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.

CUTTING CREW – Broadcast [Cherry Red Records remastered / expanded +4 bonus]

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Here’s a request from one of the finest, stylized rock&pop / lite AOR albums coming out from England during the ’80s: CUTTING CREW 1986’s “Broadcast“, in its Cherry Red / Cherry Pop release.

This not so easy to find remastered reissue feature some alternate mixes for the US market plus 4 bonus tracks, such as the great 12” Mix of the band’s hit ‘(I Just) Died In Your Arms’ and its B-side ‘For the Longest Time’, for the first time on CD.

Originally, Cutting Crew founder Nick Van Eede was the vocalist of interesting UK band The Drives. In the early Eighties, they took off for Canada to a new life and a promising deal.

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JOHN WETTON – Battle Lines +1 bonus [30th Anniversary Expanded & Remastered Edition] (2024) , MP3+FLAC

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“Battle Lines”, originally issued in 1994, found vocalist extraordinaire JOHN WETTON beginning anew as a solo artist after an on-again, off-again initial period with Asia. He brought along a few famous friends, including Toto’s Steve Lukather and Simon Phillips, ex-King Crimson bandmate Robert Fripp, guitarist Michael Landau, and Survivor’s Jim Peterik who co-wrote the track ‘Space And Time’.

He also brought along some of the best songs he’s ever put to disc, a wonderful comp

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Autumn’s Child – Tellus Timeline – 2023, FLAC+MP3, Japan Edition, CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: Japan
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of performer (group): Sweden

Tracklist:
1. A Strike Of Lightning (4:58)
2. Gates Of Paradise (3:43)
3. Here Comes The Night (4:08)
4. We Are Young (4:37)
5. Around The World In A Day (6:10)
6. On The Top Of The World (3:26)
7. This Is Goodbye (4:32)
8. Juliet (5:05)
9. Come And Get It! (3:40)
10. Never Surrender (3:43)
11. I Belong To You (3:03)
12. Dynamite (Bonus Track) (3:06)

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Robert Hart – Circus Life – 2024, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: UK
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Escape Music
Country of performer (group): UK

Tracklist:
1. Overdrive (3:58)
2. Stone Heart (4:43)
3. Blame It On Me (3:34)
4. I’m On Your Side (5:07)
5. I’ll Take The Bullet (4:10)
6. Lay Me Down Easy (4:24)
7. Right Here Right Now (3:53)
8. Too Much Time On My Hands (5:09)
9. Bring On Tomorrow (4:26)
10. That Was The Day (4:28)
11. The Wrong Side of Love (4:31)
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Fifth Note – Here We Are – 2024 (2023), FLAC+MP3, Japan Edition, CD w/Scans

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Disc (release) country of origin: Japan
Year of publication: 2024 (2023)
Publisher (label): Avalon
Part Number: MICP-11838
Country of performer (group): India

Tracklist:
1. Rider (3:33)
2. Always Love You (5:05)
3. Dreamer (6:28)
4. Fantasy (3:48)
5. I Won’t Give Up (4:53)
6. Here We Are (4:16)
7. Misfortune (5:50)
8. Falling Apart (3:52)
9. Confused Trauma (3:30)
10. Drifted (4:44)
11. End Time’s (4:26)
12. Here We Are (Acoustic Version) (4:28)

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Heart Line – Original Seeds (EP) – 2023, FLAC +MP3, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: EU
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Pride & Joy Music
Country of performer (group): France

Tracklist:
1. Falling (Tobruk Cover) (3:51)
2. Runaway (Dakota Cover) (4:55)
3. Front Line (Aviator Cover) (3:17)
4. Living On A Knife Edge (Virgina Wolf Cover) (4:46)
5. Go Easy (Alien Cover) (3:46)

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Change Of Heart – Continuum 2024+1bonus, Reissue, MP3+FLAC

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Country: UK
Released: 2000
Style: Hard Rock

1 Call To Prayer 0:48
2 Blinded 3:45
3 I Don’t Want To Be Lonely 4:15
4 When Love Gets In The Way 5:05
5 You Can’t Hide 4:05
6 Call Of The Wild 4:26
7 Take Me For A Ride 4:58
8 Hands On My Heart 3:51
9 Say That You Want Me 3:30
10 Love On The Line 5:00
11 Run From The Storm 4:40
12 Mysteries 4:12

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Bryan Adams – 2024 – Live In New York 1983

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Genre: Melodic Rock
Country: Canada
Label: Rox Vox

Tracklist:
01 – Remember (Live_ New York 1983) [00:04:27]
02 – One Good Reason (Live_ New York 1983) [00:04:21]
03 – Lonely Nights (Live_ New York 1983) [00:03:50]
04 – Tonight (Live_ New York 1983) [00:05:14]
05 – This Time (Live_ New York 1983) [00:03:35]
06 – Cuts Like A Knife (Live_ New York 1983) [00:04:32]
07 – Take Me Back (Live_ New York 1983) [00:06:56]
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Helker – Discography (19 releases) (2002-2023), MP3

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Country of performer (group): Argentina
Genre: Heavy Power Metal
Year of publication: 2002-2023

2001 – Legado Secreto – 00:57:06
2003 – Basurero Nuclear [Demo] – 00:14:42
2008 – Resistir – 00:50:08
2010 – A.D.N – 00:48:58
2013 – En Algún Lugar Del Círculo [Limited Edition] – 00:51:02
2013 – Somewhere In The Circle [Japanese Edition] – 00:56:11
2014 – Alive! – 00:55:45
2014 – En Algún Lugar De Buenos Aires – 01:43:41
2014 – Legado Secreto [Reedición] – 01:08:15
2014 – Metal Para Todos V – 00:30:09 (192 kbps)
2017 – Alma De Fuego – 00:53:50

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Cortez – Secrets to Hide 2024

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Then I went back to where it all began. When I was a kid I played in hard rock and heavy bands that played in the suburbs of Rome. I was a singer. That’s how I started. I was young and my room was full of vinyls and posters of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, UFO, Free… and on June 4, 2021 I paid homage to my old passion for hard rock with the release of my album Through Death Valley & Nowhere.

01 – Everybody’s Got a Secret to Hide.mp3
02 – This Old House.mp3
03 – My Love Song on the Radio.mp3

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CHICAGO – Chicago 21 [Japan SHM-CD mini LP remastered +1 bonus] , MP3+FLAC

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As requested, here’s in exclusive at plotn08 CHICAGO 1991’s album “Chicago 21” in its Japanese remastered reissue including bonus track pressed on high quality SHM-CD, a Limited Release cardboard-sleeve min-LP replica.

“Chicago 21” also known as “Chicago Twenty 1” was produced by master Ron Nevison, with the band fully embraced the late ’80s / early ’90s American AOR sound: pristine, crystal clear. The recent

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