Boston - Don't Look Back
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Free Music Review: Remaster sounds a little better
Hit: 5 Stars
I purchased this CD, for a good price from Amazon, to replace the heavily scratched original which kept skipping. I've since ripped this to my MP3 player.
I've got to say, the remaster has a little more dynamics, but the biggest difference is the liner notes. Where the original only had a few lines and photos (my favorite quote is from Tom, "Thanks to CBS for their patience" a sarcastic remark for rushing him to finish the album), this album has more photos and a 'critique' if you will from a friend of Tom's.
Tom may have been rushed into making the album, but it was the '70s. Every record label was pushing their artists to put out an album every year, sometimes more. As a Rush fan, Neil Peart once spoke of 'finally emerging from a long, dark tunnel' after which the band put out no fewer than 11 albums in 8 years (1974-1981). Record and tour, that was the way things were done back then.
Obviously, this album doesn't sound nowhere near as tight as the first or third albums. But there are still 4-5 really good songs on the album; not a bad sophmore recording if you ask me.
Free Music Review: BOSTON Don't Look back 1
Hit: 5 Stars
Boston's follow up to their #1 selling debut record. Another excellent recording that no collection should be without. Title track "Don't Look back" is an excellent track that still gets tons of radio play today. Combined with other excellent tracks like a man I'll never be and Used to bad news. Don't hesitate on buying this great LP from one of the most respected rock and roll bands of all time. Enjoy!Free Music Review: memories
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD brought back alot of old memories also as well as the other CD's I've ordered.Free Music Review: Deserves A Second Listen
Hit: 5 Stars
The perception is that this was a disappointing follow-up to their spectacular debut. However, if you listen to it today, without the unfair comparisons to the first album, you realize this is just more great music from an underrated, overcritized band.
Ironically, the biggest complaint about the album when it came out was that it took "so long" for them to release their second album. It was only 2 years! Now, a lot of bands go five years between releases.
The centerpiece of the album, for me is "A Man I'll Never Be." This brilliant, gut-wrenching" song is especially poignant now with the suicide of lead singer Brad Delp. Fortunately, Brad lives on forever in this incredible vocal.
Free Music Review: More trademark guitars & vocals from Beantown
Hit: 4 Stars
THE BAND: Tom Scholz (guitars, piano), Brad Delp (vocals, guitar), Barry Goudreau (guitar), Fran Sheehan (bass), Sib Hashian (drums & percussion).
THE DISC: (1978) 8 tracks clocking in at approximately 33 minutes. Remastered* edition released in 2006. Included with the disc* is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits, 4-page intro from writer David Wild, numerous band photos, and thank you's. All songs written by Tom Scholz, except "Party" (by Scholz and Delp) and "Used To Bad News" (by Delp). Label - Sony/Legacy/Epic.
COMMENTS: After Boston's amazing '76 debut, their next album was bound to be a let down (after all, their 1st album is still the all-time selling debut, ever). But can you really compare them? I prefer not to. I don't compare Led Zeppelin's first album to their 2nd, Van Halen's 1st to their 2nd, or Nirvana's "Nevermind" to "In Utero". I accept these 2nd releases for what they are... sometimes a continuation, other times a complete departure. Though "Don't Look Back" took 2 years in the making, I think of it as a continuation. Similar songs - similar sounds - trademark guitars and Delp's soaring vocals. It's a good rock album. Though honestly, if I'm in the mood for some Boston, 4 out of 5 times I still pull out their debut. As the numbers go, "Don't Look Back" reached #1 on the Billboard pop charts in 1978 and had 3 hits - "Don't Look Back" (#4), "A Man I'll Never Be" (#31), and "Feelin' Satisfied" (#46). With 4 million albums sold in the 1st month of it's release, the listening public was clearly hoping for another powerhouse album. For me, the best songs were always the title track, "Party" and "Feelin' Satisfied". The power ballad "A Man I'll Never Be" may have been geared toward the ladies - but to my ears, it was simply too soft with depressing lyrics. "Don't Look Back" also had 2 very obscure tracks - the last 2 songs on the album, "Used To Bad News" and "Don't Be Afraid". Both decent rock songs, but the melodies ultimately forgettable... thus ending the album on a down note. While this album can't match the power of their enduring debut, it's easily the band's 2nd best effort. Label and contract issues came into play on every album after (Boston's 3rd album, "Third Stage" was released an amazing 8 year after "Don't Look Back" to mixed/poor reviews). "Don't Look Back" as a whole is very short. Some will say that you shouldn't mess with a classic. I say the label missed a nice opportunity to fill some space with some unreleased songs or live material from the era. Remastered sound is crisp to a flaw as Scholz himself looked after the project (4 stars).