AOR Blog: Album Oriented Rock

BOC continued their rock resurgence that began in 1981 with 1983′s The Revolution By Night. The band tapped future AOR producer extraordinaire Bruce Fairbairn of Loverboy fame. Take Me Away was a big hit for BOC, climbing up to #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. Check out the Apple II gaming in the beginning of [...]

70s prog rockers Kansas amped up the guitars in 1983 with the anthemic “Everybody’s My Friend” from their album Drastic Measures. The song was an ode to the perils of fame, which didn’t sit well with singer John Elefante. The album was the Kansas’ least successful up to that point and led to the break [...]