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.

DERRINGER – Sweet Evil [Rock Candy Remastered & Reloaded] 2013

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Few days ago we featured ‘The Complete Blue Sky Albums 1976-1978 [HNE 5-CD Box Set remastered]’, including all the LP’s from Rick Derringer’s own band DERRINGER. Among these there’s their 2nd album ”Sweet Evil” (1977), which is the more ‘commercial & catchy’ and sports a bigger production (Jack Douglas of Aerosmith / Cheap Trick is behind the boards).

Well, the LP has been remastered by Rock Candy specialists too, and some of you asked for their version. As we never featured ”Sweet Evil [Rock Candy remastered & Reloaded]” before, here you have it to compare – and complete your Rock Candy collection as well.

During the mid-Seventies American hard rock had reached its zenith with acts like Aerosmith, Montrose and Ted

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO – It’s the SINGER, not the Song! [The Unreleased Covers] 2001, 3 CD Box-Set

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As many keep requesting more and more JEFF SCOTT SOTO, we made one of our compilations with rare stuff. We titled this “It’s the SINGER, not the Song! [The Unreleased Covers]“, featuring the mighty Jeff performing great, timeless songs.

We have here a load of 20 tracks, most of them unreleased, only a few officially published on tribute albums but none included into the JSS’s ‘Cover 2 Cover’ double CD posted here some days ago.
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CHARLIE – Good Morning America [Rock Candy remastered] 2013

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“Good Morning America” by CHARLIE has been reissued by Rock Candy, and this is the first proper remaster made on this, one of the most underrated AOR albums from the early ’80s.

Charlie were actually key components of the second half of the seventies in the British melodic rock scene, trying to gain a foot hold at the height of punk rock during those years. The band released five albums that went quite unnoticed in UK, however, in the USA things were decidedly different as their precise style of AOR gained them significant traction on FM radio, which resulted in the band working almost exclusively for that market.

And this is clearly evident on Charlie’s sixth album “Good Morning America”, where the guys firmly decided to go for an American sound.
By the

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Alliance – Fire And Grace – 2019, FLAC+MP3, CD

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country: UK
Year of publication: 2019
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Country of the performer (group): US

Tracklist:
1. The Wheel (3:38)
2. Good Life (4:05)
3. Uncertain (6:30)
4. I’ll Have Some Of That (4:41)
5. Fire And Grace (3:28)
6. Raise Your Glass (3:26)
7. Time (4:38)
8. The Real Thing (4:32)
9 Reason To Walk Away (4:27)
10. Fast Forward To Last Night (3:15)
11. Change Of Heart (4:19)
12. The Same (04:03)
13. You Are The Heroes (3:28)

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Tomi Malm – Coming Home – 2021, Japan Edition w/ bonus trax, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: AOR/Westcoast
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2021
Publisher (label): P-Vine Records
Country of performer (group): Finland

Tracklist:
1. Second Wave (02:51)
2. Come Away (4:54)
3. When You’re Gone (4:04)
4. Are You Real? (4:07)
5. Without You Saying A Word (4:23)
6. Two Hearts (05:21)
7 Tourbillon De Vie (1:46)
8. I Got You (4:48)
9. Coming Home (05:49)
10. Another Day (04:30)
11. Solaris (03:15)
12. The Time Is Now (5:00)
13. Dream On (4:08)
14. Leave It To The Girls (4:28)
15. Free Fall (10:06)
16. Hearts In Phase (02:31)
17. Margeaux (04:58)

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Restless Spirits – Second To None – 2022, Japan Edition+1 bonus, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Avalon
Part Number: MICP-11724
Country of performer (group): International

Tracklist:
1. I Need A Lil’ White Lie (5:00)
2. Hey You (4:05)
3. Dreams Of The Wild (5:21)
4. Until The End Of Time (05:12)
5. A Dream To Be Lost In Time (4:210
6. And Yet It Breaks (4:23)
7. Too Many (6:11)
8. Nothin’ Dirty Here (4:59)
9. Always a Pretender (05:51)
10. No Time Wasters (4:59)
11. Dirty Money (05:56)
12. Always A Pretender (Acoustic) (5:25)

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Sunstorm – Brothers In Arms – 2022, Japan edition+1 bonus, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of performer (group): International

Tracklist:
1. Brothers In Arms (4:43)
2. Games We Play (3:59)
3. I’ll Keep Holding On (4:23)
4. I Will Remember (4:05)
5. No Turning Back (3:50)
6. Back My Dreams (4:28)
7. Taste Of Heaven (4:20)
8. Lost In The Shadows Of Love (3:18)
9 Hold The Night (4:10)
10. Miracle (4:10)
11. Living Out Of Fear (4:15)
12. Back My Dreams (Acoustic Version) (4:13)

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Bad Baron – Ace Of Hearts 2022 AOR

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Album: Ace Of Hearts
Country: Scandinavian
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2022

