AOR Blog: Album Oriented Rock

Entries for December, 2008

Golden Earring: Twilight Zone (1983)

Dutch rockers Golden Earring were first seen on the American charts in 1974, with the classic song Radar Love (later covered by White Lion). In 1983, they released their album Cut, and scored a major hit with “Twilight Zone” — Mainstream Rock #1 and Pop Singles #10. It’s an entertaining video for [...]

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Loverboy: Turn Me Loose (1980)

This hard-driving track was Canadian band Loverboy’s debut on the charts in 1980. Keyboards, headbands and red leather pants – the essence of Loverboy. Turn Me Loose hit #6 on the Mainstream Rock chart and climbed to #35 on the Pop Singles chart.

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Juice Newton: Can’t Wait All Night (1984)

Country singer Juice Newton (“Queen of Hearts”, “Angel of the Morning”) made a bold overture to AOR radio in 1984 with this single, co-penned by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. “Can’t Wait All Night” didn’t hit on the Mainstream Rock charts, but it did climb to #66 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Bad Album Covers: Rabbit – Too Much Rock ‘N’ Roll

Rabbit was an Australian hard rock band from Newcastle, Australia. The band was formed in 1973 by Mark Tinson (guitar), Phil Screen (drums) and Jim Porteus (bass). Original vocalist Greg Douglas was replaced in 1974 by Dave Evans, formerly of AC/DC.

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