Boston (album)

Boston (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Boston
Type = Studio album
Artist = Boston


Released = August 25 1976 (U.S.)
December 3 1976 (UK)
Recorded = October 1975-April 1976 at Foxglove Studios, Watertown, Massachusetts
Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre = Rock
Length = 37:41
Label = Epic (U.S.)
CBS (UK)
Legacy Recordings (2006 Remaster)
Producer = John Boylan and Tom Scholz
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rt7uak6k5m3c link]
*Robert Christgau (C) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=boston link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boston/albums/album/300997/review/6068063/boston link]
Last album =
This album = "Boston" (1976)
Next album = "Don't Look Back" (1978)

"Boston" is the debut album by American rock band Boston. The album broke fast, with several blockbuster hard rock hits. All eight of the songs on the album still receive regular airplay on classic rock radio. Taking a mere 2 months to earn an RIAA Gold Record Award in 1976 and then a Platinum Award (1,000,000 in unit sales) after 3 months, it was the fastest selling debut album for any American group. In the subsequent 10 years of its 1976 release, the recording continued to sell very well reaching 9 million in sales in 1986 and has continued to receive multi-platinum awards through the present, reaching diamond in 1990 and eventually going 17x platinum in 2003. [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond]

Background

Tom Scholz started off jamming in a makeshift band that included future Boston members Barry Goudreau and Brad Delp. Unsatisfied with the live sound, the perfectionist Scholz disbanded the act and instead made demos in his home studio with Delp on vocals. The demos eventually attracted the attention of Epic Records.

Scholz was satisfied with the demos to the point that he wanted to use them as a final album, but Epic said no. "The material had to be recorded in a 'professional' studio in exactly the same way!" Scholz later wrote. Scholz insisted on doing the rerecording in his basement. Epic producer John Boylan (produced Little River Band among many others) made a deal with Scholz. Boylan would have the rest of the makeshift band record some studio arrangements in Los Angeles, Delp and Sib Hashian (with Barry Goudreau joining toward the end) to "create a diversion" while Scholz made his multitrack recordings at home.

Most of the guitar, bass, and keyboards were performed by Scholz and recorded at his basement studio. Most of Delp's vocals were recorded in Los Angeles with Boylan. Only two tracks include all the musicians who ultimately toured under the name of Boston, "Foreplay/Long Time" and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight."

The Remasters

This album and the group's second ("Don't Look Back") were remastered and re-released on June 13 2006. The re-releases were digitally remastered personally by the band's leader, Tom Scholz, after he heard (not directly) that the remastering project was to be handled by Sony's team. This was unacceptable to him, and he took it on himself after negotiations with Legacy. "I've always wanted to make those albums sound good on CD, and the chance arrived," he said. [ [http://www.boston.org/officialreissueletter.html Official release letter, boston.org] ] The re-masters have received very high praise from magazine critics, and especially from the die-hard fan base.

A small number of the Sony-remastered versions briefly went on sale in Canada on April 4, 2006 before being pulled off the shelves. Those discs also included live versions of "Smokin" and "Foreplay/Long Time" from a 1976 Philadelphia concert. [http://www.thirdstage.ca/boston/html/boston_remasters_first_edition.htm]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Scholz, except where noted.

CD

#"More Than a Feeling" – 4:46
#"Peace of Mind" – 5:02
#"Foreplay/Long Time" – 7:47
#"Rock and Roll Band" – 3:00
#"Smokin'" (Bradley Delp, Scholz) – 4:20
#"Hitch a Ride" – 4:13
#"Something About You" – 3:48
#"Let Me Take You Home Tonight" (Delp) – 4:43

LP

ide one

#"More than a Feeling" – 4:44
#"Peace of Mind" – 4:55
#"Foreplay/Long Time" – 7:56

ide two

#"Rock and Roll Band" – 2:59
#"Smokin'" (Bradley Delp, Scholz) – 4:14
#"Hitch a Ride" – 4:06
#"Something About You" – 3:45
#"Let Me Take You Home Tonight" (Delp) – 4:38

On the original vinyl and CD releases, the length of "Rock & Roll Band" is actually listed as the unconventional "2:60" rather than the more suitable "3:00".

Some CD releases incorrectly label the length of "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" as 4:12 rather than 4:43. Also, some have "Foreplay/Long Time" as 7:48.

Personnel

*Bradley Delpvocals, guitar
*Tom Scholzguitar, keyboards, bass guitar
*Barry Goudreauguitar
*Fran Sheehanbass guitar
*Sib Hashiandrums, percussion
*Jim Masdeadrums, percussion (on "Rock and Roll Band")

Production personnel

*Producers: John Boylan, Tom Scholz
*Direction: Paul Ahern, Charles McKenzie
*Engineers: Warren Dewey, Tom Scholz
*Assistant engineers: Deni King, Bruce Hensel, Doug Ryder
*Mixing: Westlake Audio, Los Angeles assisted by Steve Hodge
*Remastering: Tom Scholz, Bill Ryan, Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital, Southborough, Massachusetts, Hideaway Studio II
*Digital transfer: Tom "Curly" Ruff
*Artwork and Design: Kim Hart, Tom Scholz
*Direction: Paul Ahern, Charles McKenzie
*Photography: Jeff Albertson, Ron Pownall
*Photo Editing: Gary Pihl
*Illustrations: Roger Huyssen
*Reissue design: Joel Zimmerman

Songs featured in other media

*Carl Brutananadilewski, a character in the animated series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", considers "More than a Feeling" to be the ultimate song.
* "Peace of Mind" was played on the 2005 Sci-fi show "Supernatural" at the end of the 7th episode of the first season, titled "Hookman". "Foreplay/Long Time" was also used in "Supernatural", as the background music for the recap prior to the 21st episode of the second season, "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 1".
* "Peace of Mind" serves as the background music for a series of Panasonic Toughbook television commercials in 2007.
* A cover of "More than a Feeling" is a playable song in the PlayStation 2 game "Guitar Hero".
* "Peace of Mind" is a downloadable track in "".
* "Smokin'" was featured on on radio station.
*"More than a Feeling" was played at the end of the Scrubs episode "My Half Acre" (#509).
*"More Than a Feeling" is a song on Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore that can be unlocked by the user.
*"Foreplay/Long Time" is sampled in the first track, "Once Again," of Girl Talk's album, "Night Ripper".
*"Foreplay/Long Time" is a playable track in the music video game "Rock Band" for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and PlayStation 2 consoles. Subsequently, every other song from this album except "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" were made playable as downloadable tracks for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Charts

Album

References

See also

*List of best-selling albums in the United States


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