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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
All gas
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
Solid
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!
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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
Iconic
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.
Decent
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
Mama
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
Three absolute bangers...followed by five rather boring songs in my opinion. Would rather just listen to the first three tracks on their own
So many excellent songs. I wasn't aware how strongbthe tracklist was on this debut album.
I love those album. So many fun and classic songs. So glad this is a part of the project. The bass (along with all the other instruments ) in foreplay/long time is one of my favorites.
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!
People from Boston hate whenever anyone else from Boston thinks they're special. I think this accounts for why we've never really embraced Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (theah really from Cambridge dood, fucking lib homos), or that guy from The Office (Newton), and why they won't ever reference Bill Simmons on local sports radio. So when a band calls itself Boston because the main guy went to MIT, they're gonna get a lot of disdain from Bostonians. I think this is where Sean is coming from. Even though I too wanted to hate this album for these same vague and unfair reasons, when I listened to More than a Feeling I couldn't stop myself from singing along and nodding my head. Is it because I am more enlightened and advanced than these provincial cretins I've spent my life around? Yes. I think so.
GAWD DAYUM, this is gooooood I knew 6 of the 8 tracks here extremely well. I honestly dont need to hear More Than A Feeling ever again, but hey, hits are hits This is a perfect album and may be the tippity top of all 70s maximalist guitar hero rock. I couldnt help but fantasize what it wouldve been like to tour with this as your debut album after years of struggle and passion for the music. Is this the GOAT of debut albums?
Pairs quite well with the Frampton vibes. Maybe a bit of guilty pleasure, but I think these guys deserve a little more love than the other washed up casino acts (REO Speedwagon being my best example of this genre). I am surprised and also not surprised that the boys from Boston hate Boston.
Great Arena rock, with The Cars, one of the greatest debuts of all time because it plays like their greatest hits.
5.0 - Awesome
One of the best opening songs from an album, and just spectacular from start to finish, fun to sing for sure, and hard not to love.
This record was truly massive and its not difficult to understand why. This might be the platonic ideal of a particular type of '70s rock. Mostly mid tempo with a few faster tracks, the tracks are all memorably catchy and are well produced. I'm not a huge fan, but the musicians certainly succeeds in what they are trying to accomplish on this record. I enjoyed more than I expected, even though I probably will never listen to it again. The exception is the last track, which I really disliked.
Reminds me of that time I had to explain to my mom what AOR was and realized I might be beyond saving.
*1976. *37 mins, 8 songs... Yet somehow the first 5 songs are massive hits (More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Long Time, Rock N Roll Band, and Smokin). *Completely stacked album - not a band song in sight. RATING - 9/10
Haven't heard peace of mind in a few years and I forgot just how much I liked that song. Basically, the band is known for the first three songs on their debut album and not much else. Always was a cool album cover but the band isn't that much else (one other hit in the 80s.) Overall, a nice quick album that I enjoyed.
fantastic ensemble ("ensemble") playing, great vocal range and presentation, and some really excellent arrangement for the genre. overall texture does trend towards the same thing, particularly on the back half.
Lame. I'm sure that they were cool at the time or whatever but I couldn't care less about this kinda stuff
This one is so much better compared to the last album that I listened to, meaningful lyrics that resonate with me. Band with lead vocalist that can ACTUALLY sing. Interesting melody too, funny how one of the tracks in this album is literally popular and I heard it before but never bothered to check it out. It’s fine, not life changing or somewhat boring but still a good listen. Maybe a solid 3
Landmark 1970s rock classic! Amazing production, killer tunes, and Brad Delpe's extraordinary vocals.
5 - mastapiece
Preference - 2 Musicianship - 1 Legacy - 1 Total - 4
Banger
One of my top 10 debut albums of all time. It's often thought of as ubiquitous today but when I was a kid in the 70s this was absolutely groundbreaking. Six of the eight tracks were classic rock staples for over 25 years. "More Than A Feeling" and "Foreplay/Long Time" are still played regularly now 50 years later. I still have no problem cranking this one UP! (10) ★★★★★
Classic hard rock. 4 stars
4.5/5
I don't know if I could name another album where I knew every song on an album before ever hearing the album in full. If you listened to classic rock radio in the 80s and 90s, there's 100% you heard every single song here, which is a pretty impressive feat. I'm tempted to go 5 for that reason, but at the same time, I don't love any of these songs -- they're just all really good. So, I'm going with 4.5. "Something About You" is probably my favorite track.
