Third Stage (studio album)
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Boston bestography
Third Stage is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Boston on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Boston is Boston which is ranked number 297 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,641.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Third Stage track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Third Stage ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2025 23:04 | edguyerrison | 135 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2025 12:01 | machiaj | 780 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2025 01:15 |  AAL2014 | 3,559 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2024 23:23 | matterhornrider | 4,781 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2024 20:33 | CokeBabies | 529 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Jboy56 11/14/2024 12:14 | #306028
Perhaps too clean with little change in arrangments and sounds, The Lack of memorable tunes is a minus. It's still a useful album for stuck-in-car sessions....
Underrated… because it had no big hit for the mainstream audience. But "Can'tcha Say You Believe In Me" for instance stands the test of time much better than quite a lot tracks from the first two records.
Fischman 12/14/2018 18:16 | #227095
After an awesome debut and a two year gap to a still pretty good sophomore effort, we waited another 8 year for... this? Egad, what a letdown. I hate it when people throw the "corporate rock" term at Boston in general, but for this album? Oh, yeah.
earlysparker 11/16/2017 01:49 | #201409
class band ,don,t make them like this anymore
Corporate rock at it's most mediocre.
Not nearly as good as their first two. Considering that it took eight years between their second and third albums, I would have expected much better.
One of the only classic rock albums that I like all the way through.
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