Back Third Stage Spanish مرحله سوم Persian Third Stage French Third Stage Italian サード・ステージ Japanese Third Stage Korean Third Stage NN Third Stage Swedish
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| Released | September 24, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1986 | |||
| Studio | Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 36:27 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Tom Scholz | |||
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| Singles from Third Stage | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[3] |
| Kerrang! | [4] |
Third Stage is the third studio album by the American rock band Boston, released on September 24, 1986, on MCA Records, as the band's first album on the label.[5] It was recorded at Boston co-founder Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a long, strained, six-year period "between floods and power failures".[6] Scholz and vocalist Brad Delp were the only original members. The lyrics invoke themes of aging and working through stages in life. The first track and lead single, "Amanda", became a number one hit and one of the group's best known songs.[2] The album itself was eventually certified 4× platinum by the RIAA.[7]
- ^ "Boston singles".
- ^ a b Iyengar, Vik. "Boston Third Stage review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Oliver, Derek (2 October 1986). "Boston 'The Third Stage'". Kerrang!. Vol. 130. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. pp. 18–19.
- ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 45.
- ^ Third Stage (CD liner). Boston. MCA Records. 1986.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Buchanan, Brett (October 22, 2014). "10 Rock Albums That Took Forever to Make". Retrieved January 9, 2018.