3.5
Cheesy cool 70s AOR and one of the chief cheesy forerunners of AOR as a genre with this genre-defining AOR debut of theirs, from this here cheesy cool 70s AOR band even if it is mainly the work of one cheesy cool AOR person Tom Scholz. There are some mighty timeless cheesy classic rock pearls for sure with More Than A Feeling and the sprawling kickass epic Foreplay/Long Time. Overall it’s pretty smashing but not a true firm favourite from start to finish. It would be higher in my list if the band changed their name to Badger, had a giant space badger on the cover instead of a guitarship and if all the tracks were called More Than A Badger, Badger Foreplay/Long Badger Time, Rock & Roll Badger, Hitch A Badger, Something About Badger etc.
Boston, I had no idea of your game with this album. Seriously y'all every song is solid and I now understand why they were played on the radio like they were. I also thought the songs from this album were from several different albums. It's a greatest hits disguised as a regular release. Boston the next road trip I'm taking this album will be played, probably when I get pulled over...
#975. Easily the best debut album of all time. About half of these songs were number one hits, and all of them have been played in heavy rotation by every rock station in the land for 50 years now. 5/5: yup
Great 70ies Rock Very different pieces in the album. Dynamic rhythms and voices A bit too electric guitary for me. I like the new synthesiser parts, that makes an important part of the album. Favorite piece: Foreplay/ Long time
Find me another album that so perfectly sums up the "70's classic rock sound"..i'll wait.
(75/100)
Bostons self titled record is 100% dad rock core similarly to Steely Dan. The problem is, this record was so huge and got so much airplay, it feels like a cringe guilty pleasure listening to. This is the epitome of Samuel Core rock. (IYKYK) It’s like how I feel about Back in Black by AC/DC. Good songs for sure, but we’ve heard them so many times in our life it’s nauseating. If only I could listen to some of these albums for the first time again. The vibes would be different.
Boomer slop maybe but it’s fun. What does fun mean. It’s just silly and entertaining. You listen and you don’t feel bored you feel engaged and silly a true testament to how dad rock gets you. Fathers love this cause it’s straightforward low thinking not eventful music you get a good experience but is it necessary is passive fun versus the clear active energy and enjoyment the band is having an amazing time that’s it. I have heard too many car commercials and ads with this music style I also think it doesn’t push anything it’s arena rock to familiarize yourself with the genre but it just turns out fine. I couldn’t pull out any one song cause it’s so middling to me.
Pas aimé, sûrement parce que je suis de mauvaise humeur, n'empêche très déçu beurk, fait le temps paraître long
Légendaire premier album, peak american rock Playlist pick : More Than a Feeling
Well it was good, I like it, I’m just not a huge fan of rock like this, but it was good. Also I didn’t know that the song “more than a feeling” was from this band hehe. I would say 3/5
Meh. A little too heavy rock for me.
Greatest debut album of all time
Great classic rock. Maybe suffers from songs starting to sound the same.
um rock de pai. menos legal que seilá, dire straits, mas ainda bom. começar com a melhor música é sacanagem também né.
Favorite songs: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay/Long Time, Rock & Roll Band
One of the greatest debit albums of all time
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Near Perfect - More Than A Feeling is on of THE rock anthems. Simply monumental. Peace Of Mid is another stunner. Foreplay/Long Time closes out the first side on a strong note. The second side can't quite match the first but it's a great collection of tunes with not a bad track among them.
Hubieron unas cuantas canciones que me gustaron, y la de "More Than a Feeling" me encanta skdjf Pero no es un álbum que escucharía diario laverda
it's just a fun time
the dad rock vibes just ooze out of this one.
I remember back when I was younger going to a Strawberries record store searching for Boston’s greatest hits album to buy. When I came across what I thought was that album, as it had all the great songs on it that I wanted, I was surprised that it didn’t say greatest hits on it. Bought it anyway. Only days later did I realize that this was just their self titled debut album. To this day, I am still amazed by this record. While I certainly wouldn’t consider myself a massive Boston fan, it’s undeniable how great this record is. Front to back, it has excellent song after excellent song and is truly a no skip album. Can’t be anything other than a 5 then. Amazing effort.
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
Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: More Than a Feeling Date listened: 8/06/26 Listen when: Roadtrip!!! (Preferably though western USA) Guitar is immaculate throughout. Sooo Dad rock core. I really do have to be in a certain mood for it before it becomes too much.
Nothing says 80s naff rock like Boston does
Take out more than a feeling and this is bang average
Was putting this off for a while but it was fine. Cool prog rock moment during Foreplay that the rest doesn’t really live up to, but More Than a Feeling is acc pretty epic… and reminds me of The Men Who State at Goats
more than anything this reminded me of listening to the radio and how awesome it was to hear like random ass songs like More Than A Feeling than you'd never listen to just like going about your day... then it comes on the radio and you're like o ya this bangs... but ya those first three trax are bangers and then the rest kinda happened
Proste, fajne. Na 4
felt like i was in a movie , not really my style but i liked the vibes
more than a feeeelIIINNNG Another rock album and its kinda groovy
Tom Scholz is a genius, and Boston is boring. I can safely forget this part of my childhood and not look back.
one of the greatest debut albums ever. It's always a great listen. every song is a banger.
This album is about as good as it gets. Top 5 all-time favorite album for me. Not ONE bad song on here. Even the least good song in here is better than 90% of music that came out in the 70s! Just incredible. The custom made guitar sound is astonishing for that time, the drum sound is amazing, and the singing is great. In addition, GREAT songwriting. I would give it 6 stars if I could.
Arguably the best debut alblum of all time. Peace of Mind is one of my favorite songs. Hitch a Ride is also an awesome song, overshadowed by so many good songs on the alblum.
Can you beat a better debut album than this one. Absolutely classic!!!!
Fine. Fun in places. Not my thing.
one of the greatest albums of all time
Liked it sorta
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
A front-loaded beast that is awesome and kicks ass. A-side has a permanent sketch on my body from over-exposure to classic rock radio.
you might as well kill me instead. please. kill me instead. see cock rock tolerance comment circa led zeppelin review. at least the zep™️ have the "not AOR" thing going for them. nothing against AOR (apart from the obvious) but you guys did "homophobia racism night" at comiskey park for *checks notes* m-m-m my sharona???? 2.7-3.1. lots of lowk nonce libertarian high school music teacher jumpscares. addendum: this nu metal ass intro to "something about you". maybe it'll all make sense once i smoke some 70s reggie.
Almost a 5 star album. The first 5 tracks are hits! Piece of Mind, Smokin' and More Than A Feeling are such jams.
It's plastic American cheese, but it's good plastic American cheese. The kind that you probably wouldn't go out of your way to buy, but if it was on a sandwich from your local cafe, you wouldn't mind too much. I do need to be in the right mood for this, but when it hits, it hits.
Bostonin maineikas esikoislevy tarjoaa tarttuvaa rock musiikkia ja siinä se onnistuu oikein hyvin.
8 / 10
Just need more
Pretty good but not crazy insane great not a waste of time tho
This is like watching someone doing something on the edge of their abilities but with extreme confidence. Just a well rounded album with some heavy hitters. Almost makes me feel like I should buy a motorcycle or at least a convertible.
Hmmm yes quite intresting yes yes hmmm
Single song that calls out for me is the first one, but from there it kinda tires my ears, not to say it's bad but would listen only if asked to 3/10
Overall pretty enjoyable
All bangers not a single track you wanna skip peak album
Every song sounds the same. Great album though. Very derivative of themselves in future albums. Best debut album ever.
One of the all time great albums.
J'ai adoré !!
