Boston

Several things that I liked and overall very good, but not brilliant.

I mean this album is cheesy but it is also fucking full of bangers LOL

Boston's self titled first album is a wall of layered guitars, supported by powerful vocal harmonies and irresistibly catchy hooks. The band's founder, Tom Scholz, was known for his perfectionism and innovation in the studio, created devices that allowed him to define a new sound that seemed fuller and more dynamic, described as being violin-like without the use of synthesizers. Few pairings in rock history rival the electrifying synergy of Brad Delp's extraordinary vocals intertwined with Scholz's guitar riffs. Growing up, this was the sound coming out of the cool kids' car windows as they drove around town. Also, who hasn't played air guitar to these tracks? This is just a fun classic rock album.

Very good album. I like it a lot. My top three are Hitch a Ride, More Than a Feeling and Peace of Mind in that order. The rest are good, but sometimes not very memorable. The whole album has hints of Queen at times, with the rock-opera vocals and guitar harmonies. 7/10 album.

Solid music. Very recognizable sound.

As much as I try not to admit, the debut album from Boston was one of those life-changing records when I was growing up. It was an album I played continuously in high school, it was instantly accessible and it's sound had that epic "classic" rock sound built right into it, especially side one. I grew sick of hearing "More Than A Feeling" so often, it became annoying and to top that off, a group of my classmates performed that song in the school gym for the "talent" show and I can't unhear their version. The rest of the album is solid, it had a sonic powered energy, with catchy melodies and Tom Scholz's signature guitar sound that blew my mind away. I loved this record and it's a shame the second album couldn't live up to the expectations of the debut, which doomed the band and my interest. Hearing this again, brings back those nostalgic feelings good and bad, and though it's not a great record, it still has an impact on why and what music I listen to now.

4.5 stars. Such a fun album, opening three tracks are just peak soundtrack to good times. Tails off a bit after those three but still not bad. Master's from MIT to international rock star is quite a career for Tom Scholz. Given the summer night nostalgia associated with it, "Foreplay/Long Time" an all-time favorite of mine.

Essential 70s classic rock album with harmonies and melodies akin of pop.

Pretty cool rock!

More driving music, I already hate and love it. Nothing sounds less like the city of Boston than this record. Also nothing sounds like it. It’s an amazing production.

Man, does this album bring back memories. I remember liking it when it was released, but was surprised so many people thought it was the best album ever. Listening to it now, it does have a clean, crisp, and slightly breezy rock n roll feel to it. Which was different than most albums of the time, that’s probably why people lost their minds over it. It is good rock n roll.

Mid-70s debut. Opener More than a Feeling is incredible. The album has been referred to as a landmark in '70s rock and has been included on many lists of essential albums. Hardrock, very melodic. Very good rock. Evocative, epic rock.

very fun listen, not sure if it's going into my regular rotation

Boston - Boston Now this is the definition of Rock 'n' Roll, feels really nostalgic and very groovy with its riffs and melodies, and it's really catchy to listen. Good thing about this album is its consistency, and how they are able to bring new ideas to the table while still maintaining their sound. Overall, this is pretty good! 1.- More Than a Feeling = 9/10 2.- Peace of Mind = 8/10 3.- Foreplay / Long Time = 8/10 4.- Rock & Roll Band = 8/10 5.- Smokin' = 9/10 6.- Hitch a Ride = 8/10 7.- Something About You = 9/10 8.- Let Me Take You Home Tonight = 7/10 FINAL SCORE: 8.2/10

Banger after banger and then it slows way down at the end. What a journey.

Almost a 5. Crazy amount of jams on one album

Good listen. Knew more than I thought I would, tbh.

gut

Epitome of classic rock! Smash hits one after the other. And More Than a Feeling is one of the greatest opening tracks on an album! 4.5⭐️

Nostalgic

In summary, it's a great romp through some soft/ prog rock riffs and good melodies. I find a couple a little weak, maybe clichéd, but the pace and superb musicianship keep it all afloat. On top of that one of the best songs ever written.

The entire album was actually solid start to finish, really great pace and sound.

It's pretty solid, easy to listen to, accessible, fun. Can't say it stole my heart, but I feel like denying it's solidness would be unfair.

What a freakin one-two punch with more than a feeling and peace of mind! I have a special place in my heart for Boston. I will always treasure my dad and I jamming out to Bostons greatest hits in his Honda accord (of which he still drives). U can definitely hear the “classical music” influences the main composer had on the beginning of Foreplay/long time. Just an unreal blend of classical and power rock sounds. Was hoping to give it a five but it kinda dropped off a little by the end.

Loved it! Reminded me of childhood.

I listened to this one twice over the weekend and I’m still really struggling with the rating. The first three songs might be one of the strongest openings to an album that we’ve had on this list, but I think with how short the run time is and how front loaded the album is, I found myself losing interest towards the end in both listens. I think it’s a great album, but when rating it as a whole, I’m gonna have to go with a four. Hopefully I won’t regret this later on.

Is it impressive or sad that the bands greatest song is the first one off of their first album? Is it more impressive or sad that the bands second greatest song is the second one off their first album? Is it even more impressive or sad that the bands third greatest song is the third one off their first album? Talk about peaking early. This album, especially the first half, is awesome! The last few songs maintain that Boston sound, but don't hit nearly as high. This is the definition of a 4.5/5 album for me. Shout out to that time we were stoned at the Mission Valley movie theater and this album was playing before the movie over the speakers. Matt quizzed Turk on who the band is three times in a row after each consecutive song and he got it wrong every time.

I've been getting a bit tired of all the classic rock I end up listening to on this list but this one was actually great, really enjoyed it. Interesting and lively and the hits mixed in were great throwbacks.

Boston got tunes beyond “More Than A Feeling”. Nice

Some great songs.

Really good.

Die ersten beiden Lieder stechen klar heraus, der Rest ist auch nett

I learned to drive with 80s classic rock, Boston is one of my favorites. Great sound, nostalgic songs.

