[Heeplist] New Boston cd out today

[Igor Shveitser]

 Thanks, Bob, interesting. To me their debut is not top-notch stuff, just good, but I believe, people who grew up in America back then feel rather different because their grass was greener etc. and the songs like More Than A Feeling have special meaning to them which we, the younger (and foreign) generation just are not aware of.  :)
Cheers, Igor


Пятница,  6 декабря 2013, 7:39 -05:00 от Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>:
>I found a best buy in my 7 hours of driving yesterday.  I had a $5 USD
>rewards certificate so I got the new Boston CD for $5.29 in US Dollars.
>After 1 listen, I feel I got my $5 worth.  First off, the debut album from
>Boston was so great, nothing could ever measure up to it.  As for the new
>cd, I liked about 3 songs right off the bat.  I only got 1 listen, as I
>bought in late afternoon, for the last hour of my travelling.
>
>It sounds like the Boston formula. The sound of the instrumentation however
>is purely the Boston (Tom S) style. Layers of sound, guitars and keyboards.
>It seems to me (just my opinion, not fact) the band is basically 1 guy Tom
>Sholz.  Some of the tracks on this cd were recorded many years ago.  I
>counted 3 songs that credit the lead vocals to Brad Delp (RIP).  Please do
>not take this as fact, as I was looking at the cd inlay while driving on the
>expressway (Pennsylvania Turnpike). They also feature a female vocalist and
>the replacement guy on the rest of the tracks.
>
>    I partially agree with Jay that this will not measure up to the debut
>lp, however it sounds very listenable and likeable to me.  It is hard to
>classify the music, but at one time we could  have used the term MOR (middle
>of the road)  I am sure a couple of the songs will get airplay on the local
>station that plays Taylor Swift a lot and Sammy Davis Jr. (remember him
>singing "The Candy Man"?  Well the local MOR station still plays that tune..
>"Who can make the sun rise...."
>
>Coming out with one cd every 10 years is hard for a band to stay relevant.
>Especially with such a strong debut lp, there is no upside.  It is not
>horrible, very pleasant to listen to.
>
>
>On 12/4/13 9:58 PM, "Jay Pearson" < deepheep at yahoo.com > wrote:
>
>> IT IS NOT WORTH THE $$$ 
>> WHAT AN AWFUL ALBUM!
>> First song is the only good song, one song is exactly the same as the
>> Corporate America version, two others are remakes of songs from CA, rest vary
>> from awful to about equal to the worst tracks on Third Stage.
>> 
>> None of the songs are remotely close in quality to the debut or Don't Look
>> Back. I still rank the debut album as one of the greatest debut albums in
>> history, if not the greatest.
>> 
>> If you actually liked the Corporate America album, you might like this,
>> otherwise don't waste your money. Melodicrock.com gave it a 65% rating, which
>> I thought was pretty generous. 
>> 
>> Just me opinion! But you are far far far better off buying the new Berggren
>> Kerslake EP on itunes or Amazon!!!
>> 
>> Jay
>> np - Royal Hunt - A Life to Die For
>> 
>>
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Igor Shveytser