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Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref. "Amanda" Tom Scholz Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)" Tom Scholz Gerry Green Brad Delp: Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Cool the Engines" Tom Scholz Fran Sheehan Brad Delp: Third Stage: 1986 [1] "Corporate America" Tom Scholz ...
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band Boston.Released on June 3, 1997, the album features songs originally released on both the Epic and MCA record labels, as well as three previously unreleased recordings ("Tell Me", "Higher Power" and "The Star-Spangled Banner").
Third Stage is the third studio album by the American rock band Boston, released on September 24, 1986, on MCA Records, as the band's first album on the label. [5] It was recorded at Boston co-founder Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a long, strained, six-year period "between floods and power failures". [6]
Boston is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1975. The band's core members include multi-instrumentalist, founder and leader Tom Scholz, who played the majority of instruments on the band's 1976 self-titled debut album, and former lead vocalist Brad Delp, among a number of other musicians who varied from album to album.
[14] Philip Booth of the Lakeland Ledger praises the song's "a cappella vocal opening." [15] Tom Alesia of The Wisconsin State Journal regards the song's title as Boston's worst. [16] Despite its chart success, "Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)" was omitted from Boston's 1997 Greatest Hits album, for which the San Antonio Express criticized the ...
Mojo magazine cited the lyrics as presenting an alternate view of the American Dream to that described in another song from the Boston album, "Hitch a Ride". [11] The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History described the song as being "built around soaring guitars, tight vocal harmonies, and huge hooks," which were part of the band's appeal. [12]
"Amanda" is a power ballad by American rock band Boston written by Tom Scholz. The song was released as the first single from the band's third album, Third Stage, in 1986, six years after it was recorded. Although the song did not have a promotional music video, "Amanda" became the band's highest-charting single in the United States and Canada.
After the success of their 1986 album Third Stage, the band began planning a follow-up and writing for Walk On, which began in 1988. Brad Delp, having fulfilled his agreement to finish the recording and tour of "Third Stage" after quitting the band in 1981 after the firing of original guitarist Barry Goudreau, left the band in 1989 to join Goudreau in forming a new band (named RTZ).