Classic... lads we wrote a global hit, quick let's add another 10 crap ones about a rock band and their broken hearts and it'll sell a shit ton. Easy listening for stupid people. I quite enjoyed it
Music grown in a lab to be guaranteed to sell a gazillion records. Cool guitar riffs, fun vocal harmonies, but I can't enjoy it as someone who's not currently at a kegger in midwest USA in 1976.
More Than A Feeling is the standout but the rest is just ok.
Familiar but it’s aiigh
Diet Van Halen, especially for the calorie conscious.
Vinyl. Songs sounded a lil same but it’s chill
Ah the classic. Almost wall to wall singles. Very familiar with this one and happy to spin it again!
Really rock and roll, a little bit too short
Side 1: 4/5 Side 2: 2/5 We'll meet in the middle at 3.
#371/1001. Coprolites are fossilized feces (from dinosaurs, mammals, etc.). When cut and polished they can show internal textures and sometimes mineralization that produces attractive patterns and a glossy finish. What else is this Boston album?
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
This is an alright album. I've heard quite a few of these songs before. I don't have any real complaints.
It's fine!
Could not even finish this one
Typical pop rock of the 70-80s.
Dazed and confused wenn es eine story hätte
Did not expect this album to kick as much ass as it does. I was familiar with more than a feeling but goddamn the rest of the album slaps as well. Definitely feels a little front loaded on first listen, but I will absolutely be coming back to this. Feels like a warm summer evening. Fav track is foreplay/long time
Very good. I didn't like some of the songs as much as I liked the others though.
Despite the fact the songs are still overplayed on classic rock radio, this darn album is one banger after another
ALL TIME CLASSIC!
CLASSIC MOTHER FUCKIN' ROCK
Something new for me, but one of this songs I have already heard, cool rock and I like it
Ehhhh
Okay, fine. This was a pretty solid album. I’d def think it would’ve been a fun show to go to back in their day. I did like that the keyboards sounded kinda spacey and their logo is the spaceship.
I thought it was going to be impossible to keep the energy of More Than a Feeling to for the entire album but they did it.
7.5/10
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Another good album ruined for me by US97, Your Classic Rock Station. I really tried to listen but I've heard these all so many times it just faded into the background. I'm sorry, citizens of Boston, it is not you, it is me.
I knew the big hits which are here, but it’s the lesser known songs that really shine for me. Really enjoyed getting to know them and it made the whole album a great listening experience
Banger! Acho que conhecia alguns hits de filmes dos anos 80
Very excellent
An excellent album about how awesome it is to be in a rock band and also famous. I wonder who heard this and went "wow, let's do it" and then financially ruined themselves? *Side eyes Pulp*
It's fascinating to see what a vast variety of music was coming out of America in 1976. Ramones, Parliament, Hotel California, ZZ Top... And this appeared. I will admit to having only heard "More than a feeling" before, but it's clear why this AOR staple gained its fame. Every last second of their music into a gleam worthy of a freshly waxed muscle car. Every last processed guitar riff and sci-fi synth swoop was meticulously placed,
im from here its the goat
Had good energy throughout, plus the classics I heard on the radio as a kid
Pretty great album, even if it is a bit cheesy! Great guitar playing, especially on Foreplay. The last 3 songs are pretty forgettable in comparison to the others. 8/10
All bangers all the time
Onnnnnn hyvä
Banger after banger here. I don’t know how you can possibly follow this one up, this is great.
Not my usual thing, but it’s fun and short (hey, maybe it is like me!) Favourite track: More Than A Feeling
1번트랙 ㅈㄴ 유명한게 여기꺼였구나 쭉 들어보니까 처음 듣는건데도 싹 뭐가 있네 내 취향이였스
Nice solos with a great vibe. "More Than a Felling" is a classic.
Nostalgia pura
A classic rock album recorded to perfection
some solid entries here for one of my personal favourite music categories: dad rock you can shake some ass to
Helt ok Boston! Det har sine øyeblikk der jeg blir oppriktig gira, men for det meste er det helt ok morsom 70 talls musikk. Jeg liker orgelet og gitarsounden godt dog, og koringen er gøy, minner om Uriah Heeps koring. Kanskje jeg hører igjen!
it's such a short but great album that i have nothing bad to say. Not only it has classic songs, the others are pretty good. maybe the lyrics of some of them, but i wasn't expecting anything else
What a song to start with, it's really pretty much impossible to keep up the level - especially when making unwise prog excursions Kudos to Boston for using clapping as a legit part of the drum kit
Fun!