To me, this is a "very high 4." My only issue with putting it above 4 is that the entire album is not as memorable or great as the singles and a few others. The entire album, in itself, is not as good as it could be, and much of Boston's discography is that way, unfortunately. Boston made some of the greatest rock and roll songs, and the rest of their output is mediocre and doesn't reach the heights of a Big Star or have as many singles to offer as a Journey.

6/8 songs added to playlist. Overall rating is 4/5. Didn’t realise the spaceships are actually guitars!

It all sounds the same in the best way possible.

Enjoyed this way more than expected, would probably listen again

Liked this a lot and can see myself listening to it a lot

😻

More than a feeling is a classic the rest are ok

Solid dad rock.

My kind of dad rock! Lovely vibe

Despite having never listening to this album, I know all of the songs incredibly well. Generally not my genre, never cared for all the travel bands of that era (Boston, Asia, Journey, Chicago…), but it’s hard to deny that these are some fantastic songs. The soaring vocals, melodies, power chords are all there. It’s so 70s you can hear the bell bottoms.

If you only listen to one Boston album make it this one because it may or may not be the only one! It has all the songs on it. Classic 70s Dad-Rock. Wicked rockin

okay

This gave me way More Than a Feeling. It was Smokin’!

Overall the songs are fun and uplifting to listen to with enjoyable melodies, backed instrumentals, enticing instrument playing and chords and whimsical synthetic sounds. The lyrics depict mundane scenarios and generally conveys a sense of optimism and/ or comfort.

Good

“people living in a competition all I want is to have my peace of mind”

Solid dad rock, a bit front heavy but the B side is good too

Evolving, like telling a story

Over half of the songs on this album still get regular radio play. If that's not a sign, I don't know what is.

It's music for old nerds, made by old nerds. It's great. Sure it’s overplayed, but I am fond of nearly every song on here. It’s a bit too “perfect” in the instrumentation as even the guitar solos are double tracked in places and are perfectly in time but that’s their sound. Last three tracks aren’t as good as the beginning but not everything can be a huge hit.

Solid classic rock. Simple vocals, catchy tunes, not overindulgent in the solos.

So hard to rate an album that I knew most of the words and am so familiar with 7 out of the 8 songs because they’ve been on rotation on radio since I’ve been alive. That fact alone means it’s an incredible album, but so familiar that I’ll probably never put it on again.

nice

A classic record. Super impressive that it was mainly orchestrated by one guy

Some of the songs on here should easily make this a 5 but then there are a few that would make it a 3 so I’ve split the difference! Opening track is such a tune anything that comes after is going to disappoint to be honest

Excellent riffs. That really is my biggest takeaway from this album. They were truly unique. Everything else was good, not outstanding or anything, but definitely good. Vocals, instrumentation, and production all complemented each other well. Songwriting was noticeably thoughtful. I enjoyed it. Very good debut. 4/5

Top 5 songs

Epic 80’s

Classic band, I actually did listen to them on and off growing up because of my parents. Its a fun album.

Classic. 4.5/5. not sure whether its a 4 or a 5. Prolly a 4.

More then a feeling isch natürli super. S ganze Album isch solide Rock und versprüeht gueti Luune.

more than a feeling ebe scho banger chamer nöd soo viel sege. wiso isch d stimm so lislig? peace of mind au cool tönt guet cooli gitti scho seehr whiteboy rock. foreplay? im ernst? ok long time slappt no. sie hend gern klatscher. ooookaaay s isch no guuuettt dörfmer en song rock n roll band nenne? jo arena rock hets ussert queen nonig geh hä vor ihne. tönt scho guet. smokincools riff. stimm immerno liislig?

I pretty much wrote off Boston in my youth, but listening to it today I wound up enjoying this album more than I expected to. Musically this mostly rules. It's fun to listen to, and I kept being impressed by the solos and instrumentation. I'm not as excited by the lyrics and vocals, but they complement the music well enough. It's pretty strong overall, though I felt like the final track ended things on a weaker note. I also didn't realize until now that literally every song of theirs I've ever heard before today is on this album, and, with the exception noted before, the songs I hadn't were as good or better. Bonus points for the way the band handled the recording process for this album. I don't know that I need a Boston album in my life, but if I did then I'd only need this one. So I'm fine with it being on this list.

Tight, polished, rock and roll with lots of sustain. Superior boating music!

Not usually a huge fan of generic arena rock, but this is different. Banger after banger. And Hitch a Ride was a much needed break from the sameness of the radio hits preceding it. And best song on the album

king of dad albums and what a debut!! You can tell where they got their influences from and that doesn't bother me. You can also tell how they influenced bands after them. If you like classical music, you'll recognize compositions layered in here rock and roll infused. It's a fun fun album. I lived in Boston for 6 years and this still get played at bars all the time.

Only heard one song from this album previously and really liked it so I was very excited to listen to the whole thing and can safely say it is amazing. I cant believe that this is the band's first full body of work, yet they sound like they are in their prime already.

not really into rock but still a goated album

Solid 70's rock album. Great listen for running. 8/10

Great start!

How can't you just sing along!?

the best dad rock to ever dad rock. catchy as hell, great instrumentation. absurdly cheesy, but very charming.

Rating: 8.5/10 The hits are literally perfect, the rest of the album is good but not nearly to the level of the hits. Peace of Mind is the best Boston song.

I've been trying to play 'more than a feeling' for decades and am nearly there (in my head, anyway). Never heard the rest of the album before. It's all feelgood rock, couple of standouts - 'Smokin' (b side of the single) 'Longtime' and 'Hitch a ride', but it's all good. Solid 4 stars.

Really liked this one as it was a good traditional rock album - think Sian like more than Deb

Boston was never. a favorite of mine, but ya gotta admit, this album has the hits!

The epitome of 70s rock. Nearly every song on this album has been played to death on classic rock radio. It’s well performed and produced but after 40+ years of hearing this, I can’t get excited for it. Not bad, I’m just tired of it.

