Don't Look Back
The follow-up to Boston s mega-hit first album, Boston Don't Look Back took two long years to complete and it's hard to figure out why it took so long because it is almost exactly the same as their debut. The guitars still sound like they are being fed through computers and stacked into great walls of sound by robots, lead singer Brad Delp still sounds like he is ripping his throat out and the harmony vocals still sound like a choir of androids warbling angelically. Most importantly, the songs are overflowing with hooks, there are plenty of riffs to air guitar to, and the songs stick in your head like dirt on a dog. The main difference lies in the semi-melancholy tone of the record. Boston was a nonstop party of a record but one look at the song titles lets you know that Don't Look Back is a little different: "A Man I'll Never Be," "Used to Bad News," "Don't Be Afraid." These songs reveal a reflective side that was nowhere to be found on Boston Not to say the record doesn't rock because it does mightily. "Don't Look Back" has a killer riff that's very similar to the timeless riff in "More Than a Feeling," "Party" is a storming rocker much like "Smokin'" and "It's Easy" is mellow 70's AOR at its absolute best. Don't Look Back is basically Boston Pt. 2, but don't let that put you off because even though the band was treading water they were treading it like Esther Williams This record is better than 96.7% of the AOR records released in the 1970s, combine it with Boston and you are looking at two tickets to AOR paradise. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Boston - Main Performer
Bradley Delp - Hands
Dr. Toby Mountain - Remastering
Tom Scholz - Arranger
Tom Scholz - Producer
Tom Scholz - Engineer
Tom Scholz - Concept
Tom Scholz - Remastering
Tom Scholz - Design Consultant
Tom Scholz - Art Consultant
Tom Scholz - Hands
Fran Sheehan - Hands
David Wild - Liner Notes
Bill Ryan - Remastering
Sib Hashian - Hands
Joel Zimmerman - Reissue Art Director
Joel Zimmerman - Reissue Design
Tony Lane - Art Direction
Ron Pownall - Photography
Paul Ahern - Management
Dave Butler - Engineer
Kim Hart - Design Consultant
Kim Hart - Art Consultant
Gary Norman - Cover Art
Eric Carr - Mixing Assistant
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