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Soft rock and AOR
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Soft rock and AOR · From the late 1960s, radio stations on the FM band played whole album sides: album-oriented rock. Soft rock, with its polished production and strong vocal melodies, lay close to pop and was heard from the early 1970s with the Carpenters, Bread and James Taylor; Rumours (1977) by Fleetwood Mac became one of the best-selling albums ever. In the 1980s, AOR sounded smooth and polished, with Toto and the power ballads of Foreigner.
Listening
Listening tip. In Africa, hear how drummer Jeff Porcaro plays a light, straight groove beneath layers of percussion.
Go Your Own Way · Fleetwood Mac, 1977Apple Music ↗
Africa · Toto, 1982Apple Music ↗
I Want to Know What Love Is · Foreigner, 1984Apple Music ↗
In School of Rock
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- Genre MapNL Map
See also
- Folk rock
- Country rock
- Hard rock and heavy metal
- City pop
- Yacht rock
- Multitrack recording
- 8-track
- Talk box
- Fender Rhodes
- Gated reverb
- Yamaha DX7
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