Boston: "Life, Love & Hope"; Cover Art, Track Listing Revealed; Song-By-Song Comments By Tom Scholz

More than 10 years in the making, Boston's new studio album, "Life, Love & Hope" is ready for release. Finally emerging from his Hideaway Studio II, Tom Scholz says, "These are songs from the heart, each of them taking many months of effort to write, arrange, perform and record, always up to the demands of Boston's harshest critic, me. They have all been meticulously recorded to analogue tape on the same machines and equipment used for Boston's hits for the past 35 years."

Available on December 3 on Frontiers Records, this album includes lead vocals from Brad Delp, Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme, David Victor and Tom Scholz, and features tracks with the classic Boston sound, as well as the latest in the evolution of Scholz' musical artistry. "I intentionally stayed close to the early Boston style on some of the songs, even using the same amps and instruments; on others I let my imagination run wild," says Tom.

All the tracks have the characteristic Boston trademark guitars, harmonies, and immaculately crafted sound. Tom worked very hard to fulfill the expectations of Boston fans new and old, and has created a diverse yet cohesive album that truly has something for everyone.

Track Listing: 

1. Heaven on Earth 

2. Didn't Mean to Fall in Love (remastered version from Corporate America) 

3. Last Day of School (Instrumental) 

4. Sail Away 

5. Life Love and Hope 

6. If You Were in Love 

7. Someday 

8. Love Got Away 

9. Someone (2.0)(rerecorded/rearrangement) 

10. You Gave Up on Love (2.0)(rerecorded/rearrangement) 

11. The Way You Look Tonight.

Additional song information and comments by Tom Scholz:

Heaven On Earth
“It doesn’t happen very often. Hang on to it if you find it.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: David Victor with special guest: Louis St. August
Harmony & Backing Vox: Tom Scholz

Didn’t Mean To Fall In Love
“As they say, love happens when you least expect it. This was re-mastered from the original 2002 recording; released again here because I just really like this song.”
Written by Tom Scholz, Curly Smith, Janet Minto
All Instruments: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: Brad Delp / Harmony & Backing Vox: Tom Scholz

Last Day Of School
“This instrumental was performed publicly for the first time on the huge pipe organ at Boston’s Symphony Hall for MIT’s 150th anniversary celebration, with the Boston Pops.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz

Sail Away
“The song is a retrospective about Katrina and the devastation endured by the poor, swept under the rug by the rich. Sail away to a better place.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: Brad Delp, Kimberley Dahme
Harmony Vox: Brad Delp, Kimberley Dahme, Tom Scholz

Life, Love & Hope
“Sometimes it takes a traumatic event to make us realize what’s really important.”
Written by Tom Scholz / Drums, Bass, Organ, Rythym Guitars: Tom Scholz
Lead guitars: Tom Scholz, Gary Phil / Lead Vocals: Tommy Decarlo /
Harmony Vox: Tom Scholz, Jeff Neal

If You Were In Love
“We’ve all been there and we can all dream.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz / All Vocals: Kimberley Dahme

Someday
“A shout out to all those who stand up to bullying; malicious people make life worse for everyone.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Drums: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: Tommy Decarlo, Tom Scholz with special guest: Jude Nejmanowski
Harmony Vox: Tom Scholz / Harmonica: Curly Smith

Love Got Away
“This is a story from personal experience. I had to sing this one myself.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: Tom Scholz / Harmony Vox: Tom Scholz, Gary Pihl

You Gave Up On Love (2.0)
“It’s too precious, don’t do it. This is a new arrangement and a rerecording of the song originally released on Corporate America.”
Written by Tom Scholz
All Guitars, keys, bass, and drums: Tom Scholz / Flute: Kimberley Dahme
Lead Vocals: Kimberley Dahme, Tommy Decarlo, Tom Scholz
Harmony Vox: Kimberley Dahme, Tom Scholz, Beth Cohen

Someone (2.0)
“The song is ‘Someone’, but most everyone who’s been in love can relate to this song, a version of which was first heard on Corporate America in 2002. This was my chance to release an arrangement more like my original concept, which somehow got lost the first time around. Now I can sleep tonight.”
Written by Tom Scholz / All Instruments: Tom Scholz
Lead Vocals: Brad Delp / Harmony Vox: Brad Delp, Tom Scholz

The Way You Look Tonight
“To my wife Kim, a very good ending after letting love get away.”
Written by Tom Scholz
All instruments: Tom Scholz / Lead Vocals: Tommy Decarlo / Harmony Vox: Tom Scholz, David Victor