Title: Don't Look Back Artist: Boston Release Date: 8/1978 Label: Epic, Columbia, EPC, Epic/Legacy, Sony, Sony Japan Duration: 33:47 UPCs: 074643505024, 4571191059000, 4582192934197, 828768224120, 074646640425, 0886971840124, 5099708605728, 5099746901523, 886971840124, 074643505086, 457119105900, 458219293419 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Album Rock Moods: Rousing, Slick, Confident, Earnest, Energetic, Exuberant, Gleeful, Rambunctious, Raucous, Refined/Mannered, Sentimental, Amiable/Good-Natured, Theatrical Total Copies: 12 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Don't Look Back
2. The Journey
3. It's Easy
4. A Man I'll Never Be
5. Feelin' Satisfied
6. Party
7. Used to Bad News
8. Don't Be Afraid

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Columbia 88697184012 2008 CD EPC 88697184012 2007 CD Sony Japan 1332 2006 CD Sony 1109 2006 CD Sony Japan 1109 2006 CD Epic/Legacy 82241 1994 CD Epic 66404 1992 CD Epic 35050 1990 CD Sony 35050 ------ CD Epic EK-35050

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The follow-up to Boston's mega-hit first album, Boston, Don't Look Back took two long years to complete, and it's hard to figure out why because it's almost exactly the same as their debut. The guitars still sound like they are being fed through computers and stacked into great walls of sound by robots, lead singer Brad Delp still sounds like he is ripping his throat out, and the harmony vocals still sound like a choir of androids warbling angelically. Most importantly, the songs are overflowing with hooks, there are plenty of riffs to air guitar to, and the songs stick in your head like dirt on a dog. The main difference lies in the semi-melancholy tone of the record. Boston was a nonstop party of a record but one look at the song titles lets you know that Don't Look Back is a little different: "A Man I'll Never Be," "Used to Bad News," "Don't Be Afraid." These songs reveal a reflective side that was nowhere to be found on Boston. Not to say the record doesn't rock because it does mightily. "Don't Look Back" has a killer riff that's very similar to the timeless riff in "More Than a Feeling," "Party" is a storming rocker much like "Smokin'" and "It's Easy" is mellow 70's AOR at its absolute best. Don't Look Back is basically Boston, Pt. 2, but don't let that put you off because even though the band was treading water they were treading it like Esther Williams. This record is better than 96.7% of the AOR records released in the 1970s, combine it with Boston and you are looking at two tickets to AOR paradise. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barry Goudreau Percussion, Slide Guitar, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm) Bill Ryan Remastering Boston Main Performer Brad Delp Harmony, Percussion, Harmony Vocals, Hands, Guitar, Vocals Dave Butler Engineer David Wild Liner Notes Dr. Toby Mountain Remastering Eric Carr Mixing Assistant Fran Sheehan Percussion, Hands, Bass, Guitar (Bass) Gary Norman Cover Art Joel Zimmerman Reissue Design, Reissue Art Director Kim Hart Artwork, Art Consultant, Design Consultant Paul Ahern Management Ron Pownall Photography Sib Hashain Percussion, Drums Sib Hashian Percussion, Hands, Drums Tom Scholz Design Consultant, Engineer, Guitar (Bass), Bass, Hands, Concept, Keyboards, Percussion, Remastering, Producer, Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic), Art Consultant, Artwork, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar, Guitar Effects, Cover Art Concept, Guitar (12 String), Piano, Organ Tony Lane Art Direction