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.

DANGER DANGER – Danger Danger [Rock Candy remastered +5 bonus] 2015

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Rock Candy Records remastering of DANGER DANGER first album “Danger Danger“. In terms of sound this “Danger Danger [Rock Candy remastered +5]” reissue is bright and punchy with great dynamics for modern CD players, but apart from that includes as bonus the complete ‘Down and Dirty Live‘ EP remastered for the first time.

Additionally there’s the very good ‘Down and Dirty Live’ EP recorded in 1989 plus 16 page full colour booklet including a new interview with the band, a 3,000 word essay about the recording and previously unseen photos.
In one edition or another, “Danger Danger” is A Must Have.

01 – Naughty Naughty
02 – Under The Gun
03 – Saturday Nite

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Álomút – Mennyei nézeteltérés [Digipak Digital] 2020

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Good MHR! The band was founded in 2010 by Attila Szilágyi, with the exception of the drummer in the same line-up. With high hopes, a short but more fruitful joyful music was the result of the action, in the framework of which a demo record was made, but in the end the members continued their activities in various bands. György Sinka (drummer, H-599), Ferenc Szabó (bass guitar, H-599) Levente Ráduly (vocals, Scythia), Richard Richard (keyboard, Scythia) and Attila Szilágyi (guitar, Healthy Scalp) continued their work in 2019 , this resulted in the “Heavenly Disagreement” record.

01. Lét
02. Álomút
03. Itt Maradtam
04. Mennyei Nézeteltérés
05. Kismadárka
06. MyTube
07. Kettő
08. Tékozló
09. Lélekajtó
10. Táltos
11. Ké

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Mark Spiro – 2 + 2 Equals 5 – Best of + Rarities 2020, 3 CD Digipak

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Mark Spiro - 2 + 2 Equals 5 - Best of + Rarities 2020
Mark Spiro is an iconic American songwriter and an established award winning producer, recording artist, and accomplished musician, with a career that spans over two decades. Among his many accomplishments are 45 Gold and Platinum Records, and nine solo albums. His songs and productions have been represented on records that have sold over 100 Million copies worldwide.

The “2+2 = 5: Best of + Rarities” compilation encompasses the best of Mark’s solo material starting from “Now Is Then, Then is Now”, originally released in 1996, until “It’s a Beautiful Life”, released in 2012. Also included are his songwriting collaborations with none other than Dann Huff (Giant), Michael Thomson (MTB), Jim Vallance (Bryan Adams), and Tim Pierce.

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American Mile – The Longest Road 2020

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Genre: Melodic Rock / Country
Country: USA (Los Angeles, CA)
Year of publication: 2020

01. The Longest Road 03:50
02. Shine 04:00
03. Chip Away The Stone 04:05
04. Wild Wind 04:12
05. Good Enough 04:11
06. Who I Am 04:05
07. Life Ain’t Fair 03:15
08. Runaway Son 04:01
09. Shake That Thing 04:19
10. Bad Thing Good / Roll With The Punches 04:51
11. God Died 05:16

Line-up:
Jacob Rice – Guitars, Vocals
Eugene Rice – Guitars, Vocals
Mario DiLeva – Bass
Ryan Rice – Drums, Vocals

Label: American Mile Music.
Released 15 May 2020.

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Private Eye – Private Eye (1990)

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Private Eye is a rock band from Norway formed in 1989 by Lava members Sigurd Koehn and Per Kolstad. The band’s self titled album came out in 1990 by Desperado Records, produced byMike Vernon and contain the smash hit “Addicted To You”. Τhe album move in the same paths with Lave having a WestCoast and Hi-tech AOR feel with great harmony vocals and stellar production. Despite a good album with significant resources to the launch – Private Eye was not a success and they split up a year later.
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TOKYO MOTOR FIST – Lions [Japan Edition +1 bonus] (2020)

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We have here in cd the Japanese edition of TOKYO MOTOR FIST‘s new album “Lions” including a bonus track. The fresh record from this super-group will be released worldwide next Friday, and will rock your Summer with a stupendous collection of hooks and melodies.

Tokyo Motor Fist’s self-titled debut scratched an itch for music fans who have been starving for new albums from Trixter or Danger Danger (and who also happen to love Def Leppard) and now the band delivers another fix with their sophomore album, “Lions”.
Once again, the band drop exactly what fans want and would expect with their catchy and uplifting melodic hard rock, the way is should be.

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Tokyo Motor Fist – Lions (2020),MP3+FLAC

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Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2020

Tracklist:
01. Youngblood (3:29)
02. Monster in Me (4:34)
03. Around Midnight (2:48)
04. Mean It (4:28)
05. Lions (6:41)
06. Decadence on 10th Street (4:15)
07. Dream Your Heart Out (4:00)
08. Blow Your Mind (3:48)
09. Sedona (5:07)
10. Look into Me (4:20)
11. Winner Takes All (4:28)

Line Up:
Ted Poley – Vocals (DANGER DANGER)
Steve Brown – Guitar, Vocals (TRIXTER)
Greg Smith – Bass (TED NUGENT, RAINBOW, ALICE COOPER)
Chuck Burgi – Drums (RAINBOW, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, JOE LYNN TURNER)

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Enid Levine – American Love (US press, Vinyl-rip) (1983) mp3+flac (48kHz)+flac Hi-res. (192kHz)

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This is an artist and an album of which I can find only few facts on the net. What caught my attention is the musicians involved which on 8 of the tracks includes well known artists Michael Landau, Buzzy Feiten, Nathan East & Jay Winding.