Surely one of the best (if not the best) debut albums of all time.
nice 80's music
fun classic rock. I've come to see this music as a trope and do not know how to rate it. Feels like I need more context.
mucho bueno MORE THAN A FEEELLIIIIIIIING
70's rock classic
I like a lot of it but there are too many effects over the top. Some good guitar playing and catchy songs but there are just some production choices I don’t like. Some real tunes though, even if they have been overplayed. Fav song: More Than a Feeling Least fav: Hitch a Ride
Really like that they just went for a them with their album covers and ran with it. Great album, really like the general sound and some bangers on here. More than a feeling is a real advert song but j still enjoy it. Specific rating - 4.3 Fav song - more than a feeling Least fav - foreplay/ long time
Not sure the organ was super necessary and sometimes I think they went a bit over the top with all the guitar but there were a lot of moments I really enjoyed and More Than A Feeling is such an iconic song. Favourite song: More Than A Feeling Least: Foreplay/Long Time
Classic rock album. Lots of major big songs on here. I remember buying this CD for my dad when I was young.
Every song a banger
It's an iconic sound, and some of the radio hits that I feel translate the best to actually being good in my opinion. I still don't really like the second half of the album, but I'm forgiving it in this case due to the sheer start power and the fact that it's not exactly lazy, just too much Boston.
I've got an old copy of the LP in my record collection. I love the back cover notes. They have a long essay that is regularly interspersed with a plea to: "Listen to the Record!" Today this seems like a played out cliche album, and forget that this was a radical leap of faith by a couple guys independently producing a record in one guy's basement using home-made equipment. This album still holds up. "More Than a Feeling" and "Foreplay / Long Time" especially are masterpieces. The rest of the album is incredibly solid as well. No duds. It doesn't have to be your style. You might consider these tracks played out. This album remains a seminal work worth listening to.
Favourite: "Peace of Mind" and "More Than A Feeling" (obviously)
I find stings vocals too whiny at times. A solid album with solid music but a lot of the time I find it just sounding too similar with an overlay of whine.
4.5
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
Couple of good songs and a good listen
again I remember getting this one the day it was launched.. still sounds good to me
More Than A Feeling is my 451st favourite song of all time. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, but its just so damn good. Foreplay / Long Time is kinda fun. Maybe I just need to stop trying to be cool and embrace that I like this. Why this works for me and something like Def Leppard or Bon Jovi or Aerosmith doesn't I can't really say. I'm feeling generous. Fave Tracks: More Than a Feeling, Foreplay / Long Time, Smokin', Hitch a Ride 4.5/5
Classic rock album. Staple of any respectable vinyl collection. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great album, dit not change my life
Epic rock 70's, no mi onda. Para final de peli yankee de la época.
7/10 - Got some bangers. No real weakspots on the album, the first three songs go hard. Fav Tracks: Foreplay / Long Time, Peace of Mind, More Than a Feeling Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ❌
5 батяроков из 5
Overplay on every possible classic rock station has tried to kill this album many times over, but if you ignore that, it’s actually a very solid listen
4/10
Puro verano, puro retro, muy fresquito
Smoky van with dragons fighting aliens on the side. Tight t shirt and long hair, long moustaches, long beards. Apex American mid 70s rock with what sounds like 28 guitars racing for the sky, a lead singer whose bell bottoms are so tight, and giant hooks. Gotta admit despite having heard all these songs on KGON in the 80s way too many times, still sounded pretty good.
Holy moly—this is a monster album. I didn’t own this album but know every song well; all eight are classic rock radio staples. And there’s a reason for that: there is not a lame song in the bunch. I wouldn’t consider myself a big power/prog rock fan, but the melodies, harmonies, shiny guitar-forward arrangements are beautifully done. Boston is actually more comparable to Fleetwood Mac, their contemporaries, than I realized. Maybe they’re due for a rediscovery by Gen Z?
