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Battle of the 80's AOR 'prog' albums |
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 41789 |
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The Steve Morse era of Kansas is underrated/underappreciated.
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mellotronwave ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2021 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 7728 |
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So What ?
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"Mellotron is to progrock what watercolor is to painting. Diaphanous and mesmerizing"
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 41789 |
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Just saying it deserves more love IMO.
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Awesoreno ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 07 2019 Location: Culver City, CA Status: Offline Points: 2919 |
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^I think they must have been talking about Miles Davis.
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64701 |
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Was gonna vote GTR just to be a dick, but frankly 90125 is, along with Discipline and a small handful of others, a superb pop/prog record.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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jude111 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1754 |
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How is AOR being defined? I always understood it to be "album-oriented rock" - meaning, albums that didn't have any singles or short songs for that matter. Think Led Zeppelin IV and Dark Side of the Moon. If that's the case, then how are those albums by Yes and Asia considered AOR, when they enjoyed considerable pop success and had very big hits on their singles on the Billboard charts?
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Gnik Nosmirc ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2024 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 193 |
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I always thought of AOR as adult-oriented rock. The "soft" AOR refers to yacht-rock from the late 70's and early 80's like The Doobie Brothers or Hall & Oates. The "hard" AOR would be stuff like Toto, Journey, Boston, etc. Generally, I think of AOR as very clean, 80's-sounding and melodic rock (whether soft or hard). |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26471 |
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It was used to mean American Orientated Rock as well. Generally it was as much a put down as the term Prog rock. AOR is safe. Boston, Journey and Toto absolutely represent it.
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