Boston Never Made a Bad Album

Did Boston ever make a truly bad studio album? In Episode 200 of Dave’s Side One, Dave examines the six albums in Boston’s official studio catalog: Boston, Don’t Look Back, Third Stage, Walk On, Corporate America and Life, Love & Hope. The debut remains the band’s defining achievement, but that extraordinary beginning may have created an impossible standard for everything that followed. This episode revisits the classic first three albums, Fran Cosmo’s role on Walk On, the expanded direction of Corporate America and the multiple voices heard on Life, Love & Hope. Today’s Side One Spin: What is Boston’s weakest studio album, and what is the best song on it?