NEW ENGLAND - S/T (Released: 1979, Infinity Records)

This Boston band released their debut album under production by Paul Stanley and Mike Stone back in '79. New England embraced some success with their first single Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya reaching Hot 100 # 40 while the album climbed to Billboard Top 200 # 50. The second single from this album Hello, Hello, Hello reached the Hot 100 too climbing to # 69.
The band released a couple of albums more, Explorer Suite and Walking Wild, but both were unnoticed so band decided to split.
This debut album by New England is a milestone that define what in the 80's became the pure AOR based on Keyboards, polished production with some sound effects and magnificent choruses.





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Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya (official video):