciality. For this batch of songs, Scholz was unencumbered with expectations or commercial considerations and just concentrated on making the vision of the perfect rock band, one "with crystal-clear vocals and bone-crunching guitars" come true. I think the world agrees that for 37 minutes and 37 seconds, that vision is perfectly realized.

Harmony deluxe! This album is a feelgood classic rock nostalgia trip, and it’s loaded with hits. Favourites: Peace of Mind, More Than a Feeling, Smokin’ and Foreplay/Long Time

Album #213 Boston: Boston Though I often attribute Supertramp’s Breakfast in America as being the album that made me truly love music, since after hearing that was the first time that I felt compelled to listen to an album non-stop and delve into an artist's discography; I think it would be fair to say that Boston is the album that made me even give music a chance. I was a very casual listener of music, and since I grew up not liking any music on the radio, I would really only listen to classic rock. Of course, there were songs that I loved, but I really couldn’t ever imagine myself listening to a full album by one artist; I mean, what are the odds that an artist had more than one or two good tracks, let alone a full collection of them? But one day I noticed that three of the finest songs in my playlist all shared the same little image of a spaceship, so I knew I had to investigate further. Interestingly, the effects that this album had on the people of the 70s were the exact same as those I experienced in 2018; since I was so used to hearing hard rock and blues rock from the 60s and 70s, the otherworldly production of Boston seemed like something from another planet. To this day, I don’t think there is a better-sounding song than More Than a Feeling; it is so absolutely serene. Even today, when I returned to the album, the first three tracks had the same effect on me as when I first heard them; my mood was raised, and I was belting out every word as the energy of the heavens was injected straight into me through my ears, to the point where I couldn’t resist but to get up and dance. I can’t confidently say that there is a better three-track run on any other album. Unfortunately, though I would love to heap unrelenting praise on an album which was so pivotal to me, Boston’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness, as there is really no possible way to follow up on those opening three tracks. Though I would say that every other track is at least good, I can’t pretend like I didn’t have an adrenaline dump the second Rock and Roll Band starts. I think the contrast of being levitated into a different plane by Foreplay/ Long Time, to the point where I forget I’m listening to music made by men, to being very explicitly told that I’m listening to a rock and roll band from Boston is a little jarring. The song just feels too basic, which almost anything would after that start. Though I do think the last four songs are stronger, and I still enjoy the album greatly, that transition is pretty rough and one that holds me back from calling this perfect. Still, when it’s all said and done, Boston will always remain an important album to me, and one that I can pretty much depend on to improve my spirits whenever I need to call upon it. Best Songs: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay/ Long Time Worst Song: Rock and Roll Band Score out of 10: 9.5

Amazing even after 50 years. Need to learn the intro for "Foreplay / Long Time"

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

I have generally held to the view that there is only ONE Boston song. You roll it out on the tray, cut it into different shapes, and there’s an album: but ultimately it’s all the same stuff. But as much as I’d like to downgrade the album, I have to admit it’s a pretty enjoyable listen. I mean, it’s hard not to do at least a LITTLE air guitar or drumming. And I’m thinking to myself, this album came out in 1976 and nearly every single song has been played on rock stations for 50 years straight. Pretty remarkable. By the way, I grew up in the 70s which could be influencing me here. As much as I prefer punk, new wave, and alternative, it might be that there’s a “disowned” classic rocker inside me that needs to get out once in a while. So I’m going with 4/5. Even that could be considered a downgrade for the 5/5ers out there but for me that’s higher than I planned to go for something so crisp, shiny, and harmless.

Boston is for Hard Rock what The Cars was for Pop Music. Both albums are near greatest hits for their respective bands and are filled with solid tracks throughout. The only negative is what follows for Boston. They never quite match the brilliance here. Nostalgic note: I first listened to this album on a toy "Show and Tell" record player that had a projection screen for accompanying slides for kids' storybooks. I remember listening and wondering why Boston didn't have slides I could use.

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.

Wow, just so good. I love how even the songs that start off slow like "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" and "Hitch a Ride" end up rocking out by the end. Apparently I've either this to this album before or all of these songs were popular enough to have reached my ears separately. "More Than a Feeling" reminds me of that one "Scrubs" episode. "Foreplay / Long Time" reminds me of playing Rock Band. "Smokin'" is probably my favorite just because I love the drums. Everything was great.

so fun. the perfect mix of corny dad rock and good vibes.

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.

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

God this shit sucks so bad. Annoying, pompous, generic, dorky, pretentious corporate arena rock slop. One of my least favorite bands ever.

