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Boston is the self-titled debut album by American rock band Boston. The album broke fast, with several blockbuster hard rock hits. All eight of the songs on the album still receive regular airplay on classic rock radio. Taking a mere 2 months to earn an RIAA Gold Record Award 1976 and then a Platinum Award (1,000,000 in unit sales) after 3 months, it was the fastest selling debut album for any American group; and has the most total sales for a debut album with over 17 million units sold to date. In subsequent 10 years the record continued to sell very well reaching 9 million in sales in 1986 and has continued to receive multi-platinum awards through the present. Creem Magazine voted the album cover art one of the Top Ten Album Covers in 1977.
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Don't Look Back is the second album by American rock band Boston, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). The title track is one of the band's biggest hits, reaching #4 in 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold over 4 million copies in the first month of its release, and over 7 million total in the U.S. This album also marked the beginning of the band's legal fight with its record label Epic Records. Tom Scholz has been on record stating that executives at Epic pushed him and the band into releasing the album before they felt it was ready. Their next album Third Stage was not released for another eight years, by which time the band and record label had parted ways and were fighting a courtroom battle that Boston ultimately won.
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Third Stage is the third album by hard rock band Boston released September 23, 1986 on MCA Records. The album was recorded at Tom Scholz' Hideaway Studio over a six-year period "between floods and power failures". After winning a legal battle with Epic Records, Scholz switched their recording label to MCA. The first track on this album, "Amanda", actually written in 1980, became the band's only #1 single. The track reached and stayed at #1 for two weeks in November 1986. The Third Stage album went to #1 on The Billboard 200 where it stayed for four weeks.
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Walk On is the fourth studio album by American band Boston, released in 1994. (See 1994 in music). Walk On is the first and only Boston album to lack Brad Delp as vocalist. Delp was replaced by Orion the Hunter singer Fran Cosmo. Delp left the band in 1990 to join original Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau in forming RTZ. He returned to Boston for the Walk On tour and for the Corporate America album. The Walk On album peaked at #7 on The Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum (1 million copies sold) by the RIAA. The final eight pages of the album's booklet are titled "Walk On -- Against Violence and Cruelty" and are dedicated to preventing Domestic Abuse and Animal Crueltly, providing contact information of numerous organizations, including The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and The Humane Society. The band would do similarly in their next album.
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Corporate America is the fifth studio album by American band Boston, released in 2002. (See 2002 in music). This album featured important changes to the band's line up. First, it marked the return of lead singer Brad Delp, who was absent on the previous album, Walk On. Additionally, it is Boston's first album with Kimberly Dahme, who provided the lead vocals on the track "With You". Following a tradition set by the previous album, the final page of the album's booklet is dedicated to preserving the environment, providing web links to such organizations as PETA. The album's titular song, "Corporate America", is a criticism of corporate corruption, which it says has pervaded and perverted nearly every aspect of American culture and even daily life.
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