AOR Blog: Album Oriented Rock

Don Felder of the Eagles went solo in 1981 with his song “Heavy Metal”, which appeared on the soundtrack of the animated movie of the same name. The soundtrack was a landmark AOR album, featuring other AOR stalwarts Cheap Trick, Journey, and Blue Oyster Cult. “Heavy Metal” was recently revived by being featured prominently in [...]

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band had a huge hit with a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song, “Blinded by the Light”, in 1976. They went to the well again in 1980 with “For You” on their album Chance. The original version of “For You” appeared on the Springsteen album “Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ”. Manfred Mann’s [...]