Album-oriented rock
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Oct 31, 2026
Max GillHOST
I like the line, no radio edits permitted, because typically the single would be a shorter version, right? But he's listening to the live version.
Max GillHOST
He's probably listening to AOR radio, as we used to call it, right?
Michael MurrayHOST
AOR.
Michael MurrayHOST
Yeah.
Michael MurrayHOST
Album-oriented rock?
Paul HinesHOST
This has nothing to do
Christopher GreyHOST
with punk rock or AOR or heavy metal or power pop, but do you have an interest in the macabre at all? Like real true crime kind of stuff? Charles Manson-y kind of stuff?
Paul HinesHOST
Oh, you know, back when I was in high school, I was sort of interested in that.
Paul HinesHOST
Now I think life is so scary, I just sort of stay
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Paul HinesHOST
Nice blending of guitar and synths on this song.
Paul HinesHOST
Catchy chorus for sure.
Paul HinesHOST
That could have had legs on AOR radio.
Paul HinesHOST
We need to talk about the lyrics though.
Colin BoslerHOST
It was not the first record.
Michael StampsHOST
Yeah, this is definitely the effect of some AOR guy going like, you know what? We think Loverboy is too heavy.
Michael StampsHOST
Can you be less heavy and make a really sort of...
Michael StampsHOST
It's like a love song anthemy sort of thing.
JoeHOST
On that song, Brian May of Queen played the guitar solo.
JoeHOST
I will say it's not an AOR-considered album, but it is an AOR album, kind of.
JimmyHOST
Very much so.
JoeHOST
If you like that kind of really melodic where you can sing along with the song, very hooky guitar tracks or guitar lines, listen to this album because every single fucking track is so fucking good.
Drew LaneHOST
But of course, Aaliyah is where most people remember Donny Iris.
Trudi DanielsPANELIST
At the height of AOR radio.
Trudi DanielsPANELIST
Sounds like a great one.
Trudi DanielsPANELIST
It was one of those 80s hits.
Allison InvernessHOST
Right.
Allison InvernessHOST
But his solution was a format called album-oriented rock, or AOR.
Alex IvyHOST
And the underlying mechanism of AOR is brilliant, I think, because it completely manipulated the concept of familiarity.
Allison InvernessHOST
How so?
Alex IvