Here it is, guys and gals, the first blog best of. Comprising great tracks, some well known, some not, from the AOR - rock golden era betwee...Read more »
SAFIRE - Safire (1995)
Australia never was a prolific land for AOR bands, but some good outfits come out from the land of Oz. Safire is one of 'em, they play a...Read more »
EXPORT - Living In The Fear Of The Private Eye (1986)
Export was an UK band in the same ligue as STRANGEWAYS, RIO and similar. AOR at its best, with great choruses and keys here and there. The g...Read more »
IAN THOMAS - Levity (1988) 320Kbps
Great canadian musician and composer, Ian Thomas recorded several albums in the '70s and '80s. Many of his songs have been recorded ...Read more »
HALO - Halo (1990)
IMHO the best Christian AOR-HRock band. Better than Petra or Guardian, 'cos the keys are more predominant here, but the guitars still he...Read more »
O'RYAN - Something Strong (1991)
Well guys and gals, this is almost a perfect album, with a total 80's feel, plenty of melody an sing-along songs. Killer uptempo melodic...Read more »
MIKAEL ERLANDSSON - The Gift (2002) Japan edition + bonus
Mikael is a well known singer in Japan and Sweden. His sweet voice was chosen for various AOR projects like Tommy Denander's "Radio...Read more »
GREENWAY - Serious Business (1988)
April Wine's guitarrist on a solo album. Well, this has almost nothing in common with his earlier band. Influenced by these year's A...Read more »
NOVAK - Forever Endeavour (2005)
Great album from the 'new wave' of Scandi-AOR scene. Andreas Novak comes from the progg territory, he was part of the 'MIND'...Read more »
JOSEPH LEE WOOD - Joseph Lee Wood (1989)
What can I say 'bout this album? It's a lost GEM. Originally recorded in 1989, never seen the light of day 'till 2002. Thanx to ...Read more »
STAN BUSH - Call To Action (1997)
Best movie tracks - Official Release '97 Stan Bush's "Call to Action" CD is a collection of 'action' themes from m...Read more »
SILVER SERAPH [Pete Sandberg] - ST (2002)
Silver Seraph is a hardrock / melodic metal band from Malmö, Sweden. The band was put together by Richard Andersson (Evil Masquerde, Majesti...Read more »
PETE SANDBERG - Back In Business (1998)
Asian Version 1998, 13 tracks + 1 bonus Another essential album for Pete's fans and good rock music around. This album mixes Hard + Melo...Read more »
PETE SANDBERG - Reflections (2004)
This is his last solo, a 12 tracks rare Japanese pressed CD (1 bonus). Intimist and personal, more laid back than his previous recordings, b...Read more »
SNAKE CHARMER - Smoke And Mirrors (1993)
Snake Charmer is a swedish band formed by bassplayer Per Stadin (Silver Mountain) in 1991. With drummer Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, Yngwie...Read more »
PETE SANDBERG'S JADE - Origin (2001)
Second album of Sandberg's project "Jade". This is a recording of old tunes written by Pete in the 80's, so this tracklist...Read more »
PETE SANDBERG 'S JADE - ST (1999)
First Peter Sandberg(Alien,Midnight Sun) album with his band Jade, melodic hard rock with obvious influences of his former band ALIEN. This ...Read more »
TNT - Japan Bonus Tracks
Several TNT bonus tracks. The first one is pretty hard to find. 01. TNT - Electric Dancer ("Intuition" Japan Bonus,also in the Jap...Read more »
BABE BLU - Can't Stop Rock N Roll (1987)
Very rare and hard to find EP, never released on CD. Hard Rock/AOR style. Tracks 1-2 in the vein of Autograph/party style.Nice songs. The go...Read more »
ZENO - Zenology I (1995)
Awesome melodic hard rock / AOR album. I you like European style and FAIR WARNING (Ritgen & Engelke are FW members) must have this album...Read more »
MIDNIGHT SUN - Above & Beyond (1998)
First M.SUN album, great melodic hard rock festival. Killer Peter Sandberg's performance, this time his voice sounds higher in the final...Read more »
T'BELL - Replay (2000) Japan Edition with 2 Bonus Amazing. Just one word to describe this album. AOR masterpiece, filled with harmonies,...Read more »
DAVID PACK - Anywhere You Go (1985) REMASTERED 320k vbr Exceptional disc, an AOR classic, from the ex-Ambrosia singer David Pack. The songw...Read more »
JOURNEY - Frontiers (1983)
Remastered with bonus One of the best albums from the kings of rockin'AOR (my fav is Raised On Radio), this great song collection catapu...Read more »
HAYWIRE - Bad Boys (1986)
You will love this album at first listen. Canadian AOR from the golden era. Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite style, short and catchy songs like fre...Read more »
FORCEFIELD II - The Talisman (1988)
Cozy Powell & Tony Martin Cozy Powell & Ray Fenwick studio only project, features the tremendous Tony Martin on vocals, one of the b...Read more »
MIDNIGHT SUN - Nemesis (1999)
This is the first MS album with the Starbreaker, Allen & Lande mastermind Magnus Karlsson on guitar. Brillant as usual. Pete Sandberg (A...Read more »
LINE OF FIRE - Line of Fire (2005)
One of the best 2005 melodic hard rock releases. From a small label, but with excellent crisp production, this band knows how to write and p...Read more »
HOUSE OF LORDS - The Lost Tapes (2001)
Fan Club Only CD Release House Of Lords - The Lost Tapes, contains 7 unreleased songs which they wrote for the "The Power & The Myt...Read more »
SHAW-BLADES : High Enough (New-Acoustic Studio Version 2007)
What a classic tune. Composed by Tommy Shaw & Jack Blades for the first Damn Yankees album. Fantastic New Version. Re-recorded acousticl...Read more »
STAN BUSH - In This Life (2007)
Stan Bush truly is a melodic rock legend.He has co-written with many of top songwriters like Jonathan Cain (Journey), Jim Vallance (Bryan Ad...Read more »
MICHAEL BOLTON - Everybody's Crazy (1985)
The man started his career rockin' hard, and this is his best album. Pumpin' bass and keyboard lines, strong guitars and a very powe...Read more »
STEVE PERRY - Greatest Hits Digipack Release (2007)
Remastered with spectacular new sound and bonus tracks directly from Steve's personal vault. 6 Bonus tracks, 1 exclusive only in this di...Read more »
LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM - Saturn Skyline (2007)
IMHO this is the best L A D album ever. Even better than the debut. This time the guys have listened the fans and the production is TOP clas...Read more »
STATETROOPER - Statetrooper (1986)
Gary Barden's band (ex MSG). Tight production, big voice,the double guitar attack is great, the sound is decidely British. Their live ve...Read more »
JOSHUA - Surrender (1985) [Original edition]
There were several versions of this released. Here it is the original, a nice vinyl rip. Killer hard rock/AOR album. Reminds me a lot of ICO...Read more »
RENEGADE - Back From The Dead (2001)
Canadian MelodicRock/AOR GEM recorded 88/89 When putting this CD on, I was immediately remembering how good the 80s sounded. This Canadian ...Read more »
TOMMY FUNDERBURK - Anything For You (2005)
Vocalist Tommy Funderburk may not have the most recognizable name, but to die-hard devotees of the AOR scene, he is somewhat of a vocalist G...Read more »