Groupe inconnu. En fait non, j'ai déjà entendu 'More Than a Feeling' sans l'associer à ce groupe. Hard Rock de bonne qualité, avec des bons riffs et chorus de guitare/clavier, que j'ai pris plaisir à découvrir. Il s’essouffle un peu sur la fin : je trouve les 3 derniers morceaux un peu moins réussis. Mais les 5 premiers sont vraiment bons, et je l'écouterais probablement de nouveau ! Difficile à noter donc ... je dirais 3.5 que je vais arrondir à 4 pour compenser les précédents albums très médiocres. =>4/5
it was very good 4. lot of good memories with these songs
Pre Listen: I get this band confused with Journey sometimes. I've heard this album before on many occasions, Boston's songs have unfortunately been included in every single classic-rock radio station or default rock playlist since their debut. Due this this, I feel their songs have been overplayed to the point where any merit they held individually has sort of worn out their welcome. Despite that I'll do my best to scrub my brain of every time I've heard their songs in a public space or on a long car ride, and keep an open mind. Notable Tracks: More Than a Feeling - Yup, that's More Than a Feeling alright. Despite my best efforts it's just a song I've heard 100s of times. It has merit as a real classic, but man I wish it wasn't included on everything. Peace of Mind - Yup, that's Peace of Mind alright. Yup. Foreplay/Long Time - Would be my favorite track, if it cut off right around the 2:30 minute mark. Certainly the most unique sounding track on the album in my opinion, until the aforementioned point, where it loses it's identity, and picks up the same sound as most other songs on this album. The acoustic bits in this track are great as well, I wish they let them shine more. Post Listen: In the time between listening to this album and uploading this review, a time period of ~18 hours, I went and got some groceries and got a haircut. While getting a haircut, "More Than a Feeling" came on over the ceiling speakers. I can't make this shit up. This album is solid. The instrument work is solid, the vocals are solid, the mixing is solid, it's a very clean album. The problem may be that it's too solid..? There's nothing in it that really sticks out to me, neither inherently amazing, nor abhorrent. It's the musical equivalent to that one B+ kid you knew in high school, who was really nice, decently smart, but painfully average. You wish them all the best, but ultimately don't keep up with them after you graduate. 3/5
its boston
It’s fine. It’s like a 3. I really don’t have much to say about it. There are a few strong tracks and I read about the influence of classical music on this album and did notice some parts with classical instrumentals that I did enjoy, but the album just felt fine as a whole. I don’t see myself listening to more than like two tracks from this ever again.
Muy bueno. Pero no es algo que escucharía para toda la vida
Non offensive 70s soft rock, bit samey with banger 'More than a Feeling'. 3 stars
First 5 songs are all absolute classics. An all time run to start an album and career. Last three tracks are less recognizable and I can do without all of em.
Definitely deserves to be on this list! Wish they didn’t fade away
This is a fantastic album that stays out of the 5-star club only because of my personal taste.
This is a great record. I'm not a big fan but it is a great record.
Some absolutely classic songs on here. One's that would likely make your dad run in the room if he overheard them. Namely, "More Than A Feeling", "Peace Of Mind" and "Foreplay / Long Time" are all songs that defined an era of rock music. There's a bit of falloff in the second half of the album, especially on the last track "Let Me Take You Home Tonight", which i don't think is necessarily bad, but just pales in comparison to the rest.
More than a feeling is a guilty pleasure the rest of this US corporate rock album wants to make me puke in particular the lyrics.
What a huge album! I listened to this non-stop when it came out and knew every part when playing it now. Instantly recognizable layered guitars, Brad Delp voice. Tom Scholz wrote and produced this in his home and it still sounds great.
people can hate on these guys but I think they rocked fairly hard. This being their best album for sure
3!
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very something a dad would listen
Wild that this was a debut album made in a dudes basement. It sounds so good
9 years old…totally connected and knew what they were singing about…even though I had no clue
I've never been all that into Boston, but this is nevertheless some classic American rock.
Classic rock lovely guitars what’s not to like….
This is one album where every song was a hit. One of the greatest albums of all time.
