Boston
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Boston was effectively the project of guitarist and MIT-educated engineer Tom Scholz, who recorded the bulk of their 1976 debut in his basement on custom-built equipment. The album sold 17 million copies in the United States alone, making it the best-selling debut album in history at the time. More Than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, and Long Time defined a sound of technical precision and melodic grandeur that became a template for arena rock.