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Tom Ozric 
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
 Posted: July 16 2015 at 02:48 |
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Seriously, I only have heard APP - Eye In The Sky from this list
 But I love Jefferson Starship, esp. Freedom At Point Zero, and Chicago 16. Maybe throw in some Journey, I have the DVD of the Greatest Hits, which features a number of tunes from Escape. Who's Crying Now is my fave from that. |
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dr wu23
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Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20623 |
Posted: July 16 2015 at 10:38 |
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Can't say any of those really impress me as great AOR albums....
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Icarium
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VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055 |
Posted: July 16 2015 at 11:35 |
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Son.of.Tiresias
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Joined: October 23 2014 Location: Northern Hemisp Status: Offline Points: 441 |
Posted: July 16 2015 at 12:47 |
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Asia´s "Asia" and "Alpha"
Journey´s "Infinity" and "Escape" Styx´s "The Grand Illusion" - what a fantastic title to an AOR album, isn´t it... and the dullest music of these all -
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Son.of.Tiresias
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Posted: July 16 2015 at 12:56 |
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Asia´s first (1982) and Journey´s "Infinity" (1978) are fantastic albums, the finest they both ever recorded and 2 of the best "AOR" albums IMHO. However, to call these just AOR is an insult to music.
Edited by Son.of.Tiresias - July 16 2015 at 12:58 |
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micky
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Posted: July 16 2015 at 13:12 |
What the hell else would you call them. AOR isn't the plague for god's sake.. no more than calling an album 'prog' is. Hell...I'd take a Heart 'AOR' album over half the prog database here for quality, musicianship.. and ANN WILSON   Make it Dog and Butterfly and I'd up it to 3/4's the database  sing to me baby... and don't even get us started about Pat Benatar Edited by micky - July 16 2015 at 13:15 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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rushfan4
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Posted: July 16 2015 at 13:27 |
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I'm going to take the High Road in this discussion:
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Intruder
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Posted: July 18 2015 at 22:58 |
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Night Ranger? High road? Someone's a little too high.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 19 2015 at 12:38 |
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I was going to ask early on what exactly is AOR....is it album oriented rock or adult oriented rock...both terms seem to apply to the phrase.
At any rate none of the ones listed impress me that much. And are there are 'classic rock' albums that could apply....and why not? Found this by accident.....don't know if this guy has nailed it since I am not a big AOR fan...but for what it's worth.... he does mention many albums that qualify and gives his reasons. Edited by dr wu23 - July 19 2015 at 12:47 |
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: July 19 2015 at 13:27 |
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There are too many obvious omissions here, many of which have already been mentioned:
Boston - s/t Heart - Dreamboat Annie Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll Eagles - Hotel California Dire Straits - Love Over Gold Kansas - Audio-Visions Prince - Purple Rain Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell Van Halen - half their discography Greg Kihn Band - RocKihnRoll Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Steve Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Edited by ClemofNazareth - July 19 2015 at 13:28 |
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus |
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rushfan4
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Posted: July 20 2015 at 09:47 |
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Found this article about Strangeway's album Native Sons. The writer claims it to be the 2nd best AOR album behind Journey's Escape. http://everyrecordtellsastory.com/2015/04/23/strangeways-here-we-come-the-story-of-scotlands-greatest-american-rock-band/
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Intruder
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Posted: July 20 2015 at 19:08 |
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Honestly, I always thought AOR was a marketing term that FM DJs picked up on for convenience of categorization. I always took it to mean that the album's focus wasn't on the singles but on the album as a whole, so any track from the album could be played....deeper cuts, more appeal. People used to actually enjoy FM back in the day - rock criticism was fun back then but people relied more on FM, I believe, to make their record store purchase decisions.
With this in mind, bands like Yes, FLoyd and Genesis must have been considered AOR - they were all over the AOR FM station that I listened to in NYC right up until the time I gave up on FM (1985, to be exact). Than again, Earth, Wind and Fire, Stevie, and the Motown cats were also featured on AOR radio.....could Marvin and James Brown be considered AOR? It's all bollix, really. With FM as good as dead, maybe a shattering of these category labels is in order. Edited by Intruder - July 20 2015 at 19:09 |
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: July 21 2015 at 01:55 |
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I haven't listened to most of the albums so I won't vote.
I like Eye In The Sky (Alan Parsons), Toto I, IV and The Seventh One. I like Foreigner's first and some stuff on Agent Provocateur. A friend of my gave me a Styx compilation and I must say... good stuff. But most albums in the polls I haven't heard yet. |
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Guy_Debord_68
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Joined: July 21 2015 Location: Suffolk Status: Offline Points: 16 |
Posted: July 21 2015 at 16:29 |
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AOR- Ouch.... Cut my leg off instead please...
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To every age its art. To every art its freedom.
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Cristi
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Posted: September 14 2017 at 08:13 |
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why are there multiple votes? there aren't even that many albums in the poll
Toto - Hydra put of these Night Ranger are missing here, their 80s albums are very fine hard rock. also missing are Boston (their first 2 albums are great). REO Speedwagon Suvivor |
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: September 14 2017 at 08:56 |
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The two winners are my picks. Foreigner 4 and Eye In The Sky. Foreigner is just a tad better though.
BTW Rainbow Bent Out Of Shape is NOT an AOR album. It is hard rock all the way through (except one ambient instrumental)
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: September 14 2017 at 21:18 |
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FLEETWOOD MAC - Mystery To Me. An album full of great tunes and variety. Hypnotised is a BRILLIANT tune.
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