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Having released their sub standard debut album in 1976, Canadian AORsters Lynx actually broke up but were persuaded to reform,…
707 were formed in the late 70’s and recorded two superb AOR albums. They came together in the heart of…
‘Streetheart’ was a very successful fifth album for these Canadian AOR legends, and deservedly so. From the opening bars of…
Various Omega band members had become enamoured of technology, and wanted to include cutting edge sounds into the next record,…
So what’s a hard rock band like Y&T doing in a self-confessed AOR addicts music collection? The answer is simple….
Hungarian band Omega were superstars in the old Eastern Bloc, this 1986 album being one of their best.
Omega’s ‘Transcendent’ has become a 90’s AOR classic for me, and a very welcome one considering how barren that decade…
‘Strength In Numbers’ is quite possibly 38 Special’s purest AOR moment, and featured some heavyweight guest musicians to boot.
By 1983 Charlie had embraced the American AOR dream with a passion and were producing albums of frequent quality, perfect…
By 1983 Cheap Trick were in something of a commercial downward spiral. The trouble with 1982’s ‘One On One’ was…
Completely overlooked in our GD wrap-up of Saga’s discography is their 1983 record ‘Heads Or Tales’. Here it is.
Toto’s third album ‘Turn Back’ is one of the harder rocking albums of their repertoire.
38 Special clearly had no doubt about the direction they needed to go in 1980, after making their singles chart…
Nantucket were a North Carolina band that combined AOR, radio rock and southern rock in a musical pot pourri, here’s…
Despite the hits, ‘Chicago 18’ sold moderately, a big surprise to me considering the relentless quality displayed from start to…
Epic understandably worked the ‘original lineup reunion’ angle of Cheap Trick to the highest extent, ‘Lap Of Luxury’ going double…
By 1987 Bornemann was restless and joined forces with Michael Gerlach to begin work on a new Eloy album, with…
‘Bondi Road’ was another substantial success for Dragon in the Antipodes, and you can tell from the title and much…
Southern AOR kings 38 Special had helped define the genre for nearly a decade, and they had a string of…
‘Working’ performed admirably without setting the charts on fire. Omega made some television appearances in Germany, performing ‘Rocket’ and other…
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