Corporate America (album)

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Corporate America
Studio album by Boston
Released	August 27, 2002
Recorded	2002 (?)
Genre	Rock
Length	47:28
Label	Artemis
Producer(s)	not credited
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Boston chronology
Greatest Hits (Boston) (1997)	Corporate America (2002)

Corporate America is the fifth studio album by American band Boston, released in 2002. (See 2002 in music).

This album featured important changes to the band's line up. First, it marked the return of lead singer Brad Delp, who was absent on the previous album, Walk On. Additionally, it is Boston's first album with Kimberly Dahme, who provided the lead vocals on the track "With You".

Important to note is the album's inclusion of a live version of "Livin' for You", a song that first appeared on Walk On.

Following a tradition set by the previous album, the final page of the album's booklet is dedicated to preserving the environment, providing web links to such organizations as PETA. The album's titular song, "Corporate America", is a criticism of corporate corruption, which it says has pervaded and perverted nearly every aspect of American culture and even daily life.

Though this was the band's final album with Brad Delp (he died on March 9, 2007), new material featuring Delp had been recorded for a forthcoming album which was incomplete at the time of his death. This is not surprising considering that each Boston LP was several years in the making.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Had a Good Time" (Scholz) – 4:15
2. "Stare Out Your Window" (Cosmo) – 3:19
3. "Corporate America" (Scholz) – 4:37
4. "With You" (Dahme) – 3:28
5. "Someone" (Scholz) – 4:10
6. "Turn It Off" (Cosmo) – 4:37
7. "Cryin'" (Cosmo) – 5:19
8. "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" (Minto, Scholz, Smith) – 5:14
9. "You Gave Up on Love" (Scholz) – 4:22
10. "Livin' for You" (Scholz) – 5:07

[edit] Personnel

• Brad Delp - vocals background vocals
• Tom Scholz - bass, guitar, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals ("I Had a Good Time", "Corporate America", "Someone", "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love", "You Gave Up on Love", "Livin' For You"),
• Kimberly Dahme - vocals ("With You")
• Fran Cosmo - Vocals ("Stare Out Your Window", "Turn it Off", "Cryin", "Corporate America", "Livin For You")
• Anthony Cosmo - Guitar ("Stare Out Your Window", "Turn it Off", "Cryin'")
• Charlie Farren - Vocals
• Curly Smith - Drums
• Tom Moonan - Drums ("Turn it Off", "Cryin'")
• Billy Carming - Bass Guitar("Turn it Off", "Cryin'")

[edit] Production

• Engineer: Dietmar Schmidt
• Track Engineer: Bobby Acquaviva
• Mastering: Dr. Toby Mountain
• Production: Fran Cosmo/Anthony Cosmo ('Stare Out Your Window', 'Turn It Off', 'Cryin')
• Editing: Adam Ayan, Daniel Chase, Steve Churchyard, Adrian Hernandez, Matt Knobel, Carl Nappa, Gary Pihl, Bill Ryan
• Digital transfers: Adam Ayan, Daniel Chase, Steve Churchyard, Adrian Hernandez, Matt Knobel, Carl Nappa, Gary Pihl, Bill Ryan
• Art direction: Tom Scholz
• Photography: Ron Pownall
• Image editing: Gary Pihl
• Phil Kalodner: Phil Kalodner

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	42
2002	Top Independent Albums	3

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