The sound is FANTASTIC. The guitars, the drums – there is so much to love about how these songs have been played and produced. It's excessive but that's the point. For me though the thing that holds this album back from being 5 stars is the songs themselves. If most of these songs were played by an acoustic singer-songwriter in a pub, I'm not sure I'd stick around. There just isn't a huge amount to them.

This album is one banger hit after another. I had this tape as a kid but forgot how loaded with hits it is. Such a solid band and a fun nostalgia listen.

Nice 70s rock. I would have liked to give it a 3,5 but having to choose between 3 and 4 I'll go for the 4!

Boston is a band that I was raised on, so they will always have a special place in my heart. This album is one of my go-tos when I need to be lifted into a better mood. It has a lot going for it in terms of instrumentation. Tom Scholz used a lot of custom-built equipment and was really ahead of the curve with his studio production techniques, making this album groundbreaking for its time. Even better, the album is very consistent all the way through, with good songs and a smooth, cohesive flow.

Will give this another listen

This was good fun! More Than A Feeling is a strong opening track, really sets the mood and you roll on through from there. This sort of rock is far more my speed than The Strokes, for example.

4/5. Turbūt radijas sugadino norą klausytis dar kartą. Na, bet nepaneigsi kad albumas super.

Turns out I’m not actually sick of More Than a Feeling

Smá Queen í röddunum og smá Darkness í soundinu (leyfum okkur smá anachronisma!). Svaka þéttur áttundatugur... jújú, hysjum þetta upp í fjarka.

Excellent album

Was a nice album to start the morning to. Knew some of the songs before but didn’t know the band or anything so it was a nice surprise haha. Also made me wanna jump into a car and go on a nice summer road trip. Gave me nice vibes.

Love this album although I've heard it many times it never gets old. Great guitar work, excellent lyrics and vocals, it really clicks for me. Also brings back memories of this guy I used to know Dallas who worked at a sheet metal shop with me, he was super cool and loved Boston. Whenever I mentioned any other band to him he would inevitably compare them to Boston.

This is a band who is almost a guilty pleasure. I’ve never been the biggest fan of 1970s rock. However Boston does this style really well and there wall of sound is endearing 4/5

just an incredibly solid rock album the whole way through

It solid and not too long. Could be a three but I'll give it a 4.

You don’t really need to listen to this album. If you’ve listened to any classic rock radio station you’ve heard all these songs before.

This is the album you hear when you go to your friends house and you hear their dad pounding beers and reliving the glory days…peak dad rock.

A really good rock album. There is a really high level of polish that both helps and hurts the album. While it sounds spectacular, it looses a little bit of the real/rawness of rock and roll. Masterfully put together and recorded, fun to listen to, but just lacking a little in soul.

A ton of classics here and some great cuts I've never heard. With a powerhouse as huge as tracks 1-4, they still landed it smoothly with the second half. Favorites were the entire first half and Something About You

This is an album I assumed I would give a 5 to before relistening today. The first side is definitely worthy of such. Just four absolute classics in a row. The second half however was not as good as I remember. While listening I also thought I really liked Something About You. And then I thought “Wait, this sounds kinda familiar”. And then I realized that they just made Peace Of Mind again, but not as good on the other side of the same album.

Obviously, ‘More Than A Feeling’ is imprinted in all our minds, but this album seems to have escaped me. It is, however, quite a belter and worthy of four stars. (Might just listen again…)

This rather took me by surprise and deserves another listen or two

Solid bangers that sound too good to have been recorded in a basement in Watertown

A true Rock 'n' Roll Classic. The opening track is one you'll have heard many, many times, but that hasn't dulled its power. Strong riffs, powerful vocals that you know you've tried to emulate before realising too late that it's *just* a little high, this is top-drawer "play loud with the roof down" stuff.

Lots of good hits and very short. What more do you want?

This is classic rock. No other way to put it.

I spent a large part of my life thinking I hated this... I don't know what I was thinking. Every track here is a banger! I don't think there's a song on here I don't know.

Great classic rock album. Enjoyed the two songs I knew and got to enjoy a good part of this album. The rhodes piano is a funny callback for me. Seems like it was very popular back then. Standouts: More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay / Long Time, and Hitch a Ride.

Fantastic album! Too bad it's so short.

Surprisingly good

Great dad-rock. You could probably put this entire album on at a wedding and nobody would complain. More Than A Feeling and Peace Of Mind the highlights.

Very good rock album. I can’t believe this was their first album (and their best).

This was FUN. I had a great time. Sure, it's goofy as hell, but I was boppin' around listening to this.

Now this album is hitting me with a question. Is an album that does nothing wrong a 5/5? It feels like nearly every song is a hit. Good instrumentals, blends with the vocals really well, fun lyrics and energy. It's almost built to be easy to enjoy listening to. I don't think it really has any depth but it's perfect surface dad rock. For me, it's great but not a 5.

Another one where the production is almost too slick. It's like non stick. The compositions are pretty strong and make up for the moments of corny lyrics. Foreplay/Long Time is a fun track. There is nothing wrong here, it feels like a curated adventure. You are on the rails for a fine rock'n time. Be sure to visit the gift shop.

4- very few misses, some very iconic songs

I'll be honest, I love this album. It's pinnacle classic rock. Songwriting got there, production quality was there, it was just right in the zeitgeist where it needed to be. Album is no-skips and any track could easily be someone's favorite. Every track is very samey but I don't think that's strictly a detriment. Fav Track: Hitch a Ride

Jag kom hem 23:22 efter Balthvs spelningen. Såg att det var perfekt med tid att lyssna på det här albumet medans jag gjorde natt. Jag gillade det. Gammal rock har sin charm.

Classic, american, rock. One of my personal all time favorites. For the first 5 songs it's a 5 star album, but it loses momentum a bit over the last 3 songs. Endlessly listenable, love this album

They really missed the opportunity to open with foreplay/long time. It would have been one of the best opening tracks to a song ever. Just a slap you in the face intro

It's hard for a band to become this popular from their debut album, but for Boston it is well deserved. This album has some great melodies and harmonies, and good musicality overall

Good rock and roll album and there are 2 songs i already new fairly well which are more than a feeling and smokin’

Great, classic rock sounds. Familiar songs, good tunes.

It's a jam.

More Than a Feeling may be in the top 5 most overplayed songs ever but this is a dad rock classic. 4.5 stars

Classics and the rest also sound like classics

Feel good ambience of a mid 70s album with a typical romance storyline

Dad rock excellence

Enjoyed this album, and I knew a lot of these songs previously! They bring back happy memories of my aunty before she passed What a great song to open the album - More Than A Feeling 4 ⭐️

It starts with the epitome of the dad rock(which I like but it's pretty outdated). However it ends being a very decent album between the 80s heavy metal and some hair metal that I associate morw to the 90s. I'll not remember it for a ling time but it was a god listening session

Surprisingly strong, given how burnt out I am on the hits (and how indifferent I've always felt toward most of them). Listening to them as part of the package they were intended to be heard on really made it click for me. 4/5

I despised this band for so many years. I think it was last year that I listened to this entire album for another project and it blew me away. It’s not something I would typically put on but the production, songwriting, energy level, and overall performances are all incredible, considering this was the band debut album it’s really impressive

Another classic!

😏👌

Pretty decent album, 4/5

Power-pop as slick as a greased up seal on a water slide following a pig rolled in butter jumping into a pool of KY. A record sells 17 million copies for a reason - catchy tunes, radio friendly choruses and perfect production. This album definitely started the swing from metal/blues acts to power-pop domination of the charts; for a short while anyway. Best Tracks: More Than A Feeling; Peace of Mind; Foreplay/Long Time

Really great dadrocker. All the members are incredibly talented at their instruments. Foreplay / Long Time is the highlight for me, although I like a lot of the other songs as well. Does get a point less for how overplayed some of the songs are, even if they're good.

Solid first three tracks then loses steam.

more than a city and more than a feeling

Good, but I prefer Chicago

Liked it, appreciate its iconic. Not my absolute fave. I liked Hitch a Ride.

Pretty damn good!

Jetzt verstehe ich, was der besondere Sound von Boston ist. Sehr Stilbildendes Album!

I'll agree with "played out" and I'll agree with classic rock "cheese". But, got damn isn't cheese delicious? Boston's debut is absolute iconic banger adter banger with a timeless sound and guitar tone that has spawned envy and lawsuits for some 40 years. Tom Stolz absolutely rips guitar and vocals on this legendary classic rock album. I'll also admit they blew their wad on this one. The rest of the discography was rushed, but hey one good album is better than one good song.

Love me some Dad Rock!

This is so good. Boston songs on Boston album are just every where in my musical history. Just 70s songs being 70s.

Dad rock big boss. Very fun. Stand-out: Peace of Mind

Sounds pretty typical, but was a fun listen. Had heard the first song before but the rest was decent.

7.5/10 - Decent rock album. I had heard and liked the first three songs before. The other songs were decent. I liked the non-singing parts in this album more than other rock albums we have gotten so far. Overall pretty good.

One complete album of continuous 1970's hits. All enjoyable rock. The definition of classic.

I had no idea this one would show its weird guitar spaceship face on this list. Hits galore. Starting off with potentially the biggest. After boring crooners from the mid 2000s, someone who can sing is a nice change. The build to the chorus on this one rules so hard. It’s a song that’s blared in a million construction sites for 50 years, but on its own, it’s still pretty good. If it wasn’t heavily overplayed, man. This thing is sweet. Man. I forgot about this song. A little bubblegum for me but the sounds are so good. Vocals especially And that chorus ain’t half bad. I hate Nick Cave. Sorry, tick I’ve developed going through this list. Hearing a fucking guitar solo and a competent vocalist is revolutionary at this point. Good lord the opening. I am ascending to a higher plane of being, known as Boston. The organ and bass rips. The strummed chorus is SICK. I love this song. Could it be because I ripped it up in Rockband in 2007??? Possibly. That god damn solo. Sweet Jesus. Listen. I like lame incel music. But this thing just rips. Peace of mind with kids music movie lyrics. I don’t want to completely devastate this one, because the guitar tone is so good. A let down after the previous one. Holy hell we’re back boys. Organ✅ Sick Riff ✅ fucking balls ✅. TRANSYLVANIA MIXED WITH SOUL REVIVAL. God dammit this rules. I just grew a moustache. Three songs left to somehow derail this. This one is kind of a lower energy. The organ player is going off again though. Guitar Solos beginning with gong strikes. Why is this album so cool? A middling track punctuated with incredible solos. Oh boy. I’m prepared for the ballads. These song titles indicate some balladry for some mulleted man crying in a Camaro. God the vocal melodies are good. No ballads. I mean this is close, but again, the vocals are great, the instrumentation is lush and full. Stalker lyrics. Hey, it was the 70’s!! Nah this is a typical closer in that it seems to run out of ideas slightly, but after 30 odd minutes of excellent rock, I can forgive the spiritual revival finish. A great vocalist can carry a mediocre band and a mediocre vocalist can hamper a great band. Everybody sounds great here and this thing rules from the first note and settles into a decent finish. Some major highlights in there, but overall this thing is fun, energetic and fantastic. Roll on Massachusetts. 3.5-4 HIGHLIGHTS: More than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Foreplay/Long Time, Smokin’

Boston is a band that I was raised on, so they will always have a special place in my heart. This album is one of my go-tos when I need to be lifted into a better mood. It has a lot going for it in terms of instrumentation. Tom Scholz used a lot of custom-built equipment and was really ahead of the curve with his studio production techniques, making this album groundbreaking for its time. Even better, the album is very consistent all the way through, with good songs and a smooth, cohesive flow.

Surprisingly fun throughout, and I was also surprised this their debut album. Although, I still don't really know much else about the outside of More than a Feeling. There goes Mairanne.