I quite enjoyed the opening two tracks- ‘More than a feeling’ and ‘piece of mind’ I felt like I was American, had big hair, a massive moustache and lived in the early 80s… Unfortunately part way through track 3 I realised I have and am none of those things! Disappointed Best track- ‘peace of mind’ Worst track- ‘let me take you home tonight’ 3/10

Boston Awful. Simply awful. Every rock cliche in the book but these go up to 11. Best Track - that godawful Shrek song Worst Track - all of them but especially the misogynistic crap of Let Me Take You Home Tonight 1/10

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

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

This album is bound up in so many layers of nostalgia and childhood reverie to not give it 5 stars. Sure it drops off a bit but look at that superb album art.

Very recognizable first song.

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.

Génial, très bonnes mélodies, les solos sont des régalades. Un petit truc de TOTO mais en mieux si j’ose dire. Super.

Loving this album. They are really good at vocal riffs with killer harmony.

great album top starting track loved it loving 70s rock

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.

Radio Rock for white dudes

If I was as adept a multi-instrumentalist as Tom Scholz, I would probably feels as light and joyous as the music he appears to make. Although, if I was as adept a multi-instrumentalist as Tom Scholz, I think I would be compelled to and obliged to make music more emotionally and philosophically complex than anything Tom Scholz makes here. Of course, there is no reason that facility in one area should mean ability in another. There is no emotional component to proficiency. Indeed, it is easy to believe that the isolation and focus required to master any instrument, then to arrange and produce a record, might have a negative, stultifying effect on one emotionally - maybe bringing you down, maybe making you cold, maybe making you puerile. We know that being in the music business destroys a lot of people. Then, to later read of the strange circumstances around the suicide of Brad Delp, Scholz's long-term band mate and vocalist, the mouthpiece of Scholz's euphoric schmaltz, reminds me that, as much as we would like to believe in one, there is no art to read the mind's construction in the art. Boston may sound empty and upbeat and airheaded, but there are real people behind the pap. Yesterday, you wrote eloquently about Whispering Pines as a study in loneliness (rightly highlighting the shallowness of my own analysis). And, of course, Richard Manuel could not write lyrics to his heart-breaking tune, leaving Robbie Robertson to complete the task. It was, of course, Manuel who would, like Delp, take his own life and Robertson, like Scholz, who would become the bad guy in the group's story. But, in the case of Whispering Pines, there is an alchemy of collaboration that brings out something that was hidden by one of the communicators. With Boston, Scholz's domineering control actually suppresses rather than expresses. There is no alchemy, only lead - buoyant, bubbly lead. 1.5 A day after listening to the mesmerising Garth Hudson at the keys it is the organ, more than anything else, that encapsulates the creative poverty of Boston’s debut album. Where Hudson contributes thoughtful melody and atmosphere Tom Scholz has only a dog-eared book of cliches; scale stairs in triplets terminating in the big trill, volume swells, palm glissandi, there’s even a Tierce de Picardie in the middle of Smokin’. Less music-making than a clown show. It’s embarrassing to listen to and if the prim production had left any actual texture on the organ it would still be embarrassing. The guitars are not much better. The pick-scraping…frig. Of course there are those, Americans probably, who will point out that if Boston’s music is rich in classic rock cliche - it’s because their 90 quadrillion-selling debut helped make those cliches. Well thanks Boston. I do like More Than A Feeling - a musical monument to air-punching and steering wheel slapping. It is stupidly enjoyable and couldn’t have been made by any band burdened with even an ounce of good taste or musical class. I am also grateful to Boston for putting More Than A Feeling at the start of their album instead of pretending we might want to hear any of the rest of this first. 1.5/5

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

One of the first albums on vinyl I ever owned. This is cheap beer music. Sometimes it just hits the spot.

This feels like the album you would put on if someone wanted to listen to 70s American rock for the first time.

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

Heater after heater. Zero filler. Criminally underrated band

I liked this A LOT - a lot more than I expected !!! hell yeah !!!!!

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

Albums don't get much more 5 star than this. This is a debut album that plays more like a greatest hits album. Every song a banger from start to finish.

I have a friend who has been into classic rock since he was a kid. I was never into classic rock when I was younger. I messaged him after I listened to this album and said "OK, you may have been right." This album is just very good. It starts off incredibly strong with More Than a Feeling and Peace of Mind. The only part that I didn't love as much was Hitch a Ride and Something About You. Everything else was great.

