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Track Listing
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· Long Time
· Rock & Roll Band
· Smokin
· Amanda (2)
· More Than Feeling
· Cool The Engines
· Hitch A Ride
· It's Easy
· Something About You
· Peace Of Mind (3)
· Can't You Say (1)
· Don't Look Back
(*) Best Tracks
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Buy it if you liked:
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Foreigner - Tribute
Boston - Boston
Boston - Don't Look Back
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BOSTON
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Tribute To Boston
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Escape Music ESM-081
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· Produced By: Steve Morris, · Exec Producer: Khalil Turk
· Running Time: 49.10 · Release Date: Nov. 7
· Released: EU JP · Genre: AOR
· LabelLink: Escape
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This is the second tribute album from the production team of Escape Music. It follows the rather good Foreigner tribute from a couple of years back.
This I am pleased to say is even better.
Better produced, better sounding and another solid collection of classic Boston tunes.
At times this seems more in tune with the original line-up of Boston than their new Corporate America album.
The Tribute features a host of musicians and vocalists, including the talents of:
Terry Brock (Sign, Strangeways), Tony O'Hara (Praying Mantis), Peter Sundell (Grand Illusion), Chris Ousey (Heartland, The Distance, Virginia Wolf), Steve Overland (FM), Timothy Lewis (Departure), Sean Harris (Diamond Head), Vinny Burns (ex-Ten), Tommy Denander (Radioactive), Ronni Le Tekro (TNT) with Steve Morris (Heartland) on guitars, Don Airey (Ozzy Osborne, Deep Purple and more) Hammond Organ and Keyboards, Mike Walsh guitar and Hammond Organ (Departure), Kenny Kaos (The Distance, Pokerface, Paul Laine) on guitar, Frank Baker (Heartland, Prism) on drums and Dave Hopia (The Distance) on bass.
Chris Ousey sings on 2 tracks, as does Terry Brock and Steve Overland. Grand Illusion's Peter Sundell sings on three tracks.
Now we al know this stuff is hard to reproduce, but I think an admirable job has been done here.
This is clearly a release aimed to Boston fans, but the performances of those involved will make it appealing to their fans too.
I am not overly fond of the remake of the biggest hit of all More Than A Feeling, but the majority of the album's other tracks are classic.
I think very highly of these versions of Amanda, Peace of Mind, Something About You, Don't Look Back and especially Can'tcha Say.
Something that needs to be mentioned here is the production quality of the whole tribute. It's tight, well mixed and sounds great, with extra credit going to the big harmony vocals, which were always going to be essential to any Boston tribute.
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The Bottom Line
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Out of all the tributes on the market, this one ranks as one of the better ones and certainly one of the best by a smaller label. It features a major sound and mix and should appeal to most pomp rock and classic Boston fans.
A liking for the artists involved isn't essential, but would enhance the listening pleasure even further.
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