Battle of the 80's AOR 'prog' albums |
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richardh
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Posted: May 12 2024 at 18:09 |
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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Gnik Nosmirc
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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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jude111
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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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Atavachron
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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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Awesoreno
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^I think they must have been talking about Miles Davis.
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Cristi
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Just saying it deserves more love IMO.
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mellotronwave
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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
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The Steve Morse era of Kansas is underrated/underappreciated.
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Atavachron
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^ How dare you.
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Progosopher
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I find Asia's debut to be fresh and energetic.
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If Saga's Silent Knight counts, I prefer it to all these. 90125 is best of those listed but I really only like about half of its material - some of this is very very good though. (Similarly Chance.)
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Logan
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Better than Kate Bush's Hounds of Love and The Dreaming, for instance? Of course it's subjective, but perhaps seeing such high praise I should give it a fresh listen. Last and only time I heard it in full was in the 80s. I got very drunk, skunked and sick that night. I don't know any of these albums well enough to vote. EDIT: I listened to a couple The Smiths albums today which I also would call great, highly-regarded 80s pop. Will give a listen to 90125 very soon. "Greatest and favourite 80s pop albums" would be a topic I would be into (well, the fave part, not really the greatest). I like and remember Owner of a Lonely Heart but sampling the rest, it doesn't fare better in the 2020s for me as it did when I was a teenager. Best in this case is but an individual construct and fancy.
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Steve Wyzard
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Yes > Asia > GTR > Three > Kansas.
I freely admit to owning (and enjoying) all these albums!
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verslibre
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Power
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mellotronwave
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Asia by default , not my favorite sub genre of rock music
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"Mellotron is to progrock what watercolor is to painting. Diaphanous and mesmerizing"
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rushfan4
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Asia's S/T. I enjoy all of them, though I am least familiar with the Kansas album. I've heard Power a handful of times, but I can't say that I am familiar with any of the songs by the song titles.
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octopus-4
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90125, the best pop album of the 80s.
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As I mentioned in another thread, my fave would be Freedom at Point Zero, although I know that was 1979.
Otherwise, could I have Toto: Turn Back?
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progaardvark
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90125. I've been usurped by a mayonnaise noun again.
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Me too, though I like all these albums (maybe the Kansas one a bit less...), including Chance by MMEB as suggested by Gnik...
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