Although I prefer Don’t Look Back, Boston is a great album as well. I love the tonal quality of the guitars in Boston. I also appreciate the precise arrangments. These guys are air tight. Pay close attention to the bass line sometime. They certainly aren’t thumping out repetitive E notes. They melodically pirouette all over tthe frets. I didn’t know it then but just a few years later, I’d be trying to keep up with them on my bass guitar.
I’m listening to Foreplay / Longtime right now and I’m trying to imagine how the band decided on all of the elements that make up that song. The keyboard part for example, is really quite small, repetitive and simple. It might well have been omitted but it adds that sound that seems to act like the border or the frame of a portrait. How did Boston know which flourishes to keep and which ones were too much. They seemed to get it just right.
Bostonis full of good material. I’m trying to decide if I feel that they sound dated at all? Going back and listening to that earlier Journey and REO Speedwagon stuff, some of it sounded so 70’s to me. Boston doesn’t seem to have that issue although it doesn’t sound like the music of today. It makes me wonder if this album could even be made in today’s music industry.
More Than A Feeling
Peace Of Mind
Foreplay / Long Time
Rock And Roll Band
Hitch A Ride