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Boston - Don't Look Back Audio CD

A fair review of the Boston "Don't Look Back" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Boston reviews here, or go back to the Boston tabs.

Boston Band: Boston
Title: Don't Look Back
Rating:
Release Date: 2006-06-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Don't Look Back 2: The Journey 3: It's Easy 4: A Man I'll Never Be 5: Feelin' Satisfied 6: Party 7: Used To Bad News 8: Don't Be Afraid

great followup to their debut masterpiece
Don't Look Back is very similar in style and feel to the first Boston album. Boston's 2nd album, Don't Look Back, doesn't surpass the brilliance of their first self-titled album, but it's still essential listening. The original band lineup only made these two albums and they are both classics.
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Boston, Don't Look Back
It has all the hits. Super CD. People who grew up with this CD will like very much.


Popular concensus is wrong: This album contains some of Boston's best
The truth is that half of this album represents Boston's BEST work of all time, while the other half is filler. Popular opinion is that this is the weak followup to Boston's classic debut album. The first half of this album is terrific, from the opening chords of the title track to "Man I'll Never Be", this is ace stuff. The trouble lies entirely on side two, which is generally sub-mediocre. The hidden treat on this side is "Used to Bad News", which is a great sonic pop bon-bon. Tom Scholz' record label rushed him to release the record, and it's painfully obvious on the remainder of the second "side" (second half for you CD fans). Nonetheless, the good stuff is so good, I'm inclined to give the whole album 4 stars. Make your own compilation by jettisoning the remainder of side two and adding most of the first LP, and you have one for the guitar gods' time capsule.

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A 70's Arena Rock Delight!
But there's no question this almost too easy to find album is still a lot of fun. Most of the time without question I go for a music that tends to be deep in thought or feeling. What you'll find yourself getting here is 33 minutes of. . . . pure classic hard rock. Big guitars,big singers,big harmonies and big anthemic hooks purely for the sake of it-no pretentious need to TRY make some big point-it's basic rock for the fun of it,THAT'S the point! "Don't Look Back" is just one of those tunes that you can really rock out to at a party. "The Man I'll Never Be" is the slower and more sensative of the two starting as kind of a ballad while "It's Easy","Feelin' Satisified","Party" and "Used To Be Bad News" are just all full of fun and the love of life. "Don't Be Afraid" is kind of a variation on the title but has this really nice,kind of funky drum breakdown at the end. I will not but this as part of the music that saved it's era from disco because there was nothing to be saved from. Disco was born of funk and funk NEVER sucks so how could disco? That's my view on that but for it's place in rock n roll history this is a great little rock album that's full of life;great to party two or get you up,roused and moving on a dreary day!.


Not Boston's best, but still a great album
Many were disappointed by this effort, but very few bands have ever made back to back classic albums only a year apart. Boston (or Tom) had 10 years to perfect their debut album, and only 10 months to produce this followup. Zep did it, AC/DC has done it, the Beatles, Aerosmith, the Stones and maybe a few others.

Boston got so big, so fast, they were launched into that tier of arena rock stardom before they were ready, and suffered from unreasonable expectations.

Having said all that, this album is still a classic, and a must have for any real Boston fan. This remastered version is one of the few digitally remastered records from the 70's that actually sound better with the new technology. This is partly because Boston never buried any imperfections under an analog "wall of sound", and partly because Tom was so heavily involved in this remaster.

I'd recommend this to a Boston fan, but a casual 70's rock fan would probably be better off downloading the title track off a music download service. .


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