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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.
Enuff Z’nuff is an American melodic rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z’Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles “Fly High Michelle” and “New Thing.”
1.Let It Go 03:54
2.You’re Not Me 05:22
3.Happy Holiday 04:26
4.Message Of Love 03:51
5.So Long 04:06
6.Who’s Got You Now 03:30
7.Rainy Day 03:58
8.Make Believe 02:50
9.Long Enough For Me 03:46
10.Vacant Love 02:20
11.Video Man 03:47
Big Time got it all. The melodic hard rock band from Stockholm,Sweden is building on the heritage of hard rock as its supposed to be! Big, bold, moving and with great ammounts of musicianship.Formed at the dawn of an all time low, Big Time is striving to live out it’s own name and get “the big time”…big time.
1 Public Personality (nah-nah-nah-nah)
2 Big Time
Country: Sweden
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2021
1. Wild And Free
2. Run
3. My Loveless Lullaby
4. Waltz For The Movies
5. 4 AM
6. Go
7. Snakebite Charm
8. Let The Games Begin
9. A Culinary Detour
10. Catch You If I Can
11. Rampant Wildfire
12. Race Against Time
Line Up:
Lars Safsund (Work of Art, Lionville) – lead and background vocals, keyboards
Anders Rydholm (Grand Illusion, Code, Demon Kakka) – keyboards, bass, rhythm guitars
Guests:
Per Svensson – background vocals
Frank “Frallan” Nilsson – drums
Muris Varajic – guitar solos
Kristian Larsen – guitar solos
Jay Graydon – guitar solo
Country:UK/Super Rare!
Released:2004
Style:Hard Rock
Tracklist
01 I Love You More Than Rock N Roll (Radio Edit)
02 Closer To The Fire (Exclusive Track, Not On Any LP)
03 Loser (Acoustic)
04 The Pride (From The New LP)
turbo thx James!
LYIN RAMPANT’s magnificent debut (and only, unfortunately) album, released originally in 1987. LYIN RAMPANT featured ex Tytan and ex Heavy Pettin’ members, and they got an international fame thanx to the countless features on magazines like “Kerrang UK”, “Metal Hammer UK”, & many more.
The following is a review of the Album “Up and Cumin”
Scotland brought us in the 1980s HEAVY PETTIN’. This band played Melodic Hard/Heavy Rock
Country: UK
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Year of publication: 1988-2011
1988 – Take Off – 00.37.36
1989 – After Hours – 00.42.55
2011 – Against The Grain – 00.46.22
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year:2004-2008
Country: Denmark
Henrik Launbjerg – Et Rumskib For To
Henrik Launbjerg – Two Persons in One
Henrik Launbjerg – Words You Don’t say
Super rare-hard to find albums, First Time Ever on CD .Hold Your Head Up is one amazing rock song made famous by the band ARGENT. Loaded with prog, art-rock and serious grungy guitars, might be the highlight of the album and will rock your face off. It weaves in and out and then hits you with with repetitive HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH… like motivation, even the saddest human will believe they can conquer the world after one listen to this song.
Produced by Billy Smiley of Whiteheart
Both Albums Completely Remastered from Original Sources.
Includes Limited Edition Trading Card with Silver Foil
Both Albums are First Time Ever on CD
Superb Art-Rock like STYX or Kansas
Altered Includes Cover Song HOLD YOUR H
Never released on CD! If you don’t know Twenty Twenty, you’ll want to read this in it’s entirety because this band just might be the biggest hidden gem of the 80’s rock era. Why? Because Twenty Twenty was a surprisingly flashy band, loaded with sure-fire commercial-based sound and a blend of art-rock anthems similar to that of STYX or KANSAS with a dose of straight ahead rock similar to THE CARS, WHITEHEART or even GIANT.