The ultimate home demo? Tom Scholtz credited an incredible sounding album; everything is bigger than everything else, guitars, vocals, organ layered and polished, all largely recorded in his home studio. There's not a bad track although perhaps few memorable ones - 'More Than A Feeling' and 'Foreplay/Long Time' the standout exceptions. It has been an age since I last listened to the whole thing and may well be another until I do so again, but it is an incredible feat of engineering. It might be cheesy but sometimes you crave really good cheese...
El álbum debut de Boston es una obra cumbre del rock melódico que destaca por su impecable factura técnica y una ingeniería sonora de una claridad asombrosa. El disco abre con "More Than a Feeling", un clásico absoluto con el que es imposible no conectar; una pieza que siempre genera un sentimiento nostálgico, enérgico y esperanzador, consolidándose como un himno atemporal. Otro de los puntos más altos de esta experiencia es la dupla "Foreplay / Long Time", que arranca con un viaje espacial instrumental fascinante antes de estallar en un despliegue de guitarras y sintetizadores de gran potencia. El álbum es una mezcla maestra de ganchos pop y rock pesado, donde se entretejen muy bien la voz de Brad Delp —quien demuestra una fuerza y autoridad vocal envidiable— y las intrincadas capas de guitarra de Tom Scholz. Sin embargo, el listón queda tan alto con sus temas principales que las demás canciones, aunque son emocionantes, más bien me pasaron un poco desapercibidas en comparación. A pesar de esa ligera irregularidad, es un trabajo compacto y sumamente disfrutable que ha envejecido bien y que sigue inyectando una tremenda dosis de energía ideal para la carretera.
As great as this album is, I never had much of an urge to put it on. Coincidentally though, I just became a dad last week, so I figured this would be a grand opportunity to test out the dad rock on my new found tiresome lifestyle. Turns out, it had no effect.. Maybe I'm not the father.
The Corporate Rock Radio has made me LOVE Boston. I have never seeked out a Boston song on my own but yet I am very familiar with the vast majority of the album. Is familiar good? Just because I can sing along to the song, does that mean that I like it? OR These songs have been beaten to death like the dead horse that they are. It's a puddle, by now. 4
gasa assai in certi momenti
Avevo aspettative basse, invece non male, anche se è comunque un genere di rock che non mi fa impazzire
More Than a Feeling //
I listened to this album on my drive to work, feeling incredibly sore and stiff for no good reason. Damn, what an insane first impression to make as a band! Starting this album with More Than A Feeling sets perhaps an unfair bar of nostalgia, though the band does their damnedest to meet it with a full album of classic hard arena rock at its finest This is an album which sound exactly like the cover art: Boston is delivering a sound so loud and overpowering that it fractures the very Earth. This album reminds me of KISS' songwriting approach, in that a few songs sound almost exactly the same, but it doesn't really matter because they still rock. I ended up knowing so much more of this album than I realized too, with Peace of Mind and Smokin' i particulr immediately jogging my memory. The recognizability of some of these songs might actually have been working against the rest of the album, as it struggled to live up to songs which have held a deep nostalgic place in my heart for years. Sometimes, music just rocks, and that's enough. Highlights: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Rock & Roll Band, Smokin', Something About You, Let Me Take You Home Tonight
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.
I liked Peace of Mind, I didn't know that's what the song was before it played. I've heard a lot of these tracks but the artist and song title were never connected. This seems like some pretty decent "run of the mill" mid '70s radio pop rock that fills the air well and doesn't overstay its welcome.
Was fully prepared that this would be an album with 'More Than a Feeling', which for the record I really don't like, as well as a load of filler. While it didn't blow me away it was a lot better than that, and 'Foreplay/Long Time' was by far the standout
Enjoyed this. A lot of fun. It's got a huge hit, I love the warm production with all the acoustic guitars and the cover art is cool.
one of the iconic debut albums in RNR. 100k/5
So many hits on this album! Brings back memories of Boston, Journey, Styx and the Cars.
No like personalmente
I’ve never liked their famous song lol.
