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.

Rockett Love – Galactic Circus 2023, MP3+FLAC, CD

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Genre: Hard Rock/AOR
Year: 2023
Country: Sweden

1 Never Look Back
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
2 Too Much Water Under The Bridge
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
3 Running Out Of Time
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
4 Under The Gun
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
5 Easy Come And Easy Go
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
6 On The Radio
Songwriter – Daniel Samuelsson, Stefan Westerlund
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PERSON TO PERSON – The Complete Recordings 2023, [MelodicRock Classics 2-CD], MP3+FLAC

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The late Brett Walker has recorded one of the most adorable pure AOR albums in history, the critically acclaimed ‘Nevertheless’ in 1994. But he started his passion for this genre many years ago.

At his twenties, Brett moved to L.A to play in Tahnee Cain’s band and Nick Gilder among other well respected artists. At the same time, becoming a professional songwriter, Brett wrote two charting singles; one for Jimi Jamison (‘Taste Of Love’) and the other for Alias: the classic ‘Waiting For Love’, which entered the Top 10 char

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Comedy Of Errors – Threnody For A Dead Queen – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Progressive Rock, Neo-prog, AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: UK
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): COE Music
Country of performer (group): UK

Tracklist:
01. Summer Lies Beyond 15:27
02. The Seventh Seal 14:10
03. We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On 3:02
04. Jane (Came Out Of The Blue) 4:00
05. Through The Veil 3:33
06. Threnody For A Dead Queen 12:28
07. And Our Little Life Is Rounded With A Sleep 3:09
08. Funeral Dance 3:09

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Karthago – Aranyalbum – 1990, FLAC + MP3

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Genre: Rock, West Coast Rock
Disc (release) country of origin: HU
Year of publication: 1990
Publisher (label): Proton Records
Country of performer (group): HU

Tracklist:

1 Keleti Éj 5:03
2 Requiem 7:42
3 Senki Lánya 5:10
4 Penz 5:28
5 A Fenyek A Hangok Az Árnyak 5:37
6 Indulj Tovább 5:06
7 Apáink Útján 6:06
8 Az Aruló 6:12
9 Barátok Nelkül 4:23
10 Hajnali Hosszú Úton 5:49
11 Az Éjszaka Vándora 6:54
12 Lépd

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RIO – Borderland 2023 MelodicRock Classics Remastered+bonus tracks , MP3+FLAC

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for subscr on next week MelodicRock Classics is thrilled to announce a new partnership with acclaimed British melodic rock band RIO for the first ever official release on CD of their classic catalogue, which will also feature a third unreleased album!

Starting with the band’s debut album ‘Borderland’, the freshly remastered release (thanks to JK Northrup) features an additional 4 bonus tracks.

The band’s Steve Rodford had this to say about the long-awaited release: “We recorded this album in 1984 as part of our first major record deal, self-produced and recorded at home, then finished off and mixed in London. We’ve been amazed at how it has become a bit of a cult classic over

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Magic Dance – Discography: 9 Releases (2013-2023), MP3

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock /AOR / Synthpop / Synthwave
Country of performer (group): USA
Year of publication: 2013-2023

Albums:
2014 – The mirror of dreams (00:42:03)
2016/2023 – Vanishings (Reissue, Special Edition) (01:19:28)
2017 – The mirror of dreams (the instrumentals) (00:46:14)
2018 – New Eyes (00:45:03)
2020 – Remnants (00:45:37)
EP:
2013 – Another world (00:23:12)
2015 – Kiss Scene (00:19:42)
2016 &#821

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Robby Musenbichler – Timeless 2023

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Country: Austria
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Year of publication: 2023

01. Talkin’ with the Man
02. What Love Can Do
03. Don’t Take Away My Fantasy (Radio Edit)
04. Love’s Like Water (Radio Edit)
05. Count Your Blessings
06. Save Our Future
07. Everything to Me
08. The Time Is Right
09. Back Where It Started
10. Time
11. Foxy
12. Isn’t It a Wonder
13. Don’t Take Away My Fantasy (Long Version)
14. Love’s Like Water (Long Version)

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ModX – Secrets [Japan CD Edition +2 bonus] (2023)

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We already featured a few days ago the digital / Japan iTunes version of ModX awesome debut record “Secrets“, and now we have in exclusive as well the Japanese physical CD edition including 2 bonus tracks which worth the investment on this – the ‘Album of the Year’.


The idea for ModX has been a work in progress for Eriksson since as far back as 2005 but often put aside temporarily over the years, due to other commitments in the music industry. By the fall of 2020 though, he finally found the time to prioritize ModX and went into the studio with some talented musicians to start the recordings of the songs penned over the years.
Eriksson has sung and performed most the in

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