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| released = November 5, 2002
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| length = 47:28
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| label = [[Artemis Records|Artemis]]
| label = [[Artemis Records|Artemis]]
| producer = Tom Scholz, Gary Pihl, Fran Cosmo, [[Anton Cosmo|Anthony Cosmo]]
| producer = [[Tom Scholz]]
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits (Boston album)|Greatest Hits]]
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'''''Corporate America''''' is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band [[Boston (band)|Boston]], released in 2002. It is the first album to feature band members [[Anton Cosmo]] and [[Kimberley Dahme]], the last album released in vocalist [[Brad Delp|Brad Delp's]] lifetime (though he would posthumously appear on the band's following album ''[[Life, Love & Hope]]''), the second and final album with vocalist [[Fran Cosmo]], and the only album released by [[Artemis Records]].
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r607766}}</ref>
}}


''Corporate America'' received mixed reviews, with critics praising the production values. It was also a commercial disappointment, failing to chart outside U.S. and Japan.<ref name="SanGabriel">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Steve |title=Steve Smith: Boston's first album in 11 years; Paul Simon and Sting to tour; new Stevie Wonder albums in 2014 |url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2013/11/08/steve-smith-bostons-first-album-in-11-years-paul-simon-and-sting-to-tour-new-stevie-wonder-albums-in-2014/ |website=[[San Gabriel Valley Tribune]] |publisher=[[Digital First Media]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=8 November 2013}}</ref> The low sales led to a lawsuit by the band's leader, [[Tom Scholz]] against Artemis. A 48-date North American tour was launched on June 6, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston Take On Corporate America |url=https://news.pollstar.com/2003/03/12/boston-take-on-corporate-america/ |website=[[Pollstar]] |publisher=[[Oak View Group]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=12 March 2003}}</ref><ref name="StarNews">{{cite web |last1=Singer |first1=Kristi |title=Years since its last tour, Boston unleashes 'Corporate America' |url=https://eu.starnewsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2003/06/26/years-since-its-last-tour-boston-unleashes-corporate-america/30363783007/ |website=[[Star-News]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524121330/https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2003/06/26/years-since-its-last-tour-boston-unleashes-corporate-america/30363783007/ |archive-date=24 May 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Corporate America''''' is the fifth studio [[album]] by [[United States|American]] [[hard rock]] band [[Boston (band)|Boston]], released in 2002. Most editions feature a live version of "Livin' for You". The original version of "Livin' for You" is from Boston's previous full-length album ''[[Walk On (Boston album)|Walk On]]'' (1994)


==Recording==
The album also introduced both [[Anton Cosmo|Anthony Cosmo]] and [[Kimberley Dahme]] as both band members and songwriters. This is also the last Boston album to feature lead vocalist and founding member [[Brad Delp]] during his lifetime before his death in 2007. It also marked the final appearance of [[Fran Cosmo]].
The title track was released on the Internet before the album's release and went number one on [[MP3.com]]'s [[progressive rock]] charts. The song was released under the pseudonym "Downer's Revenge" in order to test its appeal to a younger demographic.<ref name="SundayGazette"/><ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last1=Tavernise |first1=Sabrina |title=The Company Song, Sour Notes and All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/business/yourmoney/the-company-song-sour-notes-and-all.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524071632/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/business/yourmoney/the-company-song-sour-notes-and-all.html |archive-date=24 May 2024 |date=22 September 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Bruce |title=Boston's New Song Popular--Just Not Under The Band's Name |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/boston/news/bostons-new-song-popular--just-not-under-the-bands-name--12056773 |website=[[LAUNCH Media]] ([[Yahoo! Music]]) |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |access-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110111307/http://new.music.yahoo.com/boston/news/bostons-new-song-popular--just-not-under-the-bands-name--12056773 |archive-date=10 November 2009 |date=18 September 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lyrically atypical song for Boston, according to Scholz, it's the most important track on the album.<ref name="GuitarWorld">{{cite web |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |title=Boston: Mean Business |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/boston-mean-business |website=[[Guitar World]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=December 2002}}</ref>


"Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" was said to be similar to "[[More Than a Feeling]]".<ref name="AllMusic2"/> "Livin' for You" is a live version of a song that appeared originally on the previous full-length album ''[[Walk On (Boston album)|Walk On]]'' (1994). "I Had a Good Time" was included on a 2009 reissue of ''[[Greatest Hits (Boston album)|Greatest Hits]]'', the only track representing the album.<ref name="Radio.com"/>
The album sold 32,000 copies in its first week of release and charted at 42 on the [[Billboard 200]]. By 2013, the album had sold 139,000 copies in the United States.


