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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.
Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: US
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Iconoclassic Records
Country of the performer (group): US
1. Rock Hard
2. Girls Like… †
3. First Day of Love ††
4. Cry Alone
5. I Believe in Love †††
6. True Lovers †††
7. Something Every Heart Should Know †
8. Cry Tough ††
9. A Dream Too Far ††
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: Europe
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): RN Records
Country of the performer (group): Sweden
Tracklist:
1. Galacticus (1:11)
2. Vagabond Rise (04:04)
3. Here Be Dragons (4:38)
4. Firefly (04:31)
5. How The Mighty Have Fallen (4:12)
6. A Rainbow And A Star (04:39)
7. The Prophecy (4:24)
8. Feed You My Love (featuring – One More Time) (3:58)
9 Clone Trooper (04:32)<
Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country: Australia
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): MelodicRock Classics
Part Number: MRC010
Country of the performer (group): US
Tracklist:
1. I’m Moving In (3:39)
2. Last To Know (3:55)
3. Stay The Night (3:54)
4. Foolish Dreams (3:22)
5. Giving It Up For Love (3:40)
6. Tycoon (3:56)
7. Never Gonna Let You Go (3:44)
8. Give Me A Reason (3:02)
9. Wanting (3:38)
10. Too Much Too Soon (4:01)
11. You Can
Guitarist Ray Calcutt is back with the new band WHITE SKIES which debut album was featured here a couple days ago, one of the best AOR albums of the year. He was part as well of British AORsters YAYA who released a classic album in 1988, now being reissued, remastered & expanded.
“YAYA – II (2xCD Deluxe Edition remastered)” gathers all the tracks recorded for the original release and accompanying B-Sides, plus no less than 5 previously unreleased tracks; two unreleased demos which have been fre
Country: Denmark
Released: 2022
Style: Hard Rock, AOR
1 Transcendence 4:14
2 Superfanatic 3:55
3 Without You 4:42
4 Girl From Syria 3:56
5 Unia 5:06
6 Falling Petals 4:44
7 Fell From The Sky 5:24
8 It’s Not The End 4:48
9 Time Raiders 3:38
10 To Live Forever 4:47
11 Without You (Single Edit – Bonus Track) 4:16
Country: UK
Released: 2022
Style: AOR, Hard Rock
1 Heart Body & Soul
2 Moth To The Flame
3 Homeward Bound
4 Carrie Anne
5 Cry Wolf
6 One More Lie
7 Secrets
8 Floodtide
9 As Sure As Fate
10 It Must Be Love
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Released: Oct 14, 2022
Country: Sweden
Style: AOR, Soft Rock
1 Nightmare 4:30
2 Release The Beast 3:40
3 Tragedy 3:18
4 Love Resurrection 4:33
5 Best Of Me 3:56
6 The Final Fantasy 4:16
7 Lonely Girl 4:39
8 The One And Only 3:48
9 Fading Sun 4:52
10 Dawn Of Forever 4:17
11 Eternity Will Never Fall 5:50
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2022
Country: Norway
Issa – Chains – 2022
Issa – Lights of Japan – 2022
Country: UK
Genre: Classic Rock / AOR
Year: 2022
1. What You Know About Love?
2. Emily
3. Midnight Rendezvous
4. Kiss Me As I Say Goodbye
5. One Step Forward
6. When Worlds Collide
7. A Love Unjustified
8. Bring It On Back
9. Black Tide
10. Leave A Light
11. Takin’ A Ride
12. Sleeping In The Fire
Mick White (lv)
Ray Callcut (g, bv)
Pete Lakin (k, bv)
Rob Naylor (b, bv)
Daz Lamberton (d, bv)
Genre: melodic indie rock/Pop Rock
Year: 2013-2022
Country: Africa
Against The Tide 2022
Into the Great Unknown 2020
Reverse the Future 2013
+ singles
Country of the performer
Genre gothic metal
Year of issue 30 Sept. 2022
DVD1
From Down Below (Hermitage Set Main Show)
1 The Greater Good
2 Common Prayers
3 All Or Nothing
4 Hermitage
5 Entitlement
6 Solitarian
7 The Hermit Saints
8 Apophthegmata
9 Without Rule
10 The Great Leap Forward
DVD2
The Greater Porto (Quarantine Series#1)
1 The Greater Good
2 In Tremor Dei
3 Extinct
4 Opium
5 Awake!
The Greater Cas
Melodic Rock / AOR from Chile sounds a bit exotic to many, but this is a much beloved genre in South America (Brazil, Argentina, etc). Danish label Lions Pride is always in the ‘hunt’ for such ‘hidden bands’, so it’s not a surprise that they signed the band HUNTER, whom debuted for the label with 2021’s ”Hungry Heart’ album which received extremely favorable reviews – including ours at plotn08.
Now HUNTER’s singer and keyboarder Ed Carabantes is going solo under the name EDDIE VANTEZ and presents his solo debut “Ro
Genre: Westcoast / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2021
Publisher (label): P-Vine Records
Country of the performer (group): US
Tracklist:
1 Comfortable Shoes (4:46)
2 Paradise (4:04)
3. Can’t Stop Thinking About You (4:22)
4. Lost In The Rain (4:19)
5. The Answer (2020 Version) (4:24)
6. This Love Is Like Water (3:46)
7. Fade Away (3:37)
8. Beautiful Day (3:34)
9. Time After Time (4:38)
10. The Answer (Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns Version) (4:10)
Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country: UK
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Country of performer (group): International
Tracklist:
1. Intro (1:47)
2. Live Again (4:44)
3 Crazy Days (3:26)
4. Bad Enough (04:45)
5. Never Will Forget (3:43)
6. Harder They Fall (3:53)
7. Get Out Of Here (3:59)
8. Believe (05:27)
9. Hangman Blues (3:21)
10. State Of Mind (4:42)
11. Belly Of The Beast (5:25)
12. Holy Water (5:15)<
Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: Europe
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Pride & Joy Music
Country of the performer (group): Sweden
Tracklist:
1. Can We Find The Love (4:19)
2. Temple Of Lust (4:10)
3. Love Can Heal Your Heart (4:22)
4. We Will Meet Again (Cross My Fingers) (4:02)
5. Goodbye (04:48)
6. It Never Took Away Your Smile (06:37)
7. Secret Love (04:04)
8. Wires And Frames (3:36)
9. Follow The Road (4:47)
10. It Won’t Get Better (4:48)
11. (I Don’t Know Who I Am) Anymore (4:35)
12. Heroes Of Our Time (3:40)
As requested, here’s in exclusive the recent Rock Candy Records remastered reissue of JOE LYNN TURNER‘s ’80s AOR solo album “Rescue You“. The sound obtained is huge, a proof the original recording / engineering / mastering is excellent.
In between stints with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Deep Purple and Yngwie Malmsteen, this sought-after singe put out this charting solo album in 1985.
Produced by renowned Roy Thomas Baker (Queen) and with a top notch back up band – Bobby Messano (Fiona) on Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals, Alan Greenwood (Foreigner, Spys) on Keys, and Chuck Burgi (Rainbow) on Drums, JLT delivers a fantastic album which feeling and atmosphere is impossible to re-create nowadays.
After his stint with Rainbow, Joe Ly