Third Stage
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Third Stage
Third Stage is the third studio album by American hard rock band Boston, released on September 23, 1986 on MCA Records. It was recorded at musician Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a long, strained six-year period "between floods and power failures". -Wikipedia
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Classic Rock Review
The result is musically excellent but a bit weak lyrically.
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All Music
Third Stage has some strong moments, especially the number one hit "Amanda" where the band blends acoustic and electric guitars to complement the layered vocals.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Third Stage is shot through with darker, more adult themes not previously heard from Scholz, who once again handled almost all of the instrumentation and composing while serving as producer for the sessions.
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People
1986 - But after such a long time, it seems that for all his technical skills—he uses guitars to simulate violins, for example—Scholz may have been working too long in a musical vacuum: his own studio.
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Daily Vault
2003 - In the end, Third Stage really isn't a bad album, though it doesn't seem like it lives up to the hype of having to wait eight years for it.
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Robert Christgau
If he seems more hobbyist than artist, more Trekkie than Blind Boy Grunt, that's no reason to get snobbish. And no reason to listen, either.
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