Three songs from the album were included with the band's next studio album ''[[Life, Love & Hope]]'' (2013): "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" was remastered, "Someone" was rearranged and re-recorded as "Someone (2.0)", and an original version of "I Had a Good Time", "Te Quiero Mia", was included as a [[bonus track]].<ref name="AllMusic2">{{cite web |last1=Sendra |first1=Tim |title=Life Love & Hope Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-love-hope-mw0002588151#review |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[RhythmOne]] |access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="Radio.com">{{cite web |last1=Ives |first1=Brian |title=Interview: Tom Scholz of Boston: 'It's Just A Matter Of Trying To Do The Best I Can' |url=http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/12/04/interview-tom-scholz-of-boston-its-just-a-matter-of-trying-to-do-the-best-i-can/ |website=[[Radio.com]] |publisher=[[WZLX]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205040628/http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/12/04/interview-tom-scholz-of-boston-its-just-a-matter-of-trying-to-do-the-best-i-can/ |archive-date=5 December 2013 |date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The final page of the [[CD booklet]] is dedicated to preserving the environment, providing web links to such organizations as [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]].


==Reception==
An instrumental song called "Crystal Love", which often was declared on the internet to be a bonus track for ''Corporate America'' is actually a song of the South-Korean guitarist Lee Hyun Suk and appeared on his album ''3'', which was released in 1995.<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Lee_Hyun_Suk/Lee_Hyun_Suk_3/244917 metal-archives.com – Lee Hyun Suk – Lee Hyun Suk 3].</ref>
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic1">{{cite web |last1=Doerschuk |first1=Robert L. |title=Corporate America Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/corporate-america-mw0000227329#review |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[RhythmOne]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616021143/http://www.allmusic.com/album/corporate-america-mw0000227329 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="RollingStone1">{{cite magazine |last1=Edwards |first1=Gavin |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boston/albums/album/114554/review/5944954/corporate_america |date=28 November 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110080834/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boston/albums/album/114554/review/5944954/corporate_america |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |title=Boston: Corporate America|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref>
}}
''[[Deseret News|The Deseret News]]'' said the ''Corporate America'' is a typical Boston album and isn't as good as their previous ones.<ref name="deseret">{{cite magazine |last1=Iwasaki |first1=Scott |title=Boston album good but not group's best |journal=[[Deseret News]] |date=29 November 2002 |pages=W14 |publisher=[[Deseret News Publishing Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ox5OAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22corporate+america%22&pg=PA50&article_id=6683,7866036}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said the album is full of "overblown prog-rock pomp and hackneyed sentiments".<ref name="RollingStone1"/> ''[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|The Vindicator]]'' named the album 2002's "most dismal rock record" along with [[Bon Jovi]]'s ''[[Bounce (Bon Jovi album)|Bounce]]''.<ref name="Vindicator">{{cite magazine |title=On the Record - "Corporate America" |journal=[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|The Vindicator]] |date=17 November 2002 |page=E4 |publisher=[[Ogden Newspapers Inc.]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57ZjAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22boston%22+%22corporate+america%22&pg=PA43&article_id=1361,577043}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' compared the album stylistically to [[Def Leppard]] and called it "sweet-sounding, brawny pop-metal".<ref name="VillageVoice">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=George |title=More Than a Vegan |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/more-than-a-vegan/ |website=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=21 January 2003}}</ref> ''[[AllMusic]]'' contrasted the album's fresh, energetic sound to "downscale aesthetic of [[post-punk]]".<ref name="AllMusic1"/> In a retrospective, ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' noted the songs as "not memorable enough" and Delp's vocals as "underutilised".<ref name="ClassicRock1">{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Derek |title=How Boston Flew So High And Fell So Far |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-boston-flew-so-high-and-fell-so-far |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |publisher=Louder |access-date=23 May 2024 |date=23 June 2020}}</ref> Looking back, Scholz called the album "a disaster" and "an experiment that didn’t work".<ref name="ClassicRock2">{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Paul |title=The Boston albums you should definitely own |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/best-boston-albums |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |publisher=Louder |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=10 March 2022}}</ref> Scholz felt it was a mistake to let other people get more involved in the writing and recording process.<ref name="FloridaWeekly">{{cite web |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=Boston on a steady path to SunFest |url=https://palmbeach.floridaweekly.com/articles/boston-on-a-steady-path-to-sunfest/ |website=Florida Weekly |publisher=Hoffman Media Group |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=30 April 2015}}</ref>