'More than a Feeling' is a classic. The rest of the album is a nice reminder of 70s rock.

"More than a feeling" is a great song to start an album!!!

Harmless cheesy singalong stuff form the 70s and 80s. Hmm. What a horrible thing to say. As the album progresses, you see how it would have felt epic to play at the time. A true airguitar album. Anyone with an 80s convertible shoudl pluy this loud. Its awesome in that cheesy ironic way.

First track I thought I was tired of hearing but I'm not. Good album overall, I wasn't blown away but will give it another go. 7/10

Amazing song, everyone knows which one, and a bunch of early hard rock tracks, mostly average or slightly above average. Not a fan of this type of music, but opening song is just too good. More Than a Good, I would even say.

Echte bangers

- Personal impression: Great album, evoked a strong feeling - Short album (38 minutes), but thoroughly enjoyable - Album artwork rated 10 out of 10 - Favourite song: More than a feeling - Rating: Four out of five stars

Duration - Comes in at 37 mins. Not a bad length. Album opens with an absolute classic - more than a feeling. Every man and his dog has heard this tune. Quality. Great vocals and a lovely solo. peace of mind - what a beauty of a solo. good track. loved the opening intro of foreplay. pretty wild. Then that transition into long time and the opening guitar lick. Damn nice. Another great solo in this track. These guys know how to play. Hitch a ride - banging! The organ work is immense. What a great song. Solo fits in superbly with the feel of this track. At first i didnt know what to think of the vocals, they almost felt TOO soft. But overall, the song works really well. WHAT A TUNE. Standout songs - More than a feeling, PoM, long time, hitch a ride Rating 4/5

Fantastic rock record. The three opening tracks are pure gold. Such a consistent, high-energy, kick arse sound.

A classic. You know every song.

4 stars just because of Foreplay/Longtime, one of my fav songs ever.

A classic rock album featuring some great headbangers. It was a short listening experience, but if you don't have another good song to add to an album, just keep it short and sweet. Would listen again.

Some fun 70's rock. I feel like there is some prog rock tendencies showing, but it mostly seems pretty straight forward to me.

Best Song: Foreplay / Long Time. All three opening tracks are bangers, but the use of the instrumental intro to build tension really sets this one apart. Worst Song: Something About You. This song could be deleted off the album and nothing of value would be lost. Overall: I think no band has better arena-rock vocals than Boston. The soaring quality of his voice, paired with the guitar parts which often mirror the voice, feels like it was designed specifically to fill stadiums. The album is pretty front-loaded (excluded the absolute ripping finale to the last track), but this is about as good as classic rock gets.

I want to like Boston, but personally I find I can only take them in small doses. Usually 1-2 songs and I’m done. That being said, my stubborn infant finally decided to drink her milk while listening to Boston, so that deserves at least a 3/5. What the hell, I’ll bump it up cos More than a Feeling is such a banger. 4/5

There's a reason that this album has been a mainstay of Classic Rock radio for generations. Driving beats, multi-tracked guitars, soaring vocals, and hooks for days. Every chorus is an anthem, meant to be sung along with in arenas or in the privacy of your car. Love them or hate them, Boston would not be denied it's place in Rock history. Four and one-half stars. The extra half-star is because Boston's Tom Scholz is the inventor of the Rockman. The Rockman was an effects box/amp emulator that was famously used to record the entirety of Def Leppard's "Hysteria" album (a five-star effort if there ever was one.)

Classic

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Essential seventies classic that has lived on for almost fifty years due to its sparkling production, technical innovation, and a few brilliant songs.

Great classic rock album!

Great start!

I can put this as a Humble Pie x Queen sound. Quite a good album considering it's not exactly up my alley

A side is straight bangers B side is solid too Loved this album growing up

L'album per sentirsi un padre americano che si dedica al barbecue e al football. Per tre o quattro canzoni è molto molto bello e poi diventa sottofondo. Come gli Eagles, ma meglio

1. spoko, takie pozytywne. Utwór "Foreplay / Long Time" bardzo fajnie się zaczyna i ma bardzo ładny instrumental. Moje oceny albumu pewnie będą się zmieniać z czasem im więcej muzyki będę poznawał tym może mój gust i moja ocena się zmienić. Spróbuję oceniać albumy własną metodą: oceną wyjściową będzie 5/10 i jeśli coś konkretnego w tym albumie przyciągnie moją uwagę i będzie pozytywnie wpływać na odbiór to +1, jeśli negatywnie to -1. Na razie ocena tego albumu: (5/10) +1 jest nostalgiczny, fajne emocje wywołuje +1 bardzo przyjemne melodie, ładne brzmienie +1 jest łatwy w odbiorze, nie wymaga wysiłku w podczas słuchania. A więc 8/10

This was what I hoped Bad Company would be.

More than a feeling + andere Songs Typischer Sound, 70er Rock 4/5

Great album. I don't know if there's a more quintessential "classic rock station" album. The first 5 tracks are all killer.

Already know this album. Classic, with several all-time hits on it.

Great riffs. Not the sort of album I’ll go back to, but happy to hear in a bar.

How fun would it have been to be driving around in your dad's camaro in the summer of 1976 blasting this shit as loud as possible. Maybe wearing a headband with a perm and a mustache. Nerds rule.

Approachably epic if cliched in ways that now seem pretty predictable (in that they didn't actually create any new cliches just reinforced a number of well-known tropes). Embodies all that’s good and wholesome about America and mom and apple pie and air guitar. It's sort of Rockwellian rock and roll, but there's a reason this record sold so well -- it's nearly perfect in terms of doing what it set out to do. And that's really the point here – just listen to the record, which one remembers was the main point in the liner notes, which one remembers reading next to one's sister's turntable in the '70s. Bonus points for the main guy being an MIT grad. Good idea to quit his day job, though one wonders if he ever went back.

A signature album for Boston, and a signature album for the rock sound in the late 70's. Well produced, and well executed.

Super fun and impeccably clean classic rock. Holds up very well, and it’s honestly pretty hard to fault. It is interesting to me how America-centric the album's success was, with 85% of sales coming from US and 5% from Canada. Certainly doesn't seem to have made much of a splash here in Australia, and I’d say it’s quite rare to hear on classic rock radio here; if anything it evokes nostalgia of the 2 years I spent living in Canada in the 2010s.

Pretty amazing story of how this album came to be. A defining sound of classic rock from the late 70’s

Um tunel do tempo direto para os anos 80

this is the music of classic rock stations, poker games, tap your foot and sing-along. Little known fact, my high school graduating class in 1990 chose foreplay/long time as our class song.

Without ever actually listening to this whole album, I formed opinions about Boston. The opinions were uninformed and wrong. There is room in my life for these 37 minutes of music.

I'm generally not a fan of this style of power pop mainstream rock, but this album is a huge exception. It is excellent from start to finish, a true classic. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because I don't really connect with some of the songs on a personal level and the second half can't keep up with the first half. But when I do play it, I get reminded of how good it is.

Surprisingly still very good. Very 80s without feeling too dated. Enjoyed some of the lesser known songs the best.

Well, a few good songs for sure

Classic Rawk

Solid melodic rock with banging harmony guitars

Most classic of classic rock. Still a LITTLE filler in there tho

dad rock all'ennesima potenza, che bomba

L’album per sentirsi un padre americano che si dedica al barbecue e al football. Per tre o quattro canzoni è molto molto bello e poi diventa sottofondo. Come gli Eagles, ma meglio

Very strong album. Don't necessarily like every single song, but has some super high peaks. Will I listen to again: 95%

Lots of Boston heard at my college. Really enjoyed this walk back in time.

Brings me back to spring 1986, staying at a friends house the night before our morning soccer match (Croughton v Woodbridge) - woke up to this album blasting on his stereo. Scored the only goal in our 1-0 win.

Quite liked this. Some familiar samples. Long time a fav.

9/10. Really great 1970's rock music. :)

Solid album through and through. 5 out of 5

Reminds me of Spanish class in high school but honestly the sound is amazing

Ich kannte bisher nur das Lied " More than a Feeling", das war mir zu steril und Tod gespielt im Radio. Nun hatte ich das Vergnügen, das ganze Album zu hören. Alle anderen Songs auf dieser Scheibe sind grandios. Tolle Gitarrensoli und schön melodisch rockig.

This album reminds me very much of Saturday afternoons in the mid 70’s and listening to the Alan Freeman Saturday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1. Great show to listen to all the prog rock bands. It was here where I first heard Boston and this album. More Than A Feeling was an instant hit with me and a track continually played on that radio show. I also loved Foreplay and the way it segued into Long Time and it was nice to experience this again. A good album bringing back lots of memories. 4/5 30/6/24

I've heard this album so many times my brain almost immediately wants to tune it out. A great sound, a great album!

This is a quintessential 1970s popular rock record. I have heard so many of these tracks in movies and television set in or that are about the era. And yet, it isn't representative of all of the 70s music and culture it's just symbolic of the mainstream expression of that era. And, I love it for that. It's not my favorite music from that decade. It's not what I believe would've actually been cool. I probably would've found actual Boston fans obnoxious at the time. And despite a Summer vibe, it's not something that I'm going to throw on tomorrow when it is not my album of the day. All that said, whenever I hear a track off this Boston album I nod along. Boston endures for that reason.

Erg lekker

Its nastalgic

enjoyed this one way more than I thought I would, it's corny but has some cool riffs and soaring hooks

Times were simpler in the 70’s. Bands didn’t have the time to spend thinking up cool names, they were too busy making great music. So they just named themselves after the place they were from. Boston, Chicago, Kansas. Not like the fake band names that came later. I’m looking at you Texas. This is a solid album with great musicianship. It certainly sounds of the decade, but that’s not a bad thing.

I had extremely low hopes for this album to be honest. I assumed it would be totally bland hair rock. At times it was, but then at other times it was really surprisingly good. A bit more sixties than I expected and quite a lot more melodic. Sneaks into the fours.

tyckte starten var så stark, men var inte jätteunderhållen av resten Bästa låt: more than a feeling, denna var fet

Good album

this is definitely boomer core but this goes hard

I never knew that one person did basically everything on this album except the vocals. It’s frankly unfair how some people can be so talented. Leave some coolness for the rest of us! It goes without saying that More Than A Feeling is an absolute banger. I was less familiar with the rest of the album, and appreciated that old school swinging rock and roll vibe. It’s hard to find many things not to like here.

the first three songs are all-timers. there's a reason they get played to death on classic rock radio. the rest of the album, in my opinion, is good, not great. nothing bad here, but nothing as special as the opening three tracks. pretty good album overall, but it feels pretty formulaic after a while. the musicianship here is great, in particular the guitar playing is iconic. the production here is impeccable. brad delp's vocals are incredible. it might be one of the best sounding records of all time. all that said, a very good album front to back, if not a bit cliche.

I feel like I know all these songs. Have at least heard most of them before I think. They are the most classic rock of all the classic rock. Good fun. I enjoy the spaceship and prog styling then the band just being called Boston

Almost every song was great.

7,5/10 Очень хороший альбом. Годные треки, несмотря на запах говна мамонта, звучат неплохо и спустя 50 лет, не зря даже говноед Кобейн спиздил рифф для своего дерьма Smells Like Teen Spirit из More Than a Feeling. Тем не менее возраст даёт о себе знать, запись не очень по сегодняшним меркам, поэтому слушать не так приятно как хотелось бы.

I didn't think there could be too much "soaring guitar" but here we are.