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

Boston is always a dark horse for me. I forget that they exist but know the music as soon as I hear it. Perfectly succinct to the expression of rock in the 70s. Part funky, introducing synths, clear and toneful sounds. This is right up my classic rock alley

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

buen ritmo

4.5/5 glorified radio rock can’t get better

Rock ochentero que me encanta. Power ballads fresonas que en su momento seguro se sintieron rudísimas, y eso estaba bien. La primera mitad del disco es increíble; baja un poco en su segunda parte, pero en general me parece un discazo.

Офигенный альбом песня Foreplay зацепила уже давно техничностью

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.

Boomer slop, its fine 2.5/5

Rock bangers.

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

Finally, one of the greatest albums ever made. This is worth more than 5 stars. Fantastic

Not really

Lost my virginity to this record in 1976. We were parked in the school parking lot of Saint John’s Ravenscourt in Winnipeg Manitoba. She was 18 and I had just turned 16. So, to say that this record was life changing is not an understatement. I’m pretty sure that we were way past More Than A Feeling and probably, I kid you not, arriving at Long Time when I had rounded 3rd and was sliding into home. I think we had Peace of Mind when I finally said Let Me Take You Home Tonight. Anyway, this record carried me through high school and got a number of spins until I graduated from high school. 4/5

Certainly in the conversation as one of the best debut albums of all time. It's definitely one of the most fully formed expressions of a group that never really evolved beyond this. But "this" is pure rockin' party bliss!

Very classic rock n roll!

It’s so cheesy and generic… but there’s a reason that this kind of sound became generic. This album in particular is one of the best of the albums that all sound just like this. I have to give it its flowers.

Heard Many Times Before; 4; In some ways, this album reminds me of The Cars self-titled debut that I just got as part of this project. This album is full of songs that you'd think came from a greatest hits album, but they are all from the band's debut. At the same time, this music feels like the "opposite" of the Cars, in that these are full sounding songs with the same basic instruments on every song. But it's all done really well and in a catchy way. The harmonies are great, and the guitars are powerful and solos not-overdone. It's a little challenging to separate this album from how many times it's been played and how that can make it sound cliche, but taking it on its own merits, it's a really well done album and incredibly fun/easy to listen to. Favorite Track: More Than A Feeling

Damn this album is tight. Harmonies, composition, lyrics. Total pros. More Than a Feeling Peace of Mind

Music is tragic and the sleeve a horror, designed by the much-respected Paula Scher and illustrated by Roger Huyssen for Epic Records, Scher, who once designed covers and worked as an art director for major artists such as The Rolling Stones, admits she's “mystified” by the continued interest in this album package. “The Boston cover was designed in 1976 and is now 39 years old,” she says. “It was, and still is, in my opinion, a mediocre piece of work.” The Atlantic 2015 (edited) A space-shaped guitar destroying Earth - what were they thinking?

Foreplay/Long Time gives this an extra star

Definitely a sound. Fun to listen to once every dozen years or so.

86/100 “Yeah dude check out this rock album me and the boys threw together in my basement. Formal music training? No clue what that is twin. Just hold my beer.” What an interesting album to just come out of thin air and be almost complete peak through and through. It was made by Tom Scholz who is the guy I mentioned in that dumb fake quote up there. After being a rock fan during college he decided to just write some songs then built his own studio to record them. This guy worked for Polaroid like imagine the guy who makes your cameras in your factory going from doing that to having one of the fastest selling debut rock albums of all time. Imagine being his manager that would be crazy you would probably go from thinking the guy is under you to seeing him as a god. Anyways it’s really good rock music. Usually I don’t dig these classic rock albums, Led Zeppelin IV being a good example. I only liked a couple songs off of that album despite everyone else thinking it’s like the greatest thing ever made. This album fucks though it cuts its great. I guess this is kind of an inspiration to all the lofi artists out there though. This album was pretty much all done at home, similar to Tod Rundgren’s early 70s albums. Big inspirational shit here just good classic rock the solos are great the lyrics are good at least compared to usual rock lyrics and yeah just listen to it bro.

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...

i am not into arena rock

20260627 Top. Auf Vinyl nachkaufen

Bueno y clásico

Boomer kino

Amazing album albiet a bit front loaded.