The album charted at #42 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and by December 2002 had sold 60,000 copies.<ref name="SundayGazette">{{cite magazine |last1=Pratt |first1=Mark |title=New approach paved way for Boston's CD |journal=The Sunday Gazette (Associated Press) |date=15 December 2002 |pages=G1–G2 |publisher= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObstAAAAIBAJ&dq=boston+%22corporate+america%22&pg=PA36&article_id=3598,3809409}}</ref> In 2003, Scholz sued Artemis for failing to promote the album properly.<ref name="RollingStone2">{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Boston Sue Artemis |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/boston-sue-artemis-77270/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=25 June 2003}}</ref>
The bonus track Livin' for You (Live) is on all releases of the album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| writer5 = Scholz
| length5 = 4:10
| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Turn it Off
| title6 = Turn It Off
| writer6 = A. Cosmo
| writer6 = A. Cosmo
| length6 = 4:37
| length6 = 4:37
| title7 = Cryin'
| title7 = Cryin{{'-}}
| writer7 = A. Cosmo
| writer7 = A. Cosmo
| length7 = 5:19
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| writer9 = Scholz
| length9 = 4:22
| length9 = 4:22
| title10 = Livin' for You
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| note10 = live
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|collapsed = yes
| title10 = Livin' for You (Live)
| writer10 = Scholz
| writer10 = Scholz
| length10 = 5:07
| length10 = 5:07
}}
}}


==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
'''Boston'''
*[[Tom Scholz]] - [[guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[drum kit|drums]], [[vocals]] on 6, 8, 9
* [[Tom Scholz]] – vocals (1, 3, 9), guitars (1, 3, 5, 8, 9), bass (1–5, 8, 9), drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9), keyboards (3, 5, 7–10), electric guitars (4), organ (6), lead guitar (6, 7, 10), backing vocals (6, 8), arrangements
*[[Brad Delp]] - vocals on 1, 3, 5, 8, backing vocals on 2<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Boston-Corporate-America/release/4478836</ref>
*[[Fran Cosmo]] - vocals on 2, 3, 6, 7, 10
* [[Brad Delp]] – vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10), acoustic guitar
* [[Fran Cosmo]] – vocals (2, 3, 7), lead vocals (6, 10), rhythm guitar (10), arrangements
*Beth Cohen - vocals on 9
* [[Anton Cosmo|Anthony Cosmo]] – vocals (2), guitars (2, 6), harmony vocals (6), acoustic and rhythm guitar (7), arrangements
*[[Charlie Farren]] - vocals on 9
* [[Kimberley Dahme]] – vocals (3, 4, 9), acoustic guitar (4), harmony vocals (6), arrangements
*[[Gary Pihl]] - guitar, keyboards
* [[Gary Pihl]] – keyboards (10)
*[[Anton Cosmo|Anthony Cosmo]] - guitar, vocals on 2, 6
*[[Kimberley Dahme]] - vocals on 3, 4, 6, 9; guitar on 4
*David Sikes - bass guitar
*Curly Smith - drums
*Julia Van Daam - voice on 1
*Bill Ryan - voice on 3


==Additional personnel==
'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Dow Brain]] – keyboards (2)
*Charlie Farren - vocals
* Frank Talarico – keyboards (2), [[loop (music)|percussion loop]] (7)
*Beth Cohen - [[flute]], vocals
* Sean Tierney – keyboards (7)
*Bill Carman - bass guitar
* Billy Carman – bass (6, 7)
*Tom Moonan - drums, percussion
* David Sikes – bass (10)
*Frank Talarico - [[loop (music)|percussion loop]]
* Tom Moonan – drums (6, 7)
*Sean Tierney - keyboards
* Curly Smith – drums (10)
* [[Beth Cohen (musician)|Beth Cohen]] – flute and vocals (9)
* Julia Van Daam – girl voice (1)
* Bill Ryan – radio broadcast voice (3), nightstand clock (5)
* [[Charlie Farren]] – vocals (9)


==Production==
;Production
* Tom Scholz – producer, engineer, art direction
*[[Recording engineer|Engineer]]: Dietmar Schmidt
* Fran Cosmo – co-producer, engineer
*Track engineer: Bob Acquaviva
* Anthony Cosmo – co-producer, engineer
*[[Audio mastering|Mastering]]: Dr. Toby Mountain
* Dietmar Schmidt – live studio session engineer (4)
*[[Music production|Production]]/Engineering: Fran Cosmo/Anthony Cosmo also known as (Anton Cosmo) ("Stare Out Your Window", "Turn It Off" and "Cryin'")
* Bob Acquaviva – drum track engineer (6, 7)
*[[Editing]]: Adam Ayan, Daniel Chase, Steve Churchyard, Adrian Hernandez, Matt Knobel, Carl Nappa, Gary Pihl, Bill Ryan
* Adam Ayan – digital transfers, editing
*Digital transfers: Adam Ayan, Daniel Chase, Steve Churchyard, Adrian Hernandez, Matt Knobel, Carl Nappa, Gary Pihl, Bill Ryan
* Daniel Chase – digital transfers, editing
*[[Art direction]]: Tom Scholz
* Steve Churchyard – digital transfers, editing
*[[Photography]]: Ron Pownall
* Adrian Hernandez – digital transfers, editing
*[[Image editing]]: Gary Pihl
* Matt Knobel – digital transfers, editing
*John Kalodner: [[John Kalodner]]
* Carl Nappa – digital transfers, editing
* Gary Pihl – digital transfers, editing, image editing
* Bill Ryan – digital transfers, editing
* Toby Mountain – mastering
* Alisa Andreola – design
* Darryl Hirschler – front cover artwork
* Darvin Atkeson – back cover artwork
* Ron Pownall – photography
* Kathy Murry – image editing


==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Album
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|-
|2002
! Chart (2002)
! Peak<br/>position
|The Billboard 200
|42
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
|2002
| align="center"| 29
|Top Independent Albums
|3
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|42|artist=Boston|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|3|artist=Boston|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}
|}
|}

"I Had a Good Time" peaked at #30 on the Billboard Heritage Rock Chart on November 11, 2002.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://bandboston.com/release/corporate-america/}}

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Latest revision as of 16:36, 4 December 2024

Corporate America
A guitar-shaped spaceship floating in Earth's orbit with the band's logo above in gold
Studio album by
Boston
ReleasedNovember 5, 2002
Recorded1998–2002
GenreHard rock
Length44:28
LabelArtemis
ProducerTom Scholz
Boston chronology
Greatest Hits
(1997) 		Corporate America
(2002) 		Life, Love & Hope
(2013)

Corporate America is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Boston, released in 2002. It is the first album to feature band members Anton Cosmo and Kimberley Dahme, the last album released in vocalist Brad Delp's lifetime (though he would posthumously appear on the band's following album Life, Love & Hope), the second and final album with vocalist Fran Cosmo, and the only album released by Artemis Records.

Corporate America received mixed reviews, with critics praising the production values. It was also a commercial disappointment, failing to chart outside U.S. and Japan.[1] The low sales led to a lawsuit by the band's leader, Tom Scholz against Artemis. A 48-date North American tour was launched on June 6, 2003.[2][3]

Recording

[edit]

The title track was released on the Internet before the album's release and went number one on MP3.com's progressive rock charts. The song was released under the pseudonym "Downer's Revenge" in order to test its appeal to a younger demographic.[4][5][6] Lyrically atypical song for Boston, according to Scholz, it's the most important track on the album.[7]

"Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" was said to be similar to "More Than a Feeling".[8] "Livin' for You" is a live version of a song that appeared originally on the previous full-length album Walk On (1994). "I Had a Good Time" was included on a 2009 reissue of Greatest Hits, the only track representing the album.[9]

Three songs from the album were included with the band's next studio album Life, Love & Hope (2013): "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" was remastered, "Someone" was rearranged and re-recorded as "Someone (2.0)", and an original version of "I Had a Good Time", "Te Quiero Mia", was included as a bonus track.[8][9]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Rolling Stone[11]

