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All of those bad things and you ONLY gave it a 3 lol?Quote
keefriffhard4life
i give it about 3 stars out of 5. the fake drums sound horrid. the mix on a few songs is bad. i hate the female singer doing lead for an entire song.tommy decarlo and david victor and underused. 11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.
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stonehearted
<<11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.>>
That's what people were thinking in the 8 years between their second and third albums.
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RollingFreakAll of those bad things and you ONLY gave it a 3 lol?Quote
keefriffhard4life
i give it about 3 stars out of 5. the fake drums sound horrid. the mix on a few songs is bad. i hate the female singer doing lead for an entire song.tommy decarlo and david victor and underused. 11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.
Me, I'm pretty surprised Boston was releasing a new album. The first one is an amazing album, but I never really heard anything about their other records.
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stonehearted
<<11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.>>
That's what people were thinking in the 8 years between their second and third albums.
except the songs on 3rd stage are actually good
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stonehearted
<<11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.>>
That's what people were thinking in the 8 years between their second and third albums.
except the songs on 3rd stage are actually good
Yes, but you should have heard the DJs in the early to mid-80s: "I just know they'll have that third album out.... someday...."
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stonehearted
^ Which would have meant that it would have had even less impact than it did, because the second album was considered a disappointment--one reason being the three-year gap between the first album and the follow-up, a huge gargantuan time gap for a band making their debut in those days.
Obviously, the word "momentum" in not in Tom Scholz's vocabulary. Tom Scholz? He should be called Time Slows.
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shadooby
The new Boston album "Life Love & Hope" simply rocks. I had reservations since Brad Delp is no longer with us, but he appears on a few tracks and the new lead singer is pretty darn good in his own right. If you like Boston...give it a listen. Tom Scholz is a musical genius.
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Ladykiller
The new Boston album 'Life, Love & Hope' sounds for me not so special. It sounds in some parts really boring.
My favorite Boston album is 'Walk On' from about 20 years ago or so.
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mr_dja
Funny Max mentions something Tom Scholz saying haunting him...
When I saw Boston on the Third Stage tour (1987), it was what Brad Delp said during the band introductions that has stayed with me ever since...
While introducing Tom, in addition to giving him credit for vocals, playing guitar & keyboards, Delp also said that Tom had designed and built all of the guitar & PA amplifiers that they were using on that tour. My jaw pretty much hit the ground at those words as I had spent much of the time thinking that it was the best sounding concert I had ever been to as of that point. Also funny from Brad that night, was his comment as to how happy they were to be playing in their home town (show was in Worcester, MA) and how he didn't have to go to a hotel that night because he was going home to his Mom's house.
Say what you want about his music and how long it takes him to produce it. For me, for the first three albums anyway, it was worth the wait. I always liked how the liner notes for Third Stage mentioned that, after a while he quit keeping track of the number of hours he worked on the album and started keeping track of the number of light bulbs which burned out in the studio.
Also thanks to the posters who have offered the reviews of the new album. I had kind of given up on Boston after the Walk On Album but will go looking for the new tracks now that I know they exsist.
Peace,
Mr DJA
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stonehearted
<<11 years for 8 brand new songs is a bit of a ripoff.>>
That's what people were thinking in the 8 years between their second and third albums.