Favorite melodic rock (AOR) album?

What is your favorite melodic rock album?

By Melodic Rock I mean like Journey, Foreigner, Asia, etc.

I call the genre AOR (Album Oriented Rock) but I'm not sure if that is the right term.

My favorite album of the subgenre is Signal Loud and Clear.

It features the vocals of one of my personal vocal favorites, Mark Free (before the incident).

It just is jammed full of catchy rock songs that are very well put together.

(BTW, the genre is still considered hard rock, thus my placement in this room)

Chyld - Conception

Absolute perfection!

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Chyld - Conception

I must have a copy of this when I see you!

Ya got about $100? I do have a second copy. Original New Ren discs go for ridiculous dough. But this album is actually WORTH IT!

No, I just need a burnt copy.


I have drained the quality from my CD collection trading with you already.

One of my more recent faves of this genre was last years solo album by PC69 vocalist David Readman.

none...

syrus wrote:

none...

Thanks for that. Once again, you have been thought provoking and an asset to the board.

spectrefate wrote:

syrus wrote:

none...

Thanks for that. Once again, you have been thought provoking and an asset to the board.

yeah, i should have put perhaps TEN....thanx for the info....and a couple of bob catley's albums....and a couple of praying mantis also.....specially forever in time...

I can't/won't choose just one (I'm a sucker for melody):

Sure Conviction-Get Ready
Idle Cure-Eclipse
Night Ranger-Neverland
Micheal Sweet-s/t and Real
.38 Special-Bone Against Steel
Kerry Livgren-When Things Get Electric

Speaking of PC69, I also love Khymera-A New Promise which features their bassist, Dennis Ward, on vocals (and a song written by .38 Special's Don Barnes) and if released in the 80s would have been a hit (I can't wait for album number three from these guys-two with Dennis on vocals, the first had Kansas' Steve Walsh).

I got scared away from Khymera by that first one; it's horrible. Maybe I need to revisit this band now that Steve Walsh isn't on vox anymore.

i'm not related on that genre

Does Loverboy's GET LUCKY count as "AOR?"

Cuz that's an oldie but a goody.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Does Loverboy's GET LUCKY count as "AOR?"

Cuz that's an oldie but a goody.

I think so...and it is great! But I personally like Keep It Up better. Maybe because that was the first Loverboy I had on tape.

Wow, that last statement can go a whole other direction.

boston - s/t

Tyketto - Don't Come Easy
Danny Vaughn - Fearless
Line Of Fire

Line Of Fire - s/t

Some Bryan Adams maybe?

And the 2 latest Liberty n' Justice albums are great.

Maybe some Heart

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I got scared away from Khymera by that first one; it's horrible. Maybe I need to revisit this band now that Steve Walsh isn't on vox anymore.

Samples from the new album and the last are found here:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=295621332

Dennis Ward is an amazing vocalist.

Check out Alone from A New Promise and you get a small taste of how awesome that album is in the AOR realm.

Line Of Fire gets 2 nods as a Favorite???

THANK YOU BOTH!!!!!!

House of Lords-The Power and the Myth

emptytomb1 wrote:

House of Lords-The Power and the Myth

That album IS extremely good, isn't it?

I really like it, though it's the HOL I see get slagged the most.

Journey...Foreigner...Heart...Triumph...Cheap Trick

the sentinel wrote:

Journey...Foreigner...Heart...Triumph...Cheap Trick

Those aren't albums! Can we please ban sentinel????

Sorry, my bad. Technically though, the first three are album titles I would have to say then

Journey- Escape; Frontiers; Captured
Foreigner- S/T; Double Vision
Heart- Little Queens; Dreamboat Annie, S/T
Triumph- Progressions of Power; Sport of Kings; Allied Forces
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonite; Dream Police