I, too, recognize these songs as the most cliched classic rock radio hits and know it's not my station when they come up. However, they're basically the bedrock foundation of that genre because they absolutely DO NOT SUCK. Their imitators and followers may, but these are just plain monster rock songs. The first three tracks all belong in the pantheon, and the rest, well the second half does kinda lag after "Long Time," but they're still solid tunes. It can't not be included in the top 1000 albums, but really I don't love it. The first three, I'm forced to, the rest I'm probably skipping. 4/5

😐 a bowl of oatmeal

A pretty fantastic classic rock album. A Boston song to me is almost like a Beach Boys song - it feels like a musical math problem. Every instrument fits in perfectly into the equation, doing exactly what they need to, sounding flawless, all adding up to this super sharp music! It’s fun, it’s a good length. What more could you want?

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

Er ikke noe utsette her

It's like listening to the radio in 2006

An rock band

Just some good old catchy dad rock. More than a Feeling will always be a mandatory singalong.

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

I've always had the feeling that there's something about Boston (the band) that I can't stand, but I've never actually listened to a whole album before. Turns out it's more than a feeling; Boston (the band) seems to me the very definition of everything I hate about rock music. This record has no (zero) redeeming qualities. It has in fact no qualities at all but now at least I can say with confidence that I really can't stand Boston (the Band).

Starts great but each song I like a little less than the rest.

Incredible A side followed by a really great B side. This is a super fun listen

Good fun. Consistent.

What can you say? Just give it 5 ⭐️ and move on!

A childhood favorite. Every song is amazing, songwriting is killer, playing is killer, singing is killer, you get the idea

Definitely a unique sound for its time. I feel like a ton of bands replicated it after the fact so it sounds pretty standard to me. The piano usage was pretty unique sounding with the guitar

What? Another mid-70s rock album for me? Sure, twist my arm. But this album is an easy 5 out of 5. Basically banger after banger, and I honestly didn’t realize just how much of Boston’s most iconic music came from this one album. It’s packed. Compared to some of their classic rock peers, Boston feels way peppier and more energized, like the whole thing is running on premium guitar fuel. The vocals soar, the guitars glow, and every track feels built for blasting out of a car stereo with absolutely no concern for your speakers. No wonder this band became a classic rock radio staple.

5/5 Such a great 70's rock album. I love how this album is produced, the guitars sound so crisp and driving. The vocals and harmony are great and there are so many memorable and iconic guitar riffs. I love the extended instrumental parts of this album. More Than A Feeling and Foreplay/Long Time are my favorite tracks, but I don't think this album has a bad track. More Than A Feeling 5/5: I have heard this song so many times but I still enjoy listening to it. The guitar tone sounds so good and has such a memorable riff. The whole production on this song is excellent. Great catchy melody and the build up and release after the chorus are great. Peace of Mind 4.6/5: I have heard this one so many times as well. I love the harmonies in the chorus and once again the guitar riffs are great. Foreplay/LongTime 4.8/5: The organ arpeggios, guitar riffs, bass line, and drums sound so epic together. It hits so hard when the guitar starts riffing and the vocals come in. The acoustic guitar sounds so crisp Rock and Roll Band 4/5: A solid simple rock and roll song just like the title suggests. Smokin' 4.5/5: A great bass line with and driving riff. Catchy hook. I love organ solos. Hitch a Ride 4.2/5: A nice chill beginning to the song and more organ so I am happy. A very boston sounding guitar riff. It is cool there are so many exteneded instrumental parts in this album Something About You 4/5: I like the "something about you" hook in the song and the background vocals. Let Me Take You Home Tonight 4.4/5: Very interesting rhytmn at the start/riff of the song

This album published when I was two, yet thanks to classic radio and also siblings with 8 tracks, I know every song. My sister & her boyfriend would play it on their car dates, I'm certain More Than A Feeling was at their wedding. The cover is iconic, if you were there. This 5 star is for my favorite (and only!) sister

Weird, I just saw this album the other day and thought "When is that gonna pop up on the generator?" Unfortunately, today is that day. This is music for guys named Rick driving home on a Friday afternoon in a 240 Datsun after a long day at the office park, hoping Delp's vocals and Scholz's guitar can give him peace of mind. He'll arrive at his apartment, heat up some leftovers and call Tricia to come over. It's not bad. Delp is a great singer. Scholz is a hell of a player....and the fact that this was recorded in Scholz's basement studio while sounding like it was recorded in one of the nicest Hollywood studios is a testament to how smart he was and how good the rest of the band was, too. But for me, the guitars are too shiny. The harmonies are too sweet. I just don't like it, but I respect the guys who made it...so, it gets a 3 for me. Glad I listened, glad I learned about the band but wouldn't want to listen to it again.

Love this pop prog American rock perfect ion

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