My Personal guess is that it was the common case of a record company taking too much control of the creative process.
Enid Levine from Passaic, New Jersey apparently caught the attention when her song “Hi-Fidelity” was included on the first “The Kids From Fame” album (1982). When she then had a minor hit with the song “American Love” (video can be found on youtube) they decided to invest in the artist, sending her to Los Angeles and booking skilled session musicians for the recordings.
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Hideaway – Hideaway (2019) Lossless

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Artist: Hideaway  Album: Hideaway  Year: 2019  Country: Greece Genre: Melodic Hard Rock, AOR  Format: FLAC (image+.cue, scans)  Size: 428 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Another Day (4:38)
02. Promises Of Yesterday (4:50)
03. Calling You (4:17)
04. Hideaway (4:41)
05. Lonely Nights (4:42)
06. Life Is A Wonder (4:38)
07. When You Feel (3:57)
08. Masquerade (5:12)
09. Unknown Hero (4:32)
10. Road To Nowhere (5:24)
11. Far Away (4:51)

Line Up:

Manos Fatsis (Vocals)
Dimitris Paloudis (Guitars)
Dinos Georgiou (Guitars)
Peter Papadimatos (Keys)
Johny Kontos (Bass)
Harris Georgiou (Drums)

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DAVID A. SAYLOR – Kiss Of Judas 2 (2019)

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With remastering by Dave Draper (Wildhearts, Nickelback, Dallas) complete with 4 new tracks from the Saylor Archive as a fitting tribute. Aorblvd Records release due April 2019 – “Kiss Of Judas 2”.

01.Kiss Of Judas
02.If Only
03.Ana
04.Tonight
05.True Reflection
06.Now I’m Free
07.So Innocent
08.Another Time
09.Its Too Late
10.City Streets

David A. Saylor – vocals, keyboards, drums
Huwey Lucas – guitar
David Mark Pearce – guitar solos
Paul Pryor – bass
Lars Wickett – drums
Sarah Leaman, Jacquie Williams, Georgina & Romany Saylor – backing vocals

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Decarlo – Lightning Strikes Twice (Japan Edition) (2020),CD-Rip, MP3+FLAC

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Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2020

Tracklist:
01. A Better Day
02. You Are The Fire
03. Give Love A Try
04. Into The Storm
05. Lightning Strikes Twice
06. Still In Love
07. Rock N’ Soul
08. There She Goes
09. Stand Up (Play Ball)
10. The One
11. Gotta Go
12. I Think I Fell In Love With You
13. Still In Love (Acoustic Version) [Japan Bonus Track]

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WORK FORCE – Work Force [Japanese Edition] 1989

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here’s the underrated first album, self-titled japan edition debut from San Francisco’s WORK FORCE, a 1989 melodic hard rock / AOR release with all the ingredients of that magic year: lots of melodies, catchy choruses and pristine bright production.

01. I’m A Mess
02. Hold On Tight
03. Restless
04. Memory Of You
05. Rockin’ To Win
06. Love The Hard Way
07. Somethin’ For Nothin’
08. Give It All You Got
09. One More Tomorrow
10. Higher Standard

Ron Kimball – Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Rick Henry – Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals
Ralph F. Henry Jr. – Guitar, Keys, Bass, Background Vocals
Scott Henry – Drums, Percussion
Chris Ho

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FIRE TIGER – Energy 2017

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As happens with FIRE TIGER’s new album, “Energy” is a ten-song collection that will seriously leave you wondering what year it is.Everything from the vocals to the music is true classic ’80s Melodic poppy Rock with a classic FM radio production.

01 – Fancy War Dance
02 – Energy
03 – The Same Old Song
04 – Looking at Us
05 – Just
06 – Count Dracula
07 – Wall of Technology
08 – Watching You
09 – Green Light
10 – He Has Changed

Tiffany Alkouri – vocals, percussion
James Ramsey – keys, guitar, vocals
Jordan Lucas – guitar
Chris Cuomo – bass
Tyler Moore – drums

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Universe – Mission Rock (2015)

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missionUNIVERSE play catchy melodic hard rock on the highest level. The band and members are doing music for 30 years and ‘Mission Rock’ was supported by David Reece (Bangalore Choir, EZ Livin’), Ralf ‘Doc’ Heyne (Biss, Tanner), Christian Tolle, Jörg Reuter und Michael Voss (Mad Max, Casanova, Michael Schenker) and Michael Voss was responsible for Mix and Mastering.

01. Gravy Train
02. Up To The Sky
03. Mission Rock
04. Innocence
05. Now Or Never
06. Lies
07. Brain Collector
08. Welcome The Night
09. Criminal
10. Shame
11. Broken Wings
12. Tomorrow

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