The Deseret News said the Corporate America is a typical Boston album and isn't as good as their previous ones.[12] Rolling Stone said the album is full of "overblown prog-rock pomp and hackneyed sentiments".[11] The Vindicator named the album 2002's "most dismal rock record" along with Bon Jovi's Bounce.[13] The Village Voice compared the album stylistically to Def Leppard and called it "sweet-sounding, brawny pop-metal".[14] AllMusic contrasted the album's fresh, energetic sound to "downscale aesthetic of post-punk".[10] In a retrospective, Classic Rock noted the songs as "not memorable enough" and Delp's vocals as "underutilised".[15] Looking back, Scholz called the album "a disaster" and "an experiment that didn’t work".[16] Scholz felt it was a mistake to let other people get more involved in the writing and recording process.[17]

The album charted at #42 on the Billboard 200 and by December 2002 had sold 60,000 copies.[4] In 2003, Scholz sued Artemis for failing to promote the album properly.[18]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Had a Good Time"Tom Scholz4:15
2."Stare Out Your Window"Anthony Cosmo3:19
3."Corporate America"Scholz4:37
4."With You"Kimberley Dahme3:28
5."Someone"Scholz4:10
6."Turn It Off"A. Cosmo4:37
7."Cryin'"A. Cosmo5:19
8."Didn't Mean to Fall in Love"Scholz, Curly Smith, Janet Minto5:14
9."You Gave Up on Love"Scholz4:22
10."Livin' for You" (live)Scholz5:07

Personnel

[edit]

Boston

  • Tom Scholz – vocals (1, 3, 9), guitars (1, 3, 5, 8, 9), bass (1–5, 8, 9), drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9), keyboards (3, 5, 7–10), electric guitars (4), organ (6), lead guitar (6, 7, 10), backing vocals (6, 8), arrangements
  • Brad Delp – vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10), acoustic guitar
  • Fran Cosmo – vocals (2, 3, 7), lead vocals (6, 10), rhythm guitar (10), arrangements
  • Anthony Cosmo – vocals (2), guitars (2, 6), harmony vocals (6), acoustic and rhythm guitar (7), arrangements
  • Kimberley Dahme – vocals (3, 4, 9), acoustic guitar (4), harmony vocals (6), arrangements
  • Gary Pihl – keyboards (10)

Additional musicians

  • Dow Brain – keyboards (2)
  • Frank Talarico – keyboards (2), percussion loop (7)
  • Sean Tierney – keyboards (7)
  • Billy Carman – bass (6, 7)
  • David Sikes – bass (10)
  • Tom Moonan – drums (6, 7)
  • Curly Smith – drums (10)
  • Beth Cohen – flute and vocals (9)
  • Julia Van Daam – girl voice (1)
  • Bill Ryan – radio broadcast voice (3), nightstand clock (5)
  • Charlie Farren – vocals (9)
Production
  • Tom Scholz – producer, engineer, art direction
  • Fran Cosmo – co-producer, engineer
  • Anthony Cosmo – co-producer, engineer
  • Dietmar Schmidt – live studio session engineer (4)
  • Bob Acquaviva – drum track engineer (6, 7)
  • Adam Ayan – digital transfers, editing
  • Daniel Chase – digital transfers, editing
  • Steve Churchyard – digital transfers, editing
  • Adrian Hernandez – digital transfers, editing
  • Matt Knobel – digital transfers, editing
  • Carl Nappa – digital transfers, editing
  • Gary Pihl – digital transfers, editing, image editing
  • Bill Ryan – digital transfers, editing
  • Toby Mountain – mastering
  • Alisa Andreola – design
  • Darryl Hirschler – front cover artwork
  • Darvin Atkeson – back cover artwork
  • Ron Pownall – photography
  • Kathy Murry – image editing

Charts

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 29
US Billboard 200[20] 42
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21] 3

"I Had a Good Time" peaked at #30 on the Billboard Heritage Rock Chart on November 11, 2002.

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Steve (November 8, 2013). "Steve Smith: Boston's first album in 11 years; Paul Simon and Sting to tour; new Stevie Wonder albums in 2014". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Digital First Media. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Boston Take On Corporate America". Pollstar. Oak View Group. March 12, 2003. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Singer, Kristi. "Years since its last tour, Boston unleashes 'Corporate America'". Star-News. Gannett. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Pratt, Mark (December 15, 2002). "New approach paved way for Boston's CD". The Sunday Gazette (Associated Press). pp. G1–G2.
  5. ^ Tavernise, Sabrina (September 22, 2002). "The Company Song, Sour Notes and All". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
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