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Third Stage (1986)

Speed King

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Title: Third Stage
Artist: Boston
Genre: Rock
Released: 1986

Tracks:
1 - Amanda - 4:16
2 - We're Ready - 3:58
3 - The Launch - 2:55
4 - Cool the Engines - 4:23
5 - My Destination - 2:19
6 - A New World - 0:36
7 - To Be a Man - 3:30
8 - I Think I Like It - 4:06
9 - Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me) / Still in Love - 5:13
10 - Hollyann - 5:10

Overview:
Third Stage is the third album by American hard rock band Boston released September 23, 1986 on MCA Records. The album was recorded at Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a six-year period "between floods and power failures".
After winning a legal battle with Epic Records, Scholz switched his band's recording label to MCA. The first track on Third Stage, "Amanda", was actually written in 1980 (when Boston began work on the album) and became the band's only #1 single. The track reached and stayed at #1 for two weeks in November 1986. It was followed by the second Top 10 single from the album, "We're Ready," which reached #9 in 1987.
Third Stage went to #1 on the Billboard 200 where it stayed for four weeks. The album was the first CD-formatted album to be certified gold (500,000 copies) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also certified gold in the LP format, making it what is believed to be the first album certified in both of these formats. In all, the album was certified four times platinum.
The album was a first in many respects: the first Boston LP to feature electronic drum samples, the first to feature songs not written by either Scholz or Delp, the first Boston LP without original members Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian and Fran Sheehan (though Hashian and Sheehan were included in the early recording sessions and Sheehan received a writing credit), and the first (and only) Boston LP without the iconic guitar UFO dominating the cover art, though a small image of it is present. Original drummer Jim Masdea (who played on the demos that made a bulk of the first Boston album) plays drums on most of the album. This LP was also the first Boston recording to use the Scholz-invented Rockman guitar processor. No orchestral sounds or synthesizers were used on the album.
 

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I know that some people give this album some flack and I've seen people call it "fake Boston". I don't get it. Sure, there's a couple of ballads on it, but they are GOOD ballads. Personally, I love every single song on this album and to be perfectly honest, I'd rather listen to Third Stage over Don't Look Back. Maybe not song-for-song, but the album as a whole vs the 2nd release? Yep, I'll take this one all day, every day.
 
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