Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.

Michael Alan – Calling 2023

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Following it’s dark atmospheric and eastern flavoured introduction, Road To Glory, the new single from Leeds (UK) Michael Alan, soon transcends into a euphoric journey of soulful guitar-driven melodic rock. With its underlying theme of striving to achieve your dreams despite adversity, the track flows with Michael’s focus on enchanting melody lines whilst still opening the door for moments of intricate lead guitar attacks.

Akin to sonic explorers such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Gary Moore, Road To Glory showcases just on side of a seasoned musician who delves

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Steve Augeri – Seven Ways ‘Til Sunday 2022 , MP3+FLAC, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: US
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Not On Label
Country of the performer (group): US

Tracklist:
1 Magic (05:09)
2. Never Far From Home (05:26)
3. Bated Breath (3:23)
4 Drive (03:46)
5. Talking About (3:41)
6. Unanswered Prayers (05:43)
7. If You Want (Mercy Mix) (4:34)
8. Seven Ways ‘Til Sunday (4:42)
9. Beautiful (05:18)
10. Desert Moon (4:56)
11. From The Beginning

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First Signal – Face Your Fears 2023, MP3+FLAC, CD w/Scans, Japan Edition+1

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of the performer (group): Canada

Tracklist:
1. Unbreakable (3:33)
2. Situation Critical (4:01)
3. Shoot The Bullet (4:03)
4. Always Be There (4:08)
5. Dominos (3:52)
6. Rain For Your Roses (4:01)
7. Face Your Fears (3:52)
8. Never Gonna Let You Go (3:54)
9. Not This Time (4:21)
10. In The Name Of Love (4:37)
11. Never Be Silenced (3:25)
12. In The Name Of Love (Acoustic Version) (4:37)

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Gabrielle de Val – Kiss In A Dragon Night – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country: UK
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Country of the performer (group): Spain

Tracklist:
1. Take on the World (3:38)
2. When Midnight Comes (with Mark Boals) (4:15)
3. Moonlight Shadow (3:46)
4. Kiss in a Dragon Night (with Robin McAuley) (4:12)
5. Pay For the Lonely Nights (3:47)
6. Fight For Love (with Mick Devine) (4:05)
7. Candle In The Window (4:13)
8. Stayin’ Alive (with Terry Brock) (3:38)
9. Fuel To The Fire (3:48)
10. Natural High (with Steve Overland) (3:27)
11. Let’s Get Something Started (3:35)
12. Hold On (with Mick Devine & Gary Pihl) (3:27)

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PETER McIAN – Playing Near The Edge (1980) vinyl rip by brooklyne

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As requested, here’s the only LP released by PETER McIAN, 1980’s “Playing Near The Edge“, never reissued on CD or any other digital format. This is a vinyl LP-rip done by the 0dayrox team trying to get the best sound quality.

Peter McIan is mostly an ‘music industry man’: songwriter for others, musician, record producer, recording engineer, and A&R executive – who like many of his peers back in the ’80s also recorded & released an album himself.
Over the years McIan produced acts su

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Styx – Return To Paradise (CMC, 06076-86212-2, US) (2 CD, Live) – 1997, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock, AOR
Disk (release) country: US
Year of publication: 1997
Publisher (label): CMC International Records
Country of the performer (group): US

01. “On My Way” [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 5:02
02. “Paradise” [*] (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:29
03. “A.D. 1928” / “Rockin’ the Paradise” (Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) – 5:23
04. “Blue Collar Man” (Tommy Shaw) – 4:34
05. “Lady” (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:28
06. “Too Much Time on My Ha

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VA – Heart /Sammy Hagar /Fleetwood Mac and more…Big Apple Boogie (Live) Box-Set 13 CD, 2023

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Genre: AOR/Classic Rock/Melodic Rock
Year: 2023
Country: USA

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Bruce Springsteen – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Crosby – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Fleetwood Mac – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Heart – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Little River Band – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Lou Reed – Big Apple Boogie (Live) (2023) [MP3]
Neil Young Crazy Horse – Big Apple Boogie (Li

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John Waite – Songs From John Waite – The Hard Way 2023

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Singer John Waite (The Babys, Bad English) is currently working on the compilation album “Songs From John Waite – The Hard Way”, which can be found digitally via plotn08, among others.

1 Blue Venus
2 The Hardway
3 Missing You (Duet with Alison Krauss)
4 Downtown
5 Bluebird Cafe
6 Anything
7 Everytime I Think of You
8 Change
9 I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
10 Isn’t It Time
11 Missing You

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Thomas Hapke – Coloured Feathers – 1994, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: Germany
Year of publication: 1994
Publisher (label): Koch
Country of performer (group): Germany

Tracklist:
1. Groove [03:47]
2. Butterflies [04:09]
3. Give Me A Chance [04:09]
4 California [03:31]
5. Colored Feathers [03:59]
6. Soldier [04:32]
7. Blue Bay [04:33]
8 Hold Me Tight [05:04]
9 Nightmare [03:32]
10. Yearning [05:23]

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