Lawyers of Boston

Greatest Hits

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-08-29
Summary: "Save your money"

You would be better off spending your money on the "Boston" and "Third Stage" albums. Half of the songs on this so called Greatest Hits album were not even hits and received little to no air play. The best of Boston is on the the "Boston" and "Third Stage" albums. If you must have the song "Don't Look Back" spend an additional $0.99 to download it.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-07-18
Summary: "Nice collection of sets from Boston"

Like it, as I liked Boston. These is a nice collection of many of Boston's best tunes and it's sells for a very reasonable price.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-11-16
Summary: "Most of what I want from Boston"

Boston was always a guilty pleasure of mine. I say "guilty" because I like to think that good RAWK music, in whatever subcatagory, also means the presence of good songs. The component parts of Boston are exceptional, particularly the late Brad Delp's formidable vocal range and Tom Scholz' swirling concoctions of layered guitars. So how come such a great SOUNDING band has such (mostly) lame songs? Come on, if your idea of great SONGWRITING is "Smokin'" or "I Need Your Love," you really need to get out more.

That said, this collection, beautifully remastered by Scholz himself, has more songs on it that hit the mark than don't, even with the aforementioned, "Smokin'" and "I Need Your Love" included. The title track from the band's 2nd Album, DON'T LOOK BACK, is one of their best from their "classic years," and such songs as "Cool The Engines," "Higher Power, "Foreplay/Long Time" and "I Had A Good Time" feature all the audible reasons why the lyrics don't matter. The two songs where both lyrics and performance mesh great are---what else?---"More Than A Feeling," the classic Scholz signature song with the most unmistakable guitar hook in the world (next to Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water"), and "A Man I'll Never Be," which for my money has some of Scholz' most powerful guitarwork and Delp's finest vocal, with the best lyrics on a Boston song to boot.

The two omissions that seem bizarre to me are "Hitch A Ride," featuring one of the best guitar solos ever, and "We're Ready," also a scorcher. But, hey, what IS here is just fine, mostly, and for this non-raving fan is just the ticket when I want to hear the guys from Beantown.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-10-23
Summary: "Real Good Remaster!"

I'm not going to write about the songs, because I'm sure that there is nothing I can write that Boston fans haven't read. I'll just concentrate on the sound quality of this 2007 remaster. Well all the songs sound real good. The vocals on "I Had A Good Time" in my opinion sound more clear than the original. The opening guitar riff of "Feeling Satisfied" sound better than any previous versions. On "Higher Power" there is actually a different guitar lick than the original after Brad Delp sings 'The world is spinning, and I'm not afraid'. There is also a variation of the drums after Fran sings 'Let me love you...' Anyways, the tracks do sound exceptional. What bothers me is that there was around 8 minutes left on the cd; enough room for at least another song. I think "We're Ready" was a top 10 hit back in 1986. They could have added that one.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-08-04
Summary: "LESS OF A FEELING"

BOSTON-GREATEST HITS: You can wade through this 16 track testimony to 70's high tech and soaring harmonies for the decent tunes, or you can simply slap on their debut album BOSTON, because that's where all of the good stuff still is, even three decades after the fact. Aside from the near perfect pop power of MORE THAN A FEELING, LONG TIME, and the autobiographical ROCK & ROLL BAND, this career review rounds up limp retreads from second album DON'T LOOK BACK (advice Boston svengali Tom Scholz apparently did not heed), and semi-elevator rock from THIRD STAGE. Even worse, the "band" attempts abominable new stuff without key vocal slayer Brad Delp, and there's a version of THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER that's about as necessary as a greatest hits collection after the first Boston album. Spare me. RATING: TWO SLICK