The band mixed an interesting blend of pomp AOR with cool new wave melodies, all wrapped by a very Eighties arsenal of keyboards, synthesizers, synclavier and electronic drums. This Synth-AOR stadium rock band from the 80’s would have been incredible to see opening up for Steve Taylor or Daniel
MIDNITE CITY‘s stupendous second album “There Goes The Neighbourhood” in its Japanese edition included an exclusive bonus track, but this Asian CD was pretty hard to find because the band had chosen small record label AnderStein Music for the release. AnderStein Music – in fact a Japan-based music shop – now disappeared, with “There Goes The Neighbourhood [Japan Edition +1]” becoming a collector’s piece.
01 – Here Comes the Party
02 – Give Me Love
03 – You Don’t Understand Me
04 – Life Ain’t Like This on the Radio
05 – We’re Gonna Make It
06 – Tonight You’re All I Need
07 – Hard to Get Over
08 – Takes One to Know One
09 – Heaven’s Falling
10 –
In a similar fashion to their ‘HR/HM 1000‘ hard rock series, Universal Music Japan has started last December “AOR Light Mellow 1000 series“, a new campaign reissuing a number of hard-to-find AOR titles under the supervision of AOR Light Mellow’s specialized label leading expert, Toshikazu Kanazawa, on sale for a limited time at a special price of ¥ 1,000 = about 10 USD.
From the long out of print records from the list, we have this Hi-Tech AOR little gem: ALAN GORRIE‘s 1985 album “Sleepless Nights“.
01 – Up
02 – Electric Between Us
03 – Diary Of A Fool
04 – That Kinda Girl
05 – I Can Take It
06 – The Girl Upstairs
07 – Sleepless Night
08 – The Age Of Steam
In a similar fashion to their ‘HR/HM 1000‘ hard rock series, Universal Music Japan has started last December “AOR Light Mellow 1000 series“, a new campaign reissuing a number of hard-to-find AOR titles under the supervision of AOR Light Mellow’s specialized label leading expert, Toshikazu Kanazawa, on sale for a limited time at a special price of ¥ 1,000 = about 10 USD.
From the long out of print records from the list, we have this Hi-Tech AOR little gem: ALAN GORRIE‘s 1985 album “Sleepless Nights“.
01 – Up
02 – Electric Between Us
03 – Diary Of A Fool
04 – That Kinda Girl
05 – I Can Take It
06 – The Girl Upstairs
07 – Sleepless Night
08 – The Age Of Steam
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock | AOR | Pop Rock | CCM
Country of artist (group): Sweden
Year of publication: 1985 – 2004
1985 | Rock The World | 50:47 | DR12
1991 | Rockin’ The World Together (Compilation) [Vinyl Rip] | 36:45 | DR13
1992 | Heaven Can’t Wait (Cassete Rip)| 42:56 | DR12
1993 | The Ultimate Call | 69:14 | DR12
2004 | Live In 3D | 46:26 | DR8
JIM PETERIK hasn’t been quiet during this lockdown: he wrote & recorded two new songs, “Comeback Story / The Best In Us” performed in a duet with powerhouse vocalist Cathy Richardson (Starship).
But Jimbo also did a streaming live show presenting bot new cuts plus some amazing acoustic / electric versions of some of his best songs.
There’s a great take of timeless classics such as ‘Eye Of The Tiger’, ‘Burning Heart’, ‘Caught Up In You’ (the song he wrote for 38 Special) but also surprising arrangements on ‘Heavy Metal’ (co-penned with Sammy Hagar for the movie of the same title), his classic ‘Vehicle’ into an amazing blues version where Cathy Richardson shine on vocals, and the rare, very early Ides Of March’s
Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2018
Country: ?
1 Intro
2 Jailbreak
3 Living After Midnight
4 Guilty of Love
5 Ballroom Blitz
6 Rocking in the Free World
7 Layla
8 Rebel Rebel
9 Children of the Revolution
10 Hush
11 Maggie May
12 Dave Is on the Road Again
13 Tõmmu Naine
14 Does Your Mother Know
