Boston 's rise from near obscurity in the latter part of 1976 entered the rock 'n' roll lexicon long ago.

Their story is familiar to anyone with a knowledge of popular music history: how MIT mechanical engineering master's graduate Tom Scholz used his savings from a job at Polaroid to build a recording studio in his home's basement; how, in the early to mid-'70s, he pieced together demos of his songs; and how he shopped those songs to Columbia Records, who gave him money to record Boston's debut album in Los Angeles but instead he sharpened his home demos with singer Brad Delp, playing most of the instruments himself and submitting the tapes to the label.

The rest, as they say, is history, as you will see in the list below of Boston Albums Ranked.

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