AOR Albums - Page 2

Heroes and Villains builds FM’s British melodic rock around warm vocals, smooth guitar and polished chorus work.

Paintings uses Last Autumn’s Dream’s warm vocals, smooth keyboards and lyrical guitar to draw the comfort of Scandinavian melodic rock.

Toto XIV uses Toto’s refined ensemble work, rich chord sense and dependable melody to portray mature rock and AOR at their best.

Gravitas frames Asia’s grand melodic sense and polished progressive-rock construction with a calm, mature center of gravity.

Level Eleven carefully builds the clarity, melancholy and flowing choruses associated with Scandinavian melodic rock.

High Road refines Night Ranger’s strengths: interlocking twin guitars, clear vocals and wide-open choruses.

Life, Love & Hope uses layered choruses, clear guitar color and wide-opening melodies to revisit the best qualities of Boston’s long-developed sound.

Rockville uses warm vocals, smooth keyboards and tasteful guitar to present FM’s mature melodic rock.

Rockville II stands alongside Rockville and offers more of FM’s soft-edged melodies, polished keyboards and restrained guitar work.

XXX layers Asia’s clear keyboard colors, song-focused guitar work and measured vocals with care.

Ten Tangerine Tales uses soft-edged vocals, rich keyboards and polished guitar to portray the warmth of Scandinavian melodic rock with care.

Pride of Lions' fourth studio album, released on 21 September 2012 — eleven songs, and the band's first record in five years. King Records' Nexus imprint issued the Japanese edition on 24 October as KICP-1639.

Emotional Fire centers Joe Lynn Turner’s seasoned vocals within polished keyboards, melodic guitars and high-quality choruses.

Reinventions is Wigelius’s debut, built from fresh vocals, shining keyboards and melodic guitar to portray the brightness and polish of Scandinavian AOR.

Atmosphere layers Bad Habit’s soft-edged vocals, full choruses and glossy keyboards into the warmth associated with Scandinavian AOR.

Eclipse brings Neal Schon’s guitar further forward, supporting Journey’s arena-rock melodies with a tougher riff foundation.

Nine Lives uses soft vocals, tasteful keyboards and emotional guitar to portray the warmth of Scandinavian melodic rock.

Somewhere in California reaffirms Night Ranger’s American hard-rock identity through bright choruses, lively twin guitars and colorful keyboards.

Shy layers expressive vocals, polished guitar and full choruses into mature British melodic rock.

Omega layers Asia’s grand keyboards, refined guitar and open choruses to connect progressive sensibility with AOR-style songcraft.

First Signal is a self-titled AOR and melodic-rock debut built around warm vocals, rich choruses and polished keyboards.

Metropolis marks FM’s return to British melodic rock with smooth vocals, refined keyboards and tasteful guitar.

Promise Land reaffirms Giant’s melodic-rock strengths with rich choruses, refined guitar and a sense for emotional balladry.

A Touch of Heaven layers Last Autumn’s Dream’s warm vocals, soft keyboards and graceful melody into Scandinavian AOR.

Yes is a useful way to hear LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM from a different angle within the 2010 catalogue.

Can't Slow Down is a useful way to hear FOREIGNER from a different angle within the 2009 catalogue.

Dreamcatcher delivers Last Autumn’s Dream’s Scandinavian melodic-rock melancholy with an intimate warmth.

House of Dreams presents Sunstorm’s polished AOR and melodic-rock strengths through finely detailed arrangements.

Phoenix reunites the original Asia lineup around grand keyboards, precise playing and memorable melody.

Revelation introduces Arnel Pineda to Journey’s world of wide keyboards, melodic guitar and arena-sized choruses.

Hunting Shadows combines Last Autumn’s Dream’s warm keyboards, smooth guitar and melancholy-tinged vocals.

Saturn Skyline layers soft keyboards, fluid guitar, and Mikael Erlandsson’s warm voice with care.

Hole in the Sun finds Night Ranger returning to melodic rock with a contemporary outline.

Pride of Lions' third studio album, from 2007. Jim Peterik described its twelve songs as a return to the commercial AOR of the debut and of Survivor's Vital Signs; Nexus issued the Japanese edition on 21 February.

Winter in Paradise combines soft keyboards, expansive vocals, and smooth guitar to connect Nordic AOR melancholy with melodic-hard-rock momentum.

Sunstorm centers Joe Lynn Turner’s powerful, smooth voice within bright keyboards, full guitar, and polished harmonies.

Falling in Between joins Toto’s polished pop instinct to hard-rock weight and progressive construction.

Above and Beyond layers bright keys, polished guitar and open vocals into Scandinavian melodic rock.

Generations uses clear guitar, full keys and open, comfortable vocals to shape mature arena rock.

II layers clear vocals, polished guitar and rich harmony into smooth Scandinavian melodic rock.

Sunset and Vine layers clear vocals, polished guitar and full harmonies into mature melodic rock.