Your favourite rock band's favourite rock band... Soaring guitar solos, epic drum fills, driving bass and organ, and a falsetto voice to die for. Speaking of Rock Band, Foreplay/Long Time was so much fun to play on that game

Pleasant

just jam after jam after jam

Hard rock. I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. But there's so much energy and passion behind the vocals that you can't help but have a good time. I knew a couple songs ahead of time but I really enjoyed the other ones. I think it struggles a little bit due to being overly polished, but that comes with the genre. Would like to revisit. Strong 3.5/5

ok I like dad rock

I used to live in a shared house where the guy in the room next to mine had this album. He loved to wake up early and blast More than a Feeling out at obscene volume. I still love that track, although I didn't really know the rest of the album well at all. The last track really sucks, and prevents this from being a 5 star affair, but the remainder is pleasing and worthy of 4 stars. Yes, it's generic, but I love the guitar sound and it's the epitome of easy listening.

A very impressive debut album. Boston boasted huge rock and roll. The music started in a small home studio but is large enough to fill stadiums. The production is crystal clear and guitars are powerful and the hooks are undeniably catchy. There are hints of prog rock throughout but it remains perfectly accessible. The hits may have suffered a bit from being overplayed but that's not without good reason. This is iconic 70s rock created to be heard by the masses.

So.Many.Mustaches! And why does the drummer look like a bear-cum-caveman in the "More than a Feeling" video??? Regardless, much like "Rumours", this is another album filled almost entirely with songs that played on the radio over the years. And much like "Rumours", while it's not my favorite music, it's hard to deny that this is a very solid (and popular) album and band. Musically and lyrically, it's definitely not as interesting as "Rumours", but it's certainly a bit more rockin', and this album's influence on American rock is undeniable. I do wish the band wasn't as cringe-worthy to look at (and I wish they didn't all look like extras for "Spinal Tap"), but I'm confident they looked great to all their fans at the time. The Wikipedia entry for this album is definitely worth reading, and at least partly explains why (nearly) all the songs became radio-hits, as they had been written and shopped for many years before the album was signed and produced. It's also both impressive and I imagine very grating how the guitarist Tom Scholz was effectively a one-man band and producer for the album, and how he basically worked almost exclusively from his basement. (Also pretty funny that he kept his full-time job at Polaroid until the album went gold after its release.) I'm not sure if Scholz ever felt he'd achieved the "perfect band" or the "perfect song", but it's an impressive attempt.

p357. 1976. 4 stars. Quality late 70s American pomp rock with fabulous production, fabulous vocals and some great songs. Points deducted for the usual 70s wankage, but a bonus point for being the source of "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Great album

sounds like boston :)

"More Than a Feeling" plus 7 other songs. OK, I get it, this is very "white Dad complaining about the latest generation spending too much on avocados" and there are dozens of these AOR bands on the list. And even if you do end up hating yourself for admitting it, these tunes are damn catchy.

I listened to this in between issues of Star Wars Bounty Hunters and it was the perfect space outlaw soundtrack. Favourite song: More Than A Feeling.

Classic

Needed that. Love me a bit of Boston

first listen i mean, i don't love all of it but it is an american cornerstone album

"In an elaborate ruse, Scholz tricked the label into thinking the band was recording on the West Coast, when in reality, the bulk was being tracked solely by Scholz at his Massachusetts home. The album's contents are a complete recreation of the band's demo tape, and contain songs written and composed many years prior." My how times have changed. A studio DIDN'T want some band's shitty home recordings. Boston's debut is the gold standard for home recordings in my book. This still sounds better than the vast majority of pro studio recordings from the era. It's also just a wonderful rock record. There's really something here for everyone; technical proficiency, catchiness and karaoke friendliness.

What a great album. Just some good freaking music. The album is only 37 minutes long, but I wish it was longer.

One Boomer Album to rule them all

I’m not super into the mustache/mullet variety of classic rock, but for some reason I have a soft spot for Boston. This is one of the first albums that we bought when we started collecting vinyl again. It sounds really good on an old turntable.

Iconic album that anyone my age has heard tons of times. I've never been a fan. Now it's nostalgia.

I'm pretty biased on this one having heard it hundreds of times when I was a kid. I was only 5 when it came out but discovered it in 7th grade. Brad Delp's vocals were sweet sounding and spot on, surrounded by the sounds of anthem guitars.

I didn’t know I knew every single song on this album

Great rock album

Yes, it’s cheesy dad rock. However it’s very grandiose when it wants to be and is generally a fun listen, don’t kind of cancels it out.

- MORE THAN A FEELIIIINGGG - ngl that song itself takes this album to a four

Classic albumn

Was expecting bland dad rock, instead I got very fun and well written dad rock. Knew 'More Than a Feeling', then 'Peace of Mind' came on, turns out i know that one too, 'Foreplay/Long Time' was fantastically epic, especially the intro. Everything after that just kept rocking out, didn't feel annoyed or bored for a second, which is far more than I can say for a lot of classic rock albums. They kind of nailed it here.

Very energetic hard rock album which has a lot of bangers, starting with the opening classic, 'More Than A Feeling'. It even had some prog rock songs on it. It was like the peak of dad rock in the mid-1970s, it's a good album overall.

I loved this album when I was in college. If this were my first time hearing it, I doubt I would give it four stars, but I will for old times sake. It’s a really good album! I enjoyed hearing it again.

I enjoy hearing how much fun everyone seems to be having playing these songs.

I used to leve them , still kinda like them, but have Moved on. It didnt suck.

01) More Than a Feeling - 10,0 02) Peace of Mind - 8,5 03) Foreplay/Long Time - 8,0 04) Rock & Roll Band - 7,5 05) Smokin' - 8,0 06) Hitch a Ride - 8,5 07) Something About You - 8,5 08) Let Me Take You Home Tonight - 8,5 TOTAL: 8,44 (84/100) If something is called classic rock, then it must have done something right to be called a classic. "More Than a Feeling" is a great song, even if it is overplayed by radio stations.