01. Edge Of Our Dreams (03:11)
02. Can You Love Someone (For Just One Night) (03:14)
03. Breakdown In Communication (03:47)
04. Hungry (03:47)
05. Rebel Heartache (04:53)
06. Lights Go Out (03:57)
07. Interlude (00:46)
08. Our Story Isn’t Over (04:03)
09. Going Down In Flames (03:20)
10. Rock In The City (04:27)
11. One Minute To Midnight (03:19)
12. Long Road Home (03:49)
13. Anthem For Rock’n’Roll (04:38)

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DeGARMO & KEY – Mission Of Mercy [Digitally Gilder Records Remastered] (2022), MP3+FLAC

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A few weeks ago we featured here the first DeGARMO & KEY albums fully remastered for the first time, now we have here the second batch reissue 2022, and their 1983 LP “Mission Of Mercy” is one of our favorites.

“Mission Of Mercy” mixes DeGARMO & KEY catchy rock&pop melodies with a that radio-friendly AOR from 1982-1983, in the same vein of Franke & The Knockouts, Preview, I-Ten, etc.

Don’t be fooled by the ‘yuppie’ cover artwork, the songs into this album are all good ‘ole American AOR from the first half of the ’80s wrapped by an incredible crystal clear production. The first four tracks alone will make your day if you are fan of this era / genre.
Then there’s the superb short instrumental ‘The Gift’,

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Peter Frampton – Classic – 2000, FLAC , CD

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Genre: AOR
Disc (release) country: EU
Year of publication: 2000
Publisher (label): A&M
Country of the performer (group): UK

Tracklist:
01 – Show me the way 03:36
02 – I’m In You 04:09
03 – Baby, I Love Your Way 04:44
04 – Doobie Wah (Live) 05:33
05 – White Sugar 03:35
06 – One More Time 03:22
07 – All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side) (Live) 03:18
08 – Tried To Love 04:24
09 – I Got My Eyes On Yo

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Danger Danger – Screw It! [Japan Blu-Spec CD2 Edition+2 bonus] [2014]

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Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2014

Tracklist:
01. Ginger Snaps (Intro) / Monkey Business
02. Slipped Her The Big One
03. C’Est Loupe (Prelude) / Beat The Bullet
04. I Still Think About You
05. Get Your Shit Together
06. Crazy Nites
07. Puppet Show
08. Everybody Wants Some
09. Don’t Blame It On Love
10. Comin’ Home
11. Horny S.O.B.
12. Find Your Way Back Home
13. Just What The Doctor Ordered
14. Yeah, You Want It!
15. D.F.N.S.
16. Groove Or Die (bonus’ Live)
17. Boys Will Be Boys (bonus’ Live)

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO – The JSS Queen Concert (the official 2xCD release full show)

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You keep asking for JEFF SCOTT SOTO music, and this is a really good one not easy to find; The JSS Band show at International Queen Fan Club Convention performing QUEEN classic songs.

Captured at Prestatyn, North Wales, UK, 10th May 2003, on “The JSS Queen Concert : Live At The Queen Convention” Jeff does more than 40(!) Queen songs, and his vocal performance is simply stunning.
You’ll find ALL the greatest Queen songs, from the hits like ‘I Want To Break Free’ or ‘Bohemian Rapshody’, to more inside

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The Ides of March – Discography (12 CDs) – 1970-2019, MP3

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American brass rock band, pioneer of the style that was later defined as brass rock and more fully embodied
in the music of CHASE, CHICAGO and BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, which they were sometimes accused of imitating during their short burst of popularity.

1970 – Vehicle / Lead Me Home, Gently (7” Single) [5:50]
1970 – Vehicle [52:56]
1970 – Vehicle (1996 Remastered) [49:57]
1970 – Vehicle (2004 Remastered) [55:26]
1971 – Common Bond [50:21]
1972 – World Woven [38:17] – 192 kbps
1973 – Midnight Oil [35:37] – 192 kbps
2000 – Ideology (1965-1968) [48:16]
2003 – Friendly Strangers – The Warner Brothers Recordings [1:39:39]
2010 – St

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Nailbomb – Live At Dynamo [1995, DVD]

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Release year: 1995
Genre: HATE METAL / PUNK
Duration: 42 min.

Cast:
– Max Cavalera – Insults, Guitars, Bass, Goner, Samples
– Alex Newport – Mouthfull of hate, Guitars, Bass, Negativity, Samples

Description:
01. Wasting Away
02. Guerrilias
03. Cockroaches
04. Vai Toma No Cu
05. Sum of Your Achievements
06. Religious Cancer
07. Police Truck
08.Exploitation
09. World of Shit
10. Blind and Lost
11. Sick Life

Nailbomb is a side project of Sepultura guitarist Max Cavalera and vocalist Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel.
Max’s brother Igor Cavalera (drums) and Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares also took part in the recordings.

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