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.

Heartwind – Higher And Higher – 2018, FLAC+MP3, Japan Edition, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Disc producer country (release): Japan
Year of publication: 2018
Publisher (label): AnderStein Music
Catalog number: ASCM 1807
Country of performer (group): Sweden

Tracklist:
1. Higher And Higher (3:31)
2. Cry Out Into Space (3:31)
3. Ready For The Moonlight (3:40)
4. One Night Away From You (3:41)
5. Surrounding Me (4:04)
6. Through The Light (3:53)
7. Too Late For Roses (3:58)
8. Creatures Of The Night (3:35)
9. Don’t Be That Girl (3:45)
10. Your Eyes Can’t Lie (5:06)
11. Game Of Love (3:53)
12. Just A Lie (Bonus Track For Japan) (4:45)

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Gabrielle De Val And The Dragonlords – Tiger 2024, MP3+FLAC CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc producer country (release): UK
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Catalog number: ESM392
Country of performer (group): Spain

1. Think Like A Man (4:21)
2. Tiger (3:22)
3. The One And Only (Lead Vocals – Mick Devine) (3:48)
4. Bowmore (Lead Vocals – Robin McAuley) (4:06)
5. Midnight (You Won’t Be Sleeping) (Lead Vocals – Andrew Freeman) (4:40)
6. I’m In Chains (3:53)
7. Pay For The Lonely Nights (Lead Vocals – Steve Overland) (3:47)
8. Little Piece Of Heaven (4:48)
9. When Midnight Comes (Lead Vocals – Mark Boals) (4:15)
10. Up To Where You Are (3:54)
11. We Live, We Learn (Lead Vocals – Robin

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Keys – The Grand Seduction – 2024, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Progressive Rock
Disc producer country (release): UK
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Catalog number: ESM389
Country of performer (group): US / Sweden

Tracklist:
1. The Grand Seduction (9:00)
2. All I Need (6:50)
3. Shining Sails (Lead Vocals – Mark Mangold) (5:51)
4. Switchblade (6:02)
5. Vortex (4:06)
6. Skin And Bones (6:43)
7. Turn To Dust (Keyboards – Jake E) (4:42)
8. Crazy Town (Lead Vocals – Mark Ma

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Limited Warranty – Limited Warranty (1986) [Wounded Bird Records Reissue 2007]

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Limited Warranty was one of the many groups that exploded out of the 1980’s Minneapolis music scene. The core members were Dale Goulett (vocals, guitar), Greg Sotebeer (vocals, bass), Erik Newman (guitar), Jerry Brunskil (drums, vocals) and Paul Hartwig (keys). Newman or Brunskill penned most of the tunes.
Things took off for LW when they won Star Search in 1985. They used their winnings to beef up the production of their live show and to record a two song EP with Psychedelic Furs drummer Vince Ely.
The band’s good fortune continued in 1986 as they won an unprecedented 11 Minnesota Music Awards including Best Band and Best Recording for “This Is Serious”. They followed up by signing with legendary manager Bill Graham of San

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Radioactive – Reset 2024 Digi WEB

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Genre : AOR
Year : 2024
Country : SWEDEN

1. Sentimental
2. Shame On You, Shame On Me
3. Gaia
4. When The Lights Go Down
5. In A Perfect World
6. Reset
7. Midnight Train
8. Open Spaces
9. Sweet Little Tina
10. Hard Times To Fall In Love
11. Breakaway

Tommy Denander – Guitar, bass. keyboards, lead & backing vocals

Guest musicians:
Jeff Paris – Lead & backing vocals
Jim Jidhed – Lead vocals
Robin McAuley – Lead & backing vocals
Joey Vana

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Magic Dance – The EPs 2024 Remastered Special Edition, MP3+FLAC CD

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Label: Not On Label (Magic Dance Self-released) – none
Country: US
Released: 2024
Style: Synthwave, AOR, Soft Rock

1 Another World
2 Secrets
3 The Starchild
4 Where Will I Be
5 Reap The Voice You’ve Made
6 ’Til You’re All Mine
7 Kiss Scene
8 One Step Away (Is This For Real)
9 Til You’re All Mine (Killstarr Remix)
10 One Step Away (Bellemaison Remix)
11 Last Light
12 Still Haunting Me
13 I Wanna Know
14 Another Life,

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HEART – Live 1983 [Alive The Live series / Japan release only] (2022), MP3+FLAC

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We have here in exclusive more HEART from the excellent IAC Music “Alive The Live” series only released in Japan (CD manufactured in Taiwan), this time capturing the band at the at the Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, SC, in 1983.

”Live 1983” documents the Wilson sisters during the ‘Passionworks Tour’ presenting the studio album of the the same title, before their massive mainstream rock era and being signed by Capitol Records. A

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MARENNA – Ten Years After (2024), MP3+FLAC

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A true defenders of AOR / Melodic Hard Rock style & sound, MARENNA are celebrating their 10 year debut releasing “Ten Years After“, their new album featured in exclusive at all.

Instead of compiling their best songs selected from each album / EP and simply make a Greatest Hits, MARENNA recorded several gigs and present these songs in a live setting. And many of the new live versions sound more energetic, vital – a much more heave guitar work and parping keyboards everywhere.
And to make it e

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