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Boston Reviews
Boston Reviews
| 86 of 88 people found the following review helpful  Great remaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, This review is from: Boston (Audio CD) Below is a letter from Tom Scholz posted on Boston.org regarding the remastering of this album and the follow-up, Don't Look Back, but before I get to that I have a few comments.I have loved this album since it's debut in 1976 and I have always felt that the last song "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" sounded different from the other songs and now the liner notes of the remastered "Boston" verify that belief. On all of the other songs, with few exceptions, Tom Scholz played all instruments except drums. Barry played a lead here and Fran played a bass there, but that is about it. That is, except for "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" where Tom only played the organ. I mention this because I remember folks complaining about "Third Stage" and "Walk On" stating that they could tell a difference between these latter albums, which noted Tom as the player of most of the instruments, and the earlier ones where Boston was "a band." Little did they know that it was the same... Read more 202 of 218 people found the following review helpful A 70's touchstone, perfectly remastered., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Boston (Audio CD) You are reading this, I hope, in order to decide whether or not to purchase this CD.You are probably inordinately familiar with the album. It is an album, like "Rumours" or "Saturday Night Fever" or "Frampton Comes Alive", which captures and defines the best and worst of an era. It sounds like nothing else of the time. Sure, it has a little Queen, a little southern boogie, a little ELO even...but it's a "Boston" sound, through and through. There's no need to address the individual songs. You know them. You love them. You have them memorized. You know that the end of the album gets a little weak, but you probably kept replaying that one side anyways. Or at least MOST of the time. So, the BIG question is...how well is the remastering done? Well, you know how some remastering cleans things up with such detail and precision you feel like you are in the studio? Or they expand the soundstage that you... Read more 22 of 25 people found the following review helpful Classic album receives remaster it deserves, By This review is from: Boston (Audio CD) Contrary to some other comments about Tom Scholz not liking the remastering job he did on the first two albums (he was referring to the Canadian release which also had bonus tracks and was NOT remastered by Scholtz), Scholz is pleased with the latest re-release. The Canadian release has some bonus live tracks. Scholz was pretty horrified with the sound on the re-release and after hearing them he contacted Sony (he hadn't been contacted before the re-release. They agreed to let him remaster the material himself."Boston" sounds terrific correcting issues with the sound. The result is that the drums have more punch, the vocals are up front and there's better depth, definition. The artwork has also been updated with two brief essays one by Scholz discussing the recording of the album and another by Rolling Stone writer David Wild. The credits for who played on what appear for the first time correcting a lot of myths about the album. The packaging is nice with a... Read more |
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