Saw a Boston cover band a while back, after a little over an hour they started re-playing the same songs, LOL.

The debut is far and away the best Boston album, which is one of the greatest records in rock n roll history. And that's more than feeling. .

Third Stage was the first album I ever heard on CD, at a friend's house. I didn't care what it was, I was just amazed that you could zip back and forth through the tracks by pressing a button.

I think this is my favorite TLM video of all time. Classic.

My ranking: 1. Boston (10/10) 2. Third Stage (8/10) 3. Don´t Look Back (7,5/10) 4. Live, Love and Hope ( 5/10) 5. Walk On (5/10) 6. Corporate America (3/10) Greetings from Canary Islands

@wyatthaugen8384

2 жыл бұрын

Broooo, third stage over dont look back!?!?!?!?!?!!

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

@@wyatthaugen8384 Life, Love, & Hope anywhere but the bottom???

Debut album for me is one of the greatest albums of all time for me.

@bigsquisums

3 жыл бұрын

For you? It’s not only for you; it’s one of the best albums of all time PERIOD!

@KOSMICKEN09

Жыл бұрын

I just don't enjoy it much anymore it's so overplayed to death like dark side of the moon

@adamrenfrow

4 ай бұрын

Hell yes

Ranking the Boston albums is really really easy....from best to worst is the exact order each album was released

I'd have never thought it possible to get a half hour out of ranking Boston albums. Congratulations.

Jason briefly touched on it, but Tom Scholz was a big time studio wizard back in the day. He invented a lot of gear that was used by other bands. One of his biggest contributions was the Rockman, which was I believe the first compact multi-effects unit for guitar -- it's like this little handheld thing you can use with headphones or plug into a mixing console -- and it had like distortion, chorus, and reverb. A bunch of bands used in it the studio back in the '80s -- I think most notably Def Leppard, who used it for the entire "Hysteria" album. So in a way, Scholz was kind of responsible for mainstream guitar rock tones in the '80s.

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

I used to have one of those Rockmans when I first started playing guitar! Heh-heh. This would've been about 1989 or 1990. Man, that brings back a flood of memories.

@edgustafson

3 жыл бұрын

They're fairly collectible now if you still had it. I've seen some of the original ones from the 80s going for like $500-$1000.

This listography is much more fun than any of Boston’s output. I’ve just sampled Life, Love and Hope. My expectations were very low but it defied even those! I think you guys let it off lightly!

@alanboas810

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with your first sentence.

Was shocked to see you guys were doing a Boston listography! But Jason said it best: I was 15 in 1976. And the explosive entrance of Boston's debut onto the radio was seismic. Like the first time you became aware of Eddie Van Halen. Or having We Will Rock You come across the airwaves out of the blue. Too bad but Boston had no follow up...no sophomore secret weapon. Still...be amazing just once and you HAVE made an impact on the planet. Great video guys. Looking forward to that Bay City Rollers listography. ;)

Loved every minute of this ranking guys!!! Fantastic and 100% agree

There’s no doubt that the first Boston album is the best, but I’ve always found Don’t Look Back to be pretty underrated even if many of the songs are slightly inferior. I agree with you guys about Don’t Look Back and Feeling Satisfied stacking up to the songs from the debut and I would also add Party to that mix as well.

@davidbeckman7925

3 жыл бұрын

Used To Bad News - great I love DONT LOOK BACK even more than the debut. Probably cause I heard it first, but there's something about the whole record that I've always loved.

I have their first four albums and wasn’t really aware they’d made any others. All four albums for me rate pretty solid to excellent. They have a great sound and it’s ok that they’re not everything to all people. If I want to listen to something different I’ll play a different band or artist.

@KOSMICKEN09

Жыл бұрын

Shows how people stop paying attention - lol - both those albums stink bad

Here in Sweden (at least in my world) I had never heard another song by Boston except "More Than a Feeling". The thing that most songs on the debut is a hit song is a very America-thing I believe. Perhaps Boston would've been better off for just having one great album? One album wonder instead of one hit wonder! Debut is easily Top 100 album for me probably much higher. I fell in love with the album the first time I heard it.

Boyyyzzzz....Class.....never going to listen to any of it unless I skip thru the debut at some point.... Pure joy

Very entertaining video, guys! I'm ashamed to admit it, but this (almost) makes me want to listen to the last three Boston albums more than to your favorite albums of each year. ☺️

Interesting perspective from younger guys who didn't live through the time. Yep, we thought it was great, and it was unlike anything out there in '76. It was a totally new guitar sound. Don't forget, this was before Van Halen changed things.

@michaelwills1926

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, Boston brought it back in the day.

Wow! That first ½ was brutal. I’ve never listened to those last 3 albums and after listening to you guys...I’m not. I was really hoping Jason was gonna put Don’t Look Back at #1 just to piss everyone off. Lol

Why is it that this makes me want to listen to all of their albums??

I'm a boston fan and a hobbyist multi instrumental musician/home recorder. I think it was especially frustrating for me and other musicians because we were hearing Tom Scholz shoot himself in the foot. The first two albums sound great because they were recorded with mics so you have the room ambiance, the sound of the speakers and drum heads. It sounded like you were in the room with them. In the 80's tom started experimenting with direct injection recording using drum triggers. I believe the only mic recording were the cymbals and the vocals. After brad delp left i kind of gave up on them. When walk on was released i was starting to hear strange things in the recordings, phase issues, bad edits, then on the last two albums with the multi vocalists really lost me. Corporate america was a head scratcher because tom let band members help write and produce the songs but the final album tom didnt allow it but the sons were even worse! Honestly i think tom has either lost his hearing or the record company threatened to sue if he didnt release the tapes. It's so badly mixed it sounds like demo tracks. I honestly can't see any more boston music being released and i hope not. It's time for tom to retire

Sib Hashian: Greatest fro in rock

@usmcfutball

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. And some decent drumming on Foreplay / Long Time!

@finylvinyl66

2 ай бұрын

I saw Boston live in 1977 and amazed that such a crappy drummer was playing in a major band.

6. Life, Love & Hope 5. Corporate America 4. Walk On 3. Don't Look Back (Good stuff but so brief - Party & the Journey are useless.) 2. Third Stage (Mainly because Don't Look Back is so short, and Third Stage has more solid songs. Cool the Engines is the Best Boston song post Album 1) 1. Boston

I got so excited when I heard you guys were gonna do either Sonic Youth or The Replacements. Two of my favorite bands. I’ll even suffer through Billy Joel to get there.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You will suffer and LIKE IT. - Joe

@afermata949

3 жыл бұрын

I hope at least one you guys hates Billy Joel. That will at least provide some quality entertainment.

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

@@afermata949 Kramz is at least indifferent, I think. I sort of am, too. I can't do his sappy love songs. But I also had no problem filling out a top 10 songs list. Joel's got some tunes I genuinely enjoy.

I waited for the perfect moment, temperature, and state of mind to enjoy this fine piece of internet culture.

Walk on underrated for me. Really dig it.

I’ll be honest... I only know of those first three. They crushed the debut. And # 2 and 3 are good.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

That’s all you need to know. - Joe

So I was listening to the last albums last night and lost power before saving my scores. I won' relisten to the final three and will go by memory. Boston (I was a BIG Boston fan so my scores will be much higher than most for albums 2 and 3 - I'm also from the area so... ) I did skip everything after Third Stage and I also won't wear a Boston shirt. 1) Boston 10 2) Third Stage - Boston 9.2 3) Don't Look Back 8.9 4) Walk On 7.7 (different singer and different band ) 5) Corporate America 7 6) Life, Love and Hope 5

No worries, guys, this show was not a waste of time. All of your shows are entertaining but, I laughed so hard through almost half this one. Hearing reviews about bad music can be just as entertaining as hearing about the good. And I thank you for listing to these bad Boston albums so, I don't have to😊

You guys are pretty funny on this video. I haven't watched Listography in awhile because I was put off by a few previous videos. But this Boston Tea Party was a blast! I actually do like the song Amanda but it's kind of a guilty pleasure. I own the first three albums and enjoy them. But I'm with you guys on the rest of the discography. Hey, I'm back as a fan of Listography. Joe is a RIOT!

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You’re too kind. - Joe

And here I thought Boston was a beloved band...

A more appropriate title would be "Boston Albums Ranked from Worst to Even Worse."

@fizzlebomber674

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. They're not horrible , just not worthy of a ranking video.

You guys are having too much fun!

I saw Boston live in concert in 1979 in New Jersey! It was a cool concert but I was a young 13-yr-old boy surrounded by pot smoke and I got really passively high and sick from it, so it was hard for me to fully enjoy the show

This was a tough one to watch I must admit. Because although I'm a huge fan, it has been a decades long decline in quality with each album! Hard for me to understand how Tom sank so fast with each album after Third Stage. What a mess of a career. I think you all did a fabulous job on this ranking. And I have to be honest, I am that kid you were describing who was riding around with his friends back in 1976 getting into the first album! I was 15 years old that summer and the first album was earth-shattering and blew my mind. The second one came relatively quickly after two years (I was 17) and was good. But after that, I can't tell you the pain and longing I had, as a fan, waiting, and waiting for each additional album. Eight years later I'm 25, newly married, and was into Third Stage. By 1994 and Walk On, I'm 33, with 2 kids...Brad Delp is gone and I'm starting not to care any more! Sad. By 2002 with Corporate America, the shitty way Brad was treated, I'm now 41, and I checked out!!! I got rid of the CD, because it was an embarrassment!!! Life Hope Love in 2013?? (whatever you call it) I'm 52 at that time, with 2 adult children, and I COULD CARE JACK SQUAT about "Boston". Dont own it, never listened to it, never will. Brad, sadly took his own life by then. Tom is a jerk in my book, I'm disgusted by him and the piss poor excuse for a career that is Boston. From the joy of that 15 year old I was in 1976, to now a nearly 60 year old man in 2021, who does not even listen to them anymore. The sad legacy of Tom Scholz and Boston. Thanks guys for doing this ranking. Take care, Matt Street

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

They really have no one to blame but themselves. And by themselves, Tom Scholz.

@matthewstreet1961

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic you said it all!! 👍🙂

Thanks for doing this one, guys. Unlike the vast majority of your viewers, I am a big fan of AOR (Yes, I really like Journey, Foreigner & REO Speedwagon), so Boston should be exactly my type of thing. Sadly, they seem to be the musical embodiment of the law of diminishing returns. For me, their first album was a masterpiece, the second was good, the third mediocre and the fourth one poor. I have never listened to their last two albums, and I don’t think I will be in a hurry to do so after listening to your reviews! The top 10 songs should be interesting tomorrow - are you going to have full lists? 😂

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I love AOR, but yah... Boston should have hung it up after Third Stage. - Joe

@usmcfutball

3 жыл бұрын

Toss in a little Styx and you've just described my weekends back in the 1970s.

Thanks for the show, guys. Would love to hear your thoughts Roxy Music.

Waiting for the "Worst albums you ever heard" Section!

when will you do the list of Captain & Tennille?

@Christopher-jv2ec

3 жыл бұрын

After Poison, Barry Manilow, Rupert Holmes ,and Warrant ?

@jamsid33

3 жыл бұрын

@@Christopher-jv2ec ok, i guess i have to wait

Also, I love how Jason’s dog Pierogi and cat Rascal are just there in the background, probably to spectate and say: “Yeah, we agree! These albums are trash!”

Not a tough task, it's all downhill - and very steeply - from the debut.

"I'd really have to go back and listen to both...but I will not do that." That has to be one of your funniest lines and best deliveries. Mardi Gras still has "Someday Never Comes" and "Sweet Hitchhiker," which sounds like it might mathematically be infinitely better than those last 3 Boston albums. I guess I have you guys to thank for saving me 130+ minutes of not having to listen to Boston albums I might have researched at some point. I remember enjoying Third Stage, somewhat, the time or two I heard it back in the late 80's. I was highly disappointed in Don't Look Back the last time I played it. I can't really remember anything after the song "Don't Look Back" being anything worthwhile. At this point, it's not even worth listening to "Feeling Satisfied." I'm sure there's an equivalent on the first album that's better. That said, first album is basically perfect, and there's not much argument about that, really. It's interesting that Boston, CCR and the Doors were the three bands mentioned in this video. Each has a VERY distinctive sound, and each has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows in records. I don't know what it means, I just think it's interesting.

1. Boston 2. Don’t look back 3 third stage

Best To Best! 1. Every Album. Something Higher Than 1. Boston. That's a List!

To be honest, for me the first four albums are the closest you can get to be quintessentially for Boston. Although, I do agree with Walk On being much less so and of course, the most recent albums are basically a shell of what they used to be. However, the first two albums and I guess to an extent Third Stage is also more or less classic, because of Brad on lead vocals. Although, you could see where Boston was going with side 1 being more upbeat with standard guitar tuning and the second side, with guitars tuned flat.

I love the first two - grew up with them - but the later ones... Wow. LLH is astonishing in its terribleness, just remarkably ill-conceived from end to end, I enjoy it like a spectacle of really really really terrible ideas and concepts, just deliriously, epically wrongheaded painfully awful songs. Amazing stuff.

Haha, I should have seen this hilarious entire episode trifecta coming. Of course, you all made me perversely curious about hearing those last few albums, which I probably will one day since I don’t have nearly enough low ratings in my library. 😜 I think the debut was just outside my 1976 top 15. Great sound, but maybe a little too perfectly recorded for its’ own good, so it probably tops out at low to mid 4 stars for me. I also remember during the period I used to rate individual songs I gave “More Than A Feeling” a 4.75 out of 5, and I think the score for each of the next 4 or 5 successive songs went down exactly .25 from the previous one. 😂 I’m not sure if I would totally agree with that now, but I do know Boston are currently on my short list of bands that opened their debut with my favorite song of their career.

Hey Joe, love your comments on the first album. I think you absolutely nailed it.

My Top 3 of the Boston albums I’m familiar with: 3. Third Stage 2. Don’t Look Back 1. Boston hehe

Hey Joe, is that Benny Andersson from ABBA on your t-shirt?

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

He is. The rest of ABBA crew are below him. Unfortunately they get cut off. - Joe

From what i understand (from limited research) , after the 2nd album there were alot of internal conflicts with Tom and Brad, as well as trying to get away from the record companies (so he can produce without deadlines or something) . The last 3 albums were a reflection of those internal struggles, and....once Brad Delp died....well that may have broke the band permanently, there was no point in getting that last album out. From what i could tell from their website, it was the die hard fans pressuring for another album.... i think after the last one came out, some of the fans "died hard".

6 Life, Love & Hope 5 Corporate America 4 Walk On 3 Don’t Look Back 2 Boston 1 Third Stage

Have you done the Black Crowes albums yet? I don’t think you have, but I may have missed it, so I’m making it a question :-)

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet. We will eventually. -Jason

My interest in Boston stopped after Foreplay. I didn't even care for Long Time, although 70s rock radio forced me to listen to it appended to Foreplay. But other than than that, I found them unlistenable. My crew rode around listening to Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Rush, Genesis, and Alan Parsons Project. Anyone who suggested Boston would have been made to walk.

Best episode yet, amazed how bad the discography went south over the years (Corporate America isn't even on Spotify). I remember Third Stage album was the Chinese Democracy debacle back in the day, can't wait for the Styx, Toto & Foreigner Listographies 👍

@roxannewalsh

3 жыл бұрын

Does that mean there are people who can tell all those bands apart?

@Christopher-jv2ec

3 жыл бұрын

LOL; good one Mrs. Roboto

@kardozzer69

3 жыл бұрын

😆

@KOSMICKEN09

Жыл бұрын

Corporate America is dreadful - when I heard a female vocalist on some tracks I thought what the hell? Lol it's lousy

Well, you saved me from checking out their last three albums at least... I think it's hard to disagree about this ranking unless you're a troll. Like Joe said, the debut is prefect and the way it was made makes it a special album in music history. It's easy to dismiss it for it's clean yacht/corporate/suburbia rock sound, but in reality this was the album that created AOR as we know it. AS some of you said, imagine listening to this for the first time in '76. It would have been a blast, but it's all ubiquitous now like som many classic rock albums. For the same reasons I don't listen to Boston very often, I don't listen to Sabbath, Purple, Zeppelin or The Beatles either. Most of their songs are part of my DNA by now and I never need to hear their hits ever again.

Wow, you were _not_ kidding about that drum sound on the later records. Yikes! 1. Boston 2. Don't Look Back 3. Third Stage

Yeah, remember that when the debut came out, disco ruled the airways. Not many other places to turn. The original wave was either exhausted or dying and punk didn't hit until 1979.

GnR must have gone to the Boston school of recording Did they leave a lot of good stuff on the cutting floor or just not very prolific I like the Neil Young approach to music I record U decide Not much to decide for Boston As much as I like COOL THE ENGINES me thinks it was also the bands MOTTTTTO

Boston have one of the best debut albums ever, 2 albums really good, one album nice and another 2 albums bad. But you shouldn't say words like "garbage". Honestly.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

There's an energy crisis.... So anything that can be recycled helps - Kramzer

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic hahahaha! Burn!

This video was more entertaining to listen to than any of Boston's non-debut albums.

Some good tracks here and there, their albums hard to get into overall

Not my cup of tea but will give them a listen

Hopefully, we will have a better Listography next time! Yep, forget Boston guys, let's get the Prince catalogue out. Cheers!

I've never heard the 2013 album, I kind of what to now 😂😂😂

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

Prepare to be disturbed..

I actually like the songs on walkon. I don’t like the mix but the walk on medley is killer

Sorry guys, I didn't watch the video this time, but loved Joe's introduction 😄

Great review...except now I'm a bit apprehensive about revealing my top album pick for 2013.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Was that the only album you heard in 2013?

@edreynolds5769

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic ;) Per Jason's comments, I decided to check out a couple of the songs from the album on KZread...truly awful. It appears there are some fans of the album - go figure! I'm only familiar with the hits, but I still enjoyed your video.

I miss Kramzer so much I like re watching all the old listographies when I’m drunk

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

That’s kind of weird.

@JCStorm76

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic A little bit it was kind of tongue in cheek

Perhaps the easiest catalog ever to rank. Love the first 2, like 3rd stage.....only good song in the rest of the catalog is Walk On......however 1st 2 albums are all time classic rock greats. Loved the reviews, very entertaining trashing of the bad ones !!

Knock Knock.. Whos there Boston Boston who? Exactly

Huge Boston fan here (won't listen to last two lol) but I enjoyed Walk On for what it was a few good songs just bad production. 3rd stage being a hair metal nut has also helped me with it's review. I agree the first 2 are carbon copies of each other and the debut it's among my top 3 probably debuts of all time maybe only behind Appetite for Destruction and maybe VH They are are a carbon copy band for an amazing debut and falling down ever since. It's very noticeable with each preceding album. Brad Delp is among my fav singers too. He was great never gets enough credit.

The #6 album should have been called Lifeless, Loveless and Hopeless. Different as night and day from the debut album.

Going to give this a miss Would prefer the BEACH BOYS

Boston was annoyed with their record company because they wanted to put at least one more song on Don’t Look Back. I think it has more than two good songs.

What about a Manfred Mann (Earth Band) list?

I just listened to all of "Life, Love and Hope" again after hearing it years ago. The album sounds like it was created by someone who hates the first Boston album, hates the city of Boston, hates songwriting, hates singing, hates drums, hates music, hates art, hates Tom Scholz, hates Tom Scholz's parents, hates anyone named Tom, hates life, hates love, and hates hope most of all. 1/2 star. 🤗

What are you looking at up there Joe?

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Probably my other monitor. - Joe

@179rich

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic Ahhhhh OK that makes sense. I thought you were communing with the Lord.

ha ha ha that bass line cracks me up. It's so comical.

@179rich

3 жыл бұрын

In a way, it reminds me of "Carry On Wayward Son" because that song is equally comical. One reviewer described "Carry On.." perfectly - "a song that manages to be pompous, powerful, ridiculous, and catchy all at once."

It was great fun seeing you guys tearing Boston apart. I couldn't care less about them. Too bland for my taste. Not even their first record does it for me. Good chance to suggest a few ones it would be great you guys cover some day :The Smiths (4 albums plus two compilations with new material), Pixies, Sonic Youth (is it really coming? ), Bjork, PJ Harvey, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, The Cure...

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

SY is really coming. The week after next. -Jason

@frangarcia7774

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

A friendly reminder of my outstanding listography requests: Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Grateful Dead, and anyone from rock 'n roll's founding generation- Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, James Brown, Roy Orbison, you name it. Great job, fellas. I will dutifully avoid Boston's last 4 albums.

@afermata949

3 жыл бұрын

Personally I think it would be difficult to do a listography on those foundational artists. Mostly because they made records in a time when the importance of capitol A “albums” as an overarching statement wasn’t really the priority. Because of that, those artists have loads of fantastic songs but aren’t really known for classic front to back records. That’s my two cents at least.

@burmajones803

3 жыл бұрын

Agree with aFermata. Albums by those foundational artists were basically a collection of a couple hits and then mostly filler or cover tunes. Maybe a ranking of songs from some of those artists would work?

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve always had a problem with ranking albums because many of my favorite songs in life aren’t on “classic albums”, because a lot of these artists just weren’t about perfect albums. - Joe

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

@@afermata949 I'd argue that Chuck Berry and Ray Charles had a run of real albums that were important to rock history. But, point taken. Not every last one of the founders would be worth doing.

@burmajones803

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 True. Not familiar with Berry's, but Ray Charles certainly made some significant albums. Are there enough of them to be worth ranking, I guess would be the question. I'm not familiar with their discography.

i think boston spent their career trying to live up to their debut album.

Gents: Off-topic, but would you ever consider a Blondie ranking the albums video? They have a manageable discography of 11 studio albums. Those are divided into the classic six albums during the band's first phase (1976-82), and - after a long hiatus - a remainiing five albums spread over a much longer period (1998-2017) after the band reformed. Thanks for considering . . .

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You’re a good commenter so we’ll let you in on a secret. It’s already recorded. We have it saved and ready to go at an undetermined time. - Joe

@NaughtyVampireGod

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic Joe: Thank you, sir. That's awesome of you!

A lesson in yin and yang. Without ugliness there can be no beauty, without sadness there can be no happiness, without bad albums...

I liked Third Stage a lot. It came right at the same time as Somewhere In Time and Peace Sells if memory serves. You couldn't head bang all the time . . . . I did want Third Stage to have a bit more balls in the production though. Wimpy drums and bass.

If there wasn’t a tri-fecta with this band I would unsubscribe.

Who mentioned Brian Eno? That could be a list...

I listened to all the albums at their time and forgot about them almost immediately. Dropping them into the Boston harbour would be a crime against the environment. The later ones made me re-consider that maybe the first classic one had been overrated all these years. But does it matter, we talk about a band here that worked its way down from a 2,5 star album to 0 by just accumulating every trivial riff, pose, gimmick and phrase into albums that are sheer production results without the slightest hint of feeling and emotion. Their album covers illustrated the vacuum within adequately. Radio fodder to be played for eternity in America. 2:48 of Grand Funk Loco-Motion cures you from this stuff forever.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Boston I is better than anything Grand Funk ever put out, or probably even could comprehend. Let’s not get crazy. - Joe

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

That’s totally incorrect, Joe. -Jason

@roxannewalsh

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic GFR had producers like Todd Rundgren and Frank Zappa, nobody ever asked Tom Scholz to produce their albums.

6. Life, Love & Hope (2013) ★ 5. Corporate America (2002) ★ 4. Walk On (1994) ★½ 3. Third Stage (1986) ★★½ 2. Don't Look Back (1978) ★★★ 1. Boston (1976) ★★★★½ ★★★★★ - Masterpiece ★★★★½ - Really great ★★★★ - Great ★★★½ - Really good ★★★ - Good ★★½ - OK ★★ - Bad ★½ - Really bad ★ - Awful ½ - The worst

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

Yep, we are goin’ *back in time,* baby!

Bold prediction: Next time you guys unanimously rank a discography in reverse chronological order will be when you cover Big Star.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it would be... But we are dealing with Jason here - kramzer

@ThePhysicalillusion

3 жыл бұрын

I personally think Third/Sister Lovers is quite a bit better than Radio City, though I’m not sure they’ll be covered on Listography since they only have 4 albums.

@burmajones803

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhysicalillusion I concur. Not a given that 3rd would rank, well, third. Didn't know they had four albums though.

Well, that teaser is unorthodox, Joe! 🤣 You're maybe trying a little reverse psychology? I'm gonna waste my time and watch anyway, but this morning I was wondering, "are these lists really going to vary much? And beyond albums 1 and 2, does anyone really need to listen to the other four?" A few folks responding to Kramzer's recent poll thought a Replacements ranking would not be very surprising (I disagree, I think you guys would differ and have interesting things to say). Without having seen it yet, I'm guessing this video will be something like what those folks envision.

@brianmiller1077

3 жыл бұрын

re: Third Stage - "Cool the Engines" is up with the 1st album quality, "Amanda" was popular

@burmajones803

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianmiller1077 to each his own, of course, but I don't find power ballads like "Amanda" very interesting. Cool the Engines might be fine, but for the most part I didn't find this album to be worth repeated listening. Not compared to the first two. But that's just me.

