For all the bad press heaped these days on vintage stadium rock, Boston's Artemis debut resonates with a crisp, fresh energy that's hard to find in the downscale aesthetic of post-punk.
As Tom Scholz fans might expect, a metallic sheen gleams across the surface of each track, adding luster to resonant anthems like the politically correct title track as well as more intimate acoustic moments on "With You" and elsewhere.
(The same sleek textures coat the album's one live track, a cover of "Livin' for You" that's marred only by the electronic snare drum, which sounds distressingly like the zap of a toy space gun.) Acoustic guitars glisten in fields of dewy reverb, while Scholz's electric leads and fills project a streamlined muscularity.
The vocals, delivered by a rotating cast of guests, range from arena stratospherics to whispery folkisms; in the fashion of Phil Spector, Scholz is more concerned with blending them into his timbral landscape than with encouraging interpretive profundities.
But that's fine, for Boston has always centered on one man's sonic fantasies, and for better or worse these are undimmed and as assertive as ever, even in the era of Corporate America.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Had a Good TimeTom Scholz | Boston | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | Stare Out Your WindowAnthony Cosmo | Boston | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | Corporate AmericaTom Scholz | Boston | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | With YouKimberley Dahme | Boston | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | SomeoneTom Scholz | Boston | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Turn It OffAnthony Cosmo | Boston | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | Cryin'Anthony Cosmo | Boston | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 8 | Didn't Mean to Fall in LoveJanet Minto, Tom Scholz, Curly Smith | Boston | Play | 05:14 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 9 | You Gave Up on LoveTom Scholz | Boston | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | Livin' for YouTom Scholz | Boston | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 44 mins | 102 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 308 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Acquaviva | Track Engineer |
| 2 | Adam Ayan | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 3 | Boston | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Daniel Chase | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 5 | Steve Churchyard | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 6 | Beth Cohen | Vocals |
| 7 | Anthony Cosmo | Composer, Guitar |
| 8 | Fran Cosmo | Vocals |
| 9 | Kimberley Dahme | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals |
| 10 | Brad Delp | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Charlie Farren | Vocals |
| 12 | Adrian Hernandez | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 13 | Matt Knobel | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 14 | Janet Minto | Composer |
| 15 | Toby Mountain | Mastering |
| 16 | Carl Nappa | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 17 | Gary Pihl | Digital Transfers, Editing, Image Editing |
| 18 | Ron Pownall | Photography |
| 19 | Bill Ryan | Digital Transfers, Editing |
| 20 | Dietmar Schmidt | Engineer |
| 21 | Tom Scholz | Art Direction, Bass, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Producer, Vocals |
| 22 | Curly Smith | Composer, Drums |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |