The Cars : The Cars vs Boston : Boston

[Hector]

I prefer Boston...I'm not into The Cars much.

[Sideshow Spock]

When I was in 5th grade (1979), I started a contest with my classmates about who was a better band, Boston or Kiss. My older brother had the Boston debut album, and it made a big impression on me. So when a bunch of kids in my class got all crazy about Kiss (which I never did), I lobbied hard to convince them Boston was better

The ironic thing is that today, should either a Boston or Kiss song come on the car radio (which they often do), I immediately switch channels

EDIT to add: Whereas I'll almost always listen to a Cars song.. Cars win!

[Mikey]

For Boston : Boston I can listen to every song on that album except for More Than a Feeling, which radio has totally killed for me

For the Cars I love that album to death --- to me it represents being in high school (which it was new when I was in HS)

[Red Hulk]

I'm burned out on Both thanks to classic rock radio.

[Megospidey]

Love them both, but they couldn't be more different. If I had to choose only one, I'd probably go with The Cars, but only up to and including Shake It Up. They lost me with Heartbeat City.

The Cars! And...I loved Heartbeat City. Probably my favorite Cars album from top to bottom.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I adore the Cars, big time. But I also love Boston. It truly just depends on my mood that day. I agree with an earlier mentioned assessment that the Cars had a more solid catalog overall, though. But those two debut albums are really amazing. Forced to choose, I guess I'd have to go with Boston's debut, by a very slight margin, mainly because the guitar playing and tone on that disc was so influential on me.

[ubermanx]

Boston ...

[apes3978]

They're both very good debut albums... But, if I had to pick, I'd go with "The Cars"...