Editing Boston (band) (section)

===Departure of Delp; ''Walk On'' (1989–1996)===
After the Third Stage Tour in 1988 Delp left Boston and formed [[RTZ (band)|RTZ]] with Barry Goudreau, releasing the ''[[Return to Zero (RTZ album)|Return to Zero]]'' LP in July 1991.  With Delp's departure, Scholz was then the last remaining original member. Before he left, Delp co-wrote with Scholz and David Sikes the song "Walk On", which eventually became the title track of the new album.<ref name="officialwo">{{cite web |url=http://www.bandboston.com/html/album4_html.html |title=Official Boston Website – Walk On – 1994 |last=Scholz |first=Tom | website=bandboston.com | access-date=August 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624212543/http://www.bandboston.com/html/album4_html.html |archive-date=June 24, 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Scholz eventually replaced Delp with vocalist Fran Cosmo, who had been in Goudreau's previous band [[Orion the Hunter (band)|Orion the Hunter]] and sang on Goudreau's 1980 solo album.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

For the second album in a row, and for the second time in a decade, Scholz's work was delayed by renovations to his studio. In the end, eight years passed between ''Third Stage'' and ''Walk On'', which was released in June 1994. ''Walk On'' was certified platinum by the [[RIAA]], and reached No.&nbsp;7 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums chart.<ref name="bostonorghistory"/> Unlike Boston's previous albums, it failed to chart in the top 5. It produced one hit single, "[[I Need Your Love (Boston song)|I Need Your Love]]", which was widely played on some rock radio stations.<ref name="bostonorghistory"/> Wanting to tour the album but finding that no one could sing the classic songs other than Delp, Scholz asked Delp to rejoin Boston at the end of 1994. Their first appearance was for two benefit shows at the [[House of Blues]] on December 12–13, 1994, in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]].<ref name="bostonorghistory"/> The band also handed a check of $5,000 to Globe Santa and another check of $5,000 to Operation Christmas in [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE11C7A778768&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=SCHOLZ AND BOSTON ROCK TO PERFECTION FOR A CAUSE |date=December 13, 1994 |last=Morse |first=Steve |access-date=September 11, 2009}}</ref>

The group toured in the summer of 1995 with Cosmo and Delp combining vocals. By that time drummer Huffman had been replaced by Curly Smith, who was previously with [[Jo Jo Gunne]].<ref name="bostonorghistory"/>  Following the conclusion of the "Livin' For You" tour in 1995, Scholz announced that a greatest hits album would be released.<ref name="bostonorghistory"/> Initially planned for release in August 1996, the album was pushed back to a 1997 release date.<ref name="bostonorghistory"/>