The earliest and best maxi-single ever released; not only do you get the awesome, heavenly, consciousness-blowing rocker "More Than A Feeling," but you also get some great bonus tracks: "More Than A Feeling ('Peace Of Mind' Remix)", "More Than A Feeling ('Smokin'' Club Mix)", "More Than A Feeling ('Rock & Roll Band' 12-Inch Dance Mix)"... Gosh, aren't you glad you didn't buy the cassette tape?
Ah, but seriously... Now, I'm not saying that this album is repetitive, but... Okay, I'll stop now. This album is actually quite good. Basically, engineering geek Tom Scholz figured out how to make catchy music and preceded to lay down eight similarly wild rock songs, the hippest square music you'll ever hear. He had Brad Delp record grandiose, enjoyable vocals on top of the tracks, then assembled a band of thuggish-looking 70's types and pretended that they had anything to do with the record.
The melodies are really, really nice ("Hitch A Ride" comes to mind, as does "Foreplay/Long Time"), and almost every track has mindless, cathartic rock 'n' roll power and an awesome guitar tone. I even think the closing ballad "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" is cute (the vocal is touching).
The problem, of course, is that every song basically sounds like "that Boston song" when you hear it on the radio; Scholz found a formula, and he stuck with it, keeping Boston from becoming a, uh, creative masterpiece or anything like that.
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