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    Posted: November 25 2014 at 14:00
I admit I have a "sweet tooth" for proper, sophisticated, well-constructed AOR (see e.g. Toto) if there was ever such a thing. More so, I enjoy when prog blends with AOR and creates a nice, catchy mix of powerful melody and intricate passages with changes of rhythm etc.

I guess a lot of this would come from late 70's/80's e.g. I particularly enjoy (early) Magnum, Styx. They are both under prog-related here which makes absolute sense. Similarly the early 80's era of Blue Oyster Cult shows some great mixes of prog with AOR. And of course Kansas have, IMO, often done the same.

Any more examples please? Prog bands that have blended AOR successfully? Any modern examples?
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Saga does the AOR-Prog thing well. Some albums like Silent Knight emphasize prog more, while Worlds Apart and Heads or Tales are a pretty even mix. The newer albums are more in line with their early works, which is wise. Full Circle, House of Cards, Trust and 10,000 Days are the best of their post-1998 offerings.
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P.S. Nice to see another BOC fan on here.
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what about Strange Advance ?
 
 
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

P.S. Nice to see another BOC fan on here.
 
another here ..
 
 
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Thanks - Saga, indeed, I like them quite a lot but still have a lot to catch up.

Strange Advance are not on PA, I guess a new-wave band?

PS. Raff is the ultimate BOC fan around here, just don't get her started...


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Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:

Thanks - Saga, indeed, I like them quite a lot but still have a lot to catch up.

Strange Advance are not on PA, I guess a new-wave band?
 
 
sort of - but slow and dreamy .. Saga always makes me think of them (I prefer Strange Advance)
 
never liked the vocals on Saga but I did like the instrumentation
 
 


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Maybe a little Mars Hollow?
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^ i'm liking this
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Gino Vannelli made some really nice albums in the 1970s.  "Brother to Brother" (the song and the album) was probably his most successful.  He was a highly talented white R&B type vocalist who favored complex arrangements and dabbled with progressive suites (e.g. "War Suite" from Gist of the Gemini, and the orchestrated title track from "Pauper in Paradise", each taking up nearly a whole album side).  His bread and butter was soulful balladry like the hit "I Just Wanna Stop", but even those have a pretty high level of musicality to them.
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another Canadian I believe
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Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

^ i'm liking this


I usually don't go for this kind of stuff, but they, somehow, managed to suck me in with their 2011 release 'The World In Front Of Me'.
The whole album is in the vein of the track I posted. Very melodic and sweet yet without ever becoming saccharine.
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^Sorry aapatsos, but my tolerance for AOR wears thin do to associations with groups like Starship and  songs like We Built This City or Heart with These Dreams. A bit too sweet for taste and probably the only rock genre that I cannot get into. But AOR is the most successful rock category, so it must have done something right.
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Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

another Canadian I believe
sure is eh
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That Mars Hollow did not sound bad

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Sorry aapatsos, but my tolerance for AOR wears thin do to associations with groups like Starship and  songs like We Built This City or Heart with These Dreams. A bit too sweet for taste and probably the only rock genre that I cannot get into. But AOR is the most successful rock category, so it must have done something right.
One hundred million Journey fans can't be wrong.
Yes, I can see why you might not like it - I have to say I am pretty selective in my AOR likings
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Your probably awere of Enchant, they fitt the bill.
 
Steve Lukather solo, full blown blues rock fusion With crazy genre span, With AOR coating. Falling in Between by Toto, probably also the New Toto album is also in that wein,
 
 
 
 
this song is really good
 
 
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Not sure if you would like any of these but a few AOR bands that I really like include FM (UK not Canada), Giuffria and House of Lords; The Magnificent; Mecca, Oz Knozz, W.E.T. and Work Of Art.  Foreigner did have a guy named Ian MacDonald playing saxophone. 
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Not sure if you would like any of these but a few AOR bands that I really like include FM (UK not Canada), Giuffria and House of Lords; The Magnificent; Mecca, Oz Knozz, W.E.T. and Work Of Art.  Foreigner did have a guy named Ian MacDonald playing saxophone. 
not just that, but also main songwriter on the two-Three first albums .O      
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