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by American

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band

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. Released on June 3, 1997, the album features songs originally released on both the

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and MCA record labels, as well as three previously unreleased recordings ("Tell Me", "Higher Power" and "The Star-Spangled Banner").

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, the band's leader, felt that the album's audio quality was not up to his standards, so a remastered version of the album was released in 2009 with a slightly different track listing. Boston embarked on a tour for this album both times it was released. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on December 4, 2003, and it has sold 2,234,000 copies in the United States as of August 2014. The cover features the guitar-shaped spaceship flying low over a planet with turquoise rocks and a turquoise tower in the distance. The backside shows a personification of New York City. It is unknown why the band chose

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instead of

, the city the band is named after and which they usually show on their artwork.

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Boston

– guitar, bass,

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, drums,

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, keyboards, hand clapping *

Brad Delp Bradley Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Boston. He joined Boston in 1970 and performed on the band's first three albums. Early life ...

– vocals, guitar *

Barry Goudreau Barry Goudreau (born November 29, 1951) is an American musician. He was one of two original guitarists for the Rock music, rock band Boston (band), Boston alongside founder Tom Scholz; both Scholz and Goudreau shared lead and rhythm guitar parts ...

– guitar *

Fran Sheehan Fran Sheehan (born March 26, 1949) is an American rock musician best known for being the bass player in the early incarnation of the rock band Boston. Sheehan was perhaps the most experienced musician in the original lineup of Boston. Life an ...

– bass *

Sib Hashian John Thomas "Sib" Hashian (August 17, 1949 – March 22, 2017) was an American musician, best known as a drummer for the rock band Boston. Career Boston Hashian was chosen by Boston founder and band leader Tom Scholz in 1975 to replace origina ...

– drums

Additional personnel

Jim Masdea The following list features musicians who have worked with the band Boston. Personnel Current members *Tom Scholz – lead and rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (1976–present) *Gary Pihl – rhythm and lead gu ...

– drums *

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.

– guitar *

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 ...

– vocals * David Sikes – bass guitar, vocals * Doug Huffman – drums

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References

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