Life, Love & Hope [@ Best Buy First] [CD]

I've loved Boston's music for decades now. The messaging included with their more recent albums (Walk On, Corporate America) has been a little too "hippie-free-love-save-the-whales-because-we're-a-rock-band-and-don't-have-practical-concerns" for my taste (not that I'm against whales :) ), but the music has been phenomenal, so I keep buying it. Life, Love & Hope largely met my expectations as a unique sounding album with great instrumentals and vocals. Although more subdued, the hippie messaging is still prevalent. And the inclusion of Delp's hacked-up vocals, edited and cropped together after he passed, was a bit of a turn-off. Overall though, I'd recommend the album for any die-hard Boston fan like myself.

One of my favorites that I listened to from this group in a long time

Saw Boston in concert and we had to have this cd .

Always a Boston fan, I can't wait to hear new music from Tom Scholz and this album has eight new tracks. Several of the tracks are a bit more reminiscent of early Boston, but still have a more modern sound. The rest have sound more like that on "Corporate America." Two of the tracks ("Someone" and "You Gave Up on Love") are remixes of those songs. The bonus track on the Best Buy version is "Te Quiero Mia" is a remix of "I Had a Good Time." All-in-all a great CD, but more mellow than their first two albums. It's a must-have for any Boston fan!

I am happy to see Boston return with their first new effort in eleven years, "Life, Love & Hope." The album's opening number, "Heaven on Earth" is the strongest track. I would recommend this album, Life, Love & Hope to the many Boston fans out there.