release date: Aug. 25, 1976
format: vinyl (EPC 81611)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: John Boylan, Tom Scholz
label: Epic Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "More Than a Feeling" (5 / 5) (org. video) - 3. "Foreplay / Long Time"
Studio album debut by American AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), pop / rock band Boston from... Boston. The band consists of musical composer, lyricist and lead guitarist Tom Scholz, lead vocalist Brad Delp, rhythm guitarist Barry Goudreau, bass player Fran Sheehan, and drummer Sib Hashian; however, the actual recordings for the album were almost only done by Scholz playing most instruments himself as he had done on the demo-tape, he had recorded in his basement and that the record label directors explicitly had wanted the studio recordings to sound like. Boston was launched like a band but basically was a musical project by master-mind, Tom Scholz.
Stylistically, it's also labelled as hard rock but in essence it's probably more accurately to call it melodic rock with strong influences from classical music, which again bare much of the same stylistic influences as music by earlier works by British bands like Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull.
Musically, it has become known for one song only, which is THE song of the band but it does contain other fine compositions, although, none except "Long Time" are truly memorable compositions.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, PopMatters 4 / 5 stars ]