Listened to on my Apple AirPods Max. It can be surprising to have an album establish it’s legendary status within the first track, but I believe Boston’s self titled debut does just that with ‘More than a Feeling’, a classic rock anthem for the ages. There is something truly enchanting about this track, with it’s blend of smooth acoustic driven verses backing the explosive distorted choruses with lyrics that capture so earnestly, and poetically, the one that got away. Many albums use the first track as the onboarding to the album, a taster for what’s to come without really divulging the goods. Boston—in their total confidence—make the first track one of the most legendary rock song ever, then to be followed up by a string of truly excellent companions in ‘Peace of Mind’ and ‘Foreplay/Long Time’. Although I really do love ‘More than a Feeling’, ‘Peace of Mind’ is my personal favorite on the album. It’s a song I’ve heard dozens of times over the years, and one I play regularly on guitar. This one is faster and more upbeat, but maintains the earnest lyricism, this time about individuality in the face of an America who began to derive identity and validation from their job rather than personal growth, an idea that has only become more prevalent today. ‘Foreplay/Long Time’ sounds like a more appropriate album opener, at least in a conventional sense, due to it’s extended instrumental intro led by some excellent organ work, before jumping into ‘Long Time’ with it’s catchy chorus that leaves Boston at 3/3 right out of the gate on classic rock essentials. The album continues to deliver some great tunes, especially the smooth ‘Hitch a Ride’, but this is where the album drops from that legendary status held by the ridiculous trio of songs it starts with. Hardly a strong mark against it, however—it’s always gonna be hard to follow that act up for a whole album length. Mostly, it’s the songs ‘Rock and Roll Band’ and ‘Something About You’ that don’t grip me as much as the rest of the album, feeling noticeably weaker to me than everything. Although there is the shining talent of Tom Sholz, who composed much of the instrumentation and lyrics, and the ripping voice of Brad Delp, who can really belt out these tunes, I can’t help but feel that there is a bit of a limit felt in this album. It doesn’t affect the album too much, but there are moments where songs sound a bit similar to each other, or fit a little too cleanly in the established sensibilities of rock at the time. Still, there isn’t enough negatives to terribly impact the effort and achievement found on this album. It has some legendary tracks, great performance, especially in Brad Delp’s vocals, and is a great listen.
ЭТО ВООБЩЕ СЦКА ЛУЧШЕЕ. 10/10. Лучше уже ничего не будет
2026.05.06
a lifetime supernatural obsession prepared me for this moment
It was coo, very oldies
It might be a Canadian thing but when I hear “More Than A Feeling” the first thing I think of is how that song was used in commercials for the mediocre and bizarrely-named pizza chain Boston Pizza in the 90s. I’m not mad about it though, because this is music that seems like it was always destined for the suburban strip mall. There’s no sense of rebellion here, it’s rehearsing the motions but there’s nothing behind the slick production. It sold millions of copies, but of course it did.
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.
This album was an absolute staple of my childhood. Partly because it was huge everywhere, but also because I grew up in the Boston area. Every kid from New England in the 70s and 80s knows this album note for note. It's hard to overstate the impact of this album and this band in New England. In 1987 they went on tour after a 8 year hiatus. When the tour came to the Worcester Centrum (which was the biggest arena in the Boston area at the time) they immediately sold out the two or three scheduled nights. They then added a couple of nights and sold them out. This went on and on until they ended up playing nine sold out shows in a row! It was insane! I've never seen something like it where a concert just kept selling tickets and adding dates. Tom Scholz is also one of the most underrated innovators in rock music history. As an MIT engineer, he just invented the tools needed to get the sound he wanted because they didn't exist yet.
Production is outstanding, vocals and musicianship is near perfect. Really fun album begining to end
Decent listen for today. I’ve heard most of these songs throughout my life due to classic rock radio and being familiar with Boston!
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No es de mis favoritos, pero tiene varios temas que vuelvo a escuchar. Boston logra un sonido bien pulido, aunque a veces se siente repetitivo. Aun así, canciones como “More Than a Feeling” y “Peace of Mind” cargan el disco. Rating: 3/5 ⭐️
medicore, commerical, radio music. Not bad but not good
Cant stand them