Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.

SHARK ISLAND – Law Of The Order + Alive At The Whisky [2CD Bad Reputation remaster +5 bonus] 2006/2023, MP3+FLAC

French reissue label Bad Reputation has been doing a great job releasing ‘Collector Series / Remastered with Bonus’, with the main attraction being the addition of bonus tracks or bonus disc, making these reissues the ‘definitive expanded versions’. In a Rock Candy Records fashion, these are official remasters in arrangement with the original recording companies.

Lance Ayers – Dreamer 2024


Remarkably, ‘DREAMER’ is a true solo effort, with Lance playing all the instruments, mixing, and mastering the entire album. Each sonic excursion on the album is an experience unto itself, with every song possessing the potential to be a single.