''Corporate America'' is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, 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'' (1994). The album also introduced both

Anton Cosmo Anton Cosmo Also known as Adom, was born Anthony Migliaccio and is an American composer, Singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer. Cosmo made his live debut with Boston at the 2002 Fiesta Bowl and followed with a back to back tour i ...

and

Kimberley Dahme Kimberley Dahme is a rock/country music singer and songwriter who is best known as a former member of the rock band Boston. She played bass, rhythm guitar and provided vocals. Career Dahme became the first female member of Boston in 2002. She l ...

as both band members and songwriters. This is the last Boston album to feature lead vocalist and founding member

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, during his lifetime before his death in 2007. It also marked the final appearance of

Fran Cosmo Francis Cosmo Migliaccio (born October 17, 1956) is an American musician best known as a former lead singer of the bands Boston and Orion the Hunter. Music career Cosmo was first featured on guitarist Barry Goudreau's self-titled solo album ...

. The album sold 32,000 copies in its first week of release and charted at 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was later pulled from all digital and retail markets by founding member Tom Scholz due to a record company dispute with Artemis. The final page of the CD booklet is dedicated to preserving the environment, providing web links to such organizations as PETA. 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.metal-archives.com – Lee Hyun Suk – Lee Hyun Suk 3
The bonus track "Livin' for You (Live)" is on all releases of the album.

Track listing

Personnel

Boston *

Tom Scholz Donald Thomas Scholz (born March 10, 1947) is an American musician. He is the founder, main songwriter, primary guitarist and only remaining original member of the rock band Boston. He has appeared on every Boston album. Scholz is an MIT-traine ...

– 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 *

– vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (10) *

– vocals (2, 3, 7), lead vocals (6, 10), rhythm guitar (10), arrangements * Anthony Cosmo – vocals (2), guitars (2, 6), harmony vocals (6), acoustic guitar (7), rhythm guitar (7), arrangements *

– vocals (3, 4, 9), acoustic guitar (4), harmony vocals (6), arrangements *

Gary Pihl Gary O. Pihl (pronounced "peel") (born November 21, 1950) is an American rock musician and guitarist best known for playing with Sammy Hagar and the hard rock band Boston.

– 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 (9), vocals (9) * Julia Van Daam – girl voice (1) * Bill Ryan – radio broadcast voice (3), nightstand clock (5) *

Charlie Farren Charlie Farren is an American musician, composer and guitarist best known as the lead singer of the rock bands The Joe Perry Project and Farrenheit. Farren recently launched his 16th release, most recently on his own FMan Media label, which was ...

– 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 * John Kalodner –

John Kalodner John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R (artists and repertoire) executive. History John David Kalodner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a writer and photographer at ''Concert'' magazine. He went on to be a photographer for v ...

Charts

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corporate America (Album) Boston (band) albums 2002 albums Albums produced by Tom Scholz Artemis Records albums