"Boston" by Boston

[Taverner]

Could there be a better album, technically?

I mean, you've got engineer Tom Scholtz who orchestrated this paean to Suburban AOR Rock. He puts together a band of the best players out of Boston, from a technical perspective. He writes these melodies that don't just get stuck in your head - but burn themselves indelibly into your thought patterns for the next 10+ years. Then he comes up with a cover that manages to combine Sci Fi, Rock and Roll, Malthus and FIRE!!!

Every single song on this album, you already know. The solos are just as memorable as the motifs in the melody.

Can I find a bad song on this album? Rock & Roll Band is about as close as this album gets to a bad song. And even that song is awesome.

Sure, Tom Scholtz and co never equalled this album. And yes, these guys went on to inspire Stryper of all bands.

But I remember a time, when Boston WAS rock and roll. They hit all the notes. I remember many a mix tape that would sequence More then a Feeling right before or after LZ's Stairway to Heaven.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I love BOSTON. (And I listened to Stryper back in the day.) I just love that

sweet, melodic rock. Does it have an official genre name? I've never figured it out.

[Taverner]

2. Well Boston went on to influence Glam Metal

But there were a lot of bad glam metal bands

There were a lot of bad glam bands

I don't know

One thinks of metal bands that were also melodic, and I think Rush, Triumph, Living Color, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Yeah, there was some bad glam metal and rock, but definitely some good stuff.

[Taverner]

4. Of glam metal, only two bands would I say that I am still into

The first, Zebra, I still love

The other, Guiffria, I only like a few songs still

[graywarrior]

5. Went to high school with them

and yeah, I love their music, and I miss Brad.

[Taverner]

6. Yeah Brad Delp offed himself didn't he?

He had one of the sweetest (and I chose that word for a reason) voices in rock..

[graywarrior]

7. He was a sweet man

Actually left a note for the firefighters that he used gas so they wouldn't blow themselves up going into his home.

[KG]

8. vastly under-rated, it is one of the all-time great rock n roll albums.

still in heavy rotation in the AOR of my life.