One of the best dad rock albums I love this. One of the best openers and constant bangers there on. I really have not listened to much of this genre really since I grew up but I am going to have to back through it all because it is really. It has a clear plan and it succeeds at doing that there is not much more to say. It gets a really high rating but on here I juts can't give it a 5. 5's are going to be exclusive for albums from 9.5-10/10 and although this falls shorts it doesn't mean I don't think it is great. Stand out songs: More Than a Feeling Peace of Mind Something About You

all the hits

Hit after hit after hit. Half point deduction for overplay, which wasn’t really their fault. 4.5

All great songs. Really close to 5 stars.

Awesome dad rock. How anyone could dislike peace if mind is beyond me

Sure, it’s kind of a cheesy cliché classic rock album, but it’s fun as hell and every single song was a hit. The only other album I can think of that has as high of a concentration of hits on a single album is The Cars self-titled. Also, the sound quality on this recording is really something special. Borders on overproduced, but it works for me. On a good system, this album sounds absolutely huge, but without sacrificing dynamics. For all you vinyl collectors out there, find a copy with “Wally” in the deadwax and you won’t be disappointed. The “corporate dad rock” criticisms it often gets are valid, but if you are able to put that aside and just enjoy the music, this is a really good album.

Idk, man. If you don’t like this album, I think you are going to have to start asking yourself some really hard questions about who you are as a person. Do you like to rock? Do you like to party? Do you like Camaros? Do you like crushing cold beers? Do you like smoking Marlboro Reds? Do you even own a sleeveless T-shirt and jean shorts? Do you like making out with hot chicks? Do you like riding around in a Camaro on a hot summer night dressed in jean shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt, blasting rock music, drinking a cold beer and smoking a Marlboro Red on your way to make out with a hot chick, AKA partying? Because if you do, then you know this album fucking rocks. Also, those are upside down guitars with blue flames coming off the strings on the cover, not cities attached to UFOs escaping a dying world, or whatever your nerd ass thought they were. The blue flames are coming off the strings because of how hard the band is rocking. Just, FYI.

Very solid album with some great guitar riffs. I'm not surprised this was the best selling debut album for almost a decade.

Fun stuff

I listened to it 2x

Very tight, better than I expected

Did anyone even die in the past 40 years without having heard this? I may have filed "More Than a Feeling" under 80ies Hair Metal and I ~know half of these? And the thing is: rightly so? This is just excellent at what it is. Someone in the reviews compared the music to Deep Purple meets Queen and yes, at times it sounds like those two rolled into one - this might be my only gripe actually: while I like me some of the former, I don't care much for the latter. But that's nitpicking because fuck, this rocks!?

Meh, good album but I've hard it way too often in my life.

Great throw back album

pure nostalgia

Not my taste but this was a great album.

6 peace of mind el mejor tema del album por lejos 18/3/24

Wow, I knew almost every track like a genetic memory.

024-03-14...

dad rock of the good kind

Some excellent melodies and riffs, enjoyable

More than a feeling into peace of mind = 4.5

Awesome classic arena rock

I mean, this is a classic. There are some songs that can stop feeling special because you've heard them a million times. This album reminds me that they got played a million times because they are special.

Lättsmält, enkelt att tycka om och jämnbra (på gränsen till att det blir lite tradigt dock). Texterna är rätt plågsamma också, men blir ändå en svag fyra.

I am horrified to discover that this is really good. Please don't tell anyone. What a nice thing to listen to on a cold wet Sunday afternoon in England. I do think 'More Than a Feeling' could be a contender for best opening track of a debut album. It was a tingly moment. It's the only track I know and probably everyone knows, but the rest is pretty great Rocky stuff. Thoroughly enjoyed it more than I probably should have done. A low 4.

Big Hits Boston! Reminds of a radio station I liked to listen to in Denver back in the early 80’s… KBCO, out of Boulder. They used to play an entire album late at night, and I’m sure this made that rotation. My first exposures to the big rock sounds more popular in the Midwest. Not really my thing, but an A for effort. Ok…. Maybe B+.

Heard this album about a million times. Despite it being down-the-center boomer rock and a little cheesy in the lyrics department, it's a certified classic and a production master class by the genius that is Tom Scholz - the story behind it being an incredible covert recording operation that put big-name producers in fancy studios to shame.

Impecable grabación. Superexito que no ha envejecido bien

Favorites: More Than a Feeling

hits

A classic rock staple. Undeniably catchy and fun. Stands the test of time.

An ear-candy album of classic rock. Really pleasant songs, and the acoustic guitars on some of the song really help with the flow of the rock album. Sounds like the writer really enjoyed his time. Of course, I know quite a few songs from this album already, but this was the first time I've heard all of it. Definitely want to re-listen at some point in the future.

The first album on here where I already knew every song. I had to go check that it wasn't a greatest hits album. The story behind the creation of this album was fascinating. I won't relay it here, but it gave me a greater appreciation for the classic rock staples that I had previously dismissed as just 70s pop-rock.

Just not my type of music. I tried but couldn’t even finish it.

Every song on the record had radio play. Nostalgic hit makers. Distinct sounds, particularly guitar effects. What hurts it was how many of these songs were overplayed on the radio. Not the band fault however.

Familiar, funky, fun!!

Solid Album

Old classics, makes me want to play the drums, had heard before but didn’t know the name, dad rock

Classic, fun, great rock album.

Iconic 80s metal. Also pretty rad that the guitarist was an electrical engineer, and he designed/built the amps used ont his recording.

Although I never owned this album, I was VERY familiar with it, because of its heavy rotation on the radio when it came out…VERY heavy rotation. So much so, I learned to hate the album and switched off the radio whenever a song from the album came on. Fast forward a couple decades, having not heard anything from it in quite a while, I still cringed when it came up as my suggestion for today. I decided to suck it up and give it a serious listen. There is a reason it became so popular. It’s actually really good. The song construction, vocals and instrumental solos are all very well crafted. When I learned from Wikipedia that it was pretty much produced by two guys, with Tom Scholz playing most of the instruments, I was really impressed. I will definitely listen to this album again…just not too often

Songs that feel like you got the girl and are driving into your happily ever after. Not a lot of variety within the songs with similar instrumentation and a similar guitar riff continuing through the album but still very fun