Boston! What an incredible album

[Buckeye]

More than 30 years later, I can still never get tired of Boston's debut album (More Than A Feeling, Long Time, etc). My musical taste ranges the Beatles (a fanatic) to AC/DC to Springsteen to a lot of today's country....... However, not sure if any of them created one single album from start to finish that is as solid as Boston. It's the epitome of what Rock and Roll once was.

Speaking of Boston, take the Pats, lay the points and enjoy!

[Jeff Jones]

It's all retro! Vinyl is making a comeback!

Am I the only one with a turntable?

Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - TIME

[trytrytry]

well said Buckeye...every song on the albumn is a winner..amazing record.

[Journeyman]

Without question no debut album has ever been better .

love that one.

[trytrytry]

Nirvana's "Nevermind" was their first MAJOR release, and it is a classic album, debut or not. might be a bit better than Boston...


also
The Who, My Generation

Led Zeppelin I

[The Prophet]

IT WAS THE SUMMER OF '76 WHEN RADIO STATION ACROSS AMERICA WERE SWEPT AWAY BY A NEW "SOUNDING" ROCK GROUP SIMPLY CALLED "BOSTON".

EVERY SONG ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED "BOSTON" WAS PLAYED WITH REPETITION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER.

BEHIND THE 'SOUND' WAS THE GENIUS WORKINGS OF MIT ENGINEER AND BAND MEMBER TOM SCHOLZ WHO TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIVE SOUND EQUIPMENT REVOLUTIONIZED MODERN ROCK MUSIC.

THE FOLLOWING SUMMER...FLEETWOOD MAC 'RUMORS' ALBUM WOULD DOMINATE.






Early years (pre-1976)
Boston began when Tom Scholz, an MIT engineering graduate who worked at Polaroid, began to create a series of tape recordings in his home studio accompanied by guitarist Barry Goudreau, drummer Jim Masdea (with whom Scholz played in a prior band), and singer Ron Patti from the band Boston Creme. The roots of the first album were created in these early demo sessions with songs such as "More Than a Feeling," "Hitch a Ride," "Peace of Mind," "Foreplay/Long Time" and "Rock & Roll Band." Scholz soon became frustrated with the limitations of the technology at the time and his inability to capture the sound he wanted. He soon began building and designing his own equipment.

The first tapes Scholz produced were rejected by the record labels. A second set of tapes with Scholz on guitar (which he learned to play in Goudreau's band), newly hired singer Brad Delp on vocals and Masdea on drums, drew the attention of executives at Epic Records, a division of CBS. The label was dissatisfied with Masdea's performance, and he was replaced by Sib Hashian. The label also insisted that Scholz re-record the demo tapes in a professional studio with a full band, which led to the hiring of bassist Fran Sheehan. With the exception of "Let Me Take You Home Tonight," which was recorded in California, Scholz duped the record company and re-recorded the other seven tracks in his home studio.


Boston (1976)
The resulting debut album, Boston, was an enormous success and helped revive the popularity of mainstream rock at a time when disco was beginning to dominate radio airplay and an ascendant punk was attracting critical acclaim. The record ranks as the best-selling debut album in U.S. history, with over 17 million copies sold, a rank it still holds.

During the summer of 1976 Boston got much publicity when they toured with Black Sabbath and Moxy. The band then embarked on a worldwide tour to support the new album. This helped establish Boston as one of rock's top acts within a short time.

The album spawned one Top 10 single, "More Than a Feeling" and two other Top 40 hits, "Peace of Mind" and "Foreplay/Long Time". Additionally, the album peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts. Eleven years later, Boston would reappear in the Billboard Top 200, reaching #101.



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[skyweasel]

I wore that record out. Pissed off my dad too playing it at top volume. More than once he came up the stairs and yelled holy hell at me to knock it off. "Foreplay/Long Time", those were the days.

[pvcpipe]

Shame about Brad Delp offing himself this year. Guy ran a garden hose from his car exhaust to his bathroom window.

[Journeyman]

I find it somewhat ironic, Boston is being mentioned and talked about as if the album is brand new some 30 odd years later, with a founding member just passing recently (very sad story there)

New England is the toast of football, The Celts are back, The Sox are Kings of baseball ....Boston is EVERYWHERE!

Dont look back , I have more than a feeling this album will be talked about for a long time to come!

and where is Aerosmith from?

[Bucsfan67]

my favorite boston song ever.....always loved this song....

[MIKEH75]

DON'T LOOK BACK is a good one too but not nearly as successful as the first in '76.

[Richkas]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

More than 30 years later, I can still never get tired of Boston's debut album (More Than A Feeling, Long Time, etc). My musical taste ranges the Beatles (a fanatic) to AC/DC to Springsteen to a lot of today's country....... However, not sure if any of them created one single album from start to finish that is as solid as Boston. It's the epitome of what Rock and Roll once was.

Speaking of Boston, take the Pats, lay the points and enjoy!

Great album.

[Doug]

Boston is OK, but my knock on them is all their songs sound too much alike. I like them overall, but I wouldn't call them a landmark type band.