Great ratings! I am a Boston fan (first 2 albums). I have a hard time understanding how someone who created the first album could ever be satisfied with the 4th through sixth ones. They are the worst albums I have ever heard, and the debut is the best I have ever heard. Really weird! Good job guys!

FYI, I saw Tom Scholz in a interview from about 2 years ago and he is sooooooo fixated on the studio. It's really a sickness. Specifically he talked about how great he thought the drum programming sounded on the last album. Mad Scientist was the spot on ID....LOL. I agree, the last album one of the worst from a band that provided one of the greatest debut's in rock history.

@davoshaunessy7481

2 жыл бұрын

I think you nailed the spirit of Boston They should have listened to more Rush for inspiration Tom was the leader I think in hindsight BRAD WAS THE REEEL GENIUS

Third stage is great ,you have to get a bit use to it but it does have great song production but latter Third Stage releases had a bad drum mix ..

It's more than just a feeling but I reckon their debut might be the winner? Anyway it's the only one I know... My list... 1 Boston by Boston 7.5/10 It's good and light fun but not my bag...More Than A Feeling the song is 10/10 ace End of list..because I scanned the albums and lost interest quickly...and put on the footy commentary....lol😀 Please ignore Joe and do Nick Cave guys! Must be more rewarding a discography than Boston surely!!

Review Fiona Apple! Similar album output to Boston but a much higher lows.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

We will.

@TastesLikeMusic

3 жыл бұрын

She has no lows -Jason

I had to stop the video during the discussion of their most recent album (their last and #6 in their discography) just for perspective. I was not expecting anything good based on your early descriptions and comments. Long story short, I was floored by how bad it actually is. I'm a drummer of questionable talent, but I think I could have done a better job. Worst of all is the songwriting and the singing. Completely devoid of passion and creativity. Regarding their debut, my only complaint would be that there are not enough rough edges, which usually reveal a confidence in the creativity and passion. I consider the debut great but not indispensable. How can it be when classic rock radio is playing it as I write this?

The first 3 are Boston albums. After that the others are implosions with me. Tom Sholz needs to give Boston a rest and if he wants to have a new Tom Sholz Band with 3 or 4 or 5 people without anything else then he could. Make it sound good as a real working band, Get the right personnel to join him.

There is a lot of contempt for the last three Boston´s albums I will not say that they are good, obviously they are not, but at least for me they are much more enjoyable than any modern hip hop album. And if we talk about trap or reggaeton, I prefer to listen to those 3 albums in a row than a single song of those horrible styles. Greetings

@179rich

3 жыл бұрын

If you like those albums, there's no shame in that.

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

There’s no shame in it, but if you do like the later albums, I do happen to have a whole list of things that I just have to assume about your tastes.

Interesting what Jason and Kramzer talks about music without rough edges. I believe most AOR is like that. Catchy, much guitar and often good singers. Not too much dynamics and pretty straight forward. Almost more like pop with heavy guitars than hardrock. In the long run that type of music can become pretty bland for me. Listening to one song is great. Perhaps an album. But listen the whole day to only Journey, Survivor, Foreigner, Boston and others would feel rather repetitive. Like listening to the same song in the end. Now. I like all those bands and think their perfect for workouts and just feeling good but something is holding them back from becoming all time favorites (catalog against catalog). I like most stuff Journey did in all eras but they still couldn't compete with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Blue Öyster Cult, Steely Dan, Queen or Thin Lizzy for me.. Not too far behind but a step or two down. Too many songs just feels like a lesser version of another (like the Don't Look Back album compared to the debut). I do think AOR is good music for the future in terms of cover-bands though. It's hard to replicate Black Sabbath without becoming a parody but I could see talented people doing Journey good justice 30 years from now. The catchy aspect does a lot for just pleasing an audience.

@usmcfutball

3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion AOR and Disco were the reason Punk (and eventually New Wave) were able to take hold and dominate.

@JohannesYtterstrom

3 жыл бұрын

@@usmcfutball Could be very true. Often progressive rock is also mentioned with the birth of punk. I personally prefer AOR, Disco, Progressive Rock and even New Wave to Punk but the Punks weren't wrong.. Rock was never Jazz or classical music in the beginning. It was something meant for everyone to easily pick up and play with friends. Also to have some attitude... Something AOR often is lacking. I think there is a place for it all. The only sad part is that it isn't always the best parts about each genre that the common man gets to know.