I LOOKED OUT THIS MORNING
AND THE SUN WAS GONE
TURNED ON SOME MUSIC
TO START MY DAY
I LOST MYSELF IN
A FAMILAR SONG
I CLOSED MY EYES
AND I SLIPPED AWAY
Boston
is the debut
studio album
by American
Rock band
released on
August 25, 1976,
by Epic Records.
It was produced
by bands guitarist
Tom Scholz
and
John Boylan.
A multi-instrumentalist
and engineer
who had been
involved in the
Boston music scene
since the late 1960s,
Scholz
started to write
and record demos
in his apartment basement
with singer
Brad Delp,
but received
numerous rejections
from major record labels.
The demo tape
fell into the hands
of CBS-owned Epic,
who signed the band
in 1975.
Defying Epic Records
insistence on recording
the album professionally
in Los Angeles,
Scholz and Boylan
tricked the label
into thinking the band
was recording on
the West Coast,
when in reality,
the bulk was
being tracked
solely by
Scholz in his
Massachusetts home.
The album's contents
are a complete
recreation of the
band's demo tape,
and contain songs
written and composed
many years prior.
The album's style,
often referred to as the
"Boston sound",
was developed through
Scholz's love for
classical music,
melodic hooks
and early
guitar-heavy
rock groups
such as
the Kinks
and
the Yardbirds,
as well as a number
of analogue
electronic effects
developed by Scholz
in his home studio.
Besides Scholz,
who played most
of the instruments
on nearly all
of the tracks,
and Delp,
other musicians appear
on the album,
such as
drummers
Jim Masdea
and
Sib Hashian,
guitarist
Barry Goudreau
and bassist
Fran Sheehan.
All except Masdea
became full-time
band members.
The album was
released by Epic
in August 1976
and broke
sales records,
becoming the
best-selling debut LP
in the US
at the time,
and winning the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)
Century Award
for the
best-selling
debut album.
The album's singles,
"More Than a Feeling",
"Peace of Mind"
and
"Foreplay/Long Time",
were major hits,
and nearly the
entire album
receives constant
airplay on
Classic Rock Radio.
The album is often
regarded as a staple
of 1970s rock
and has been
included on many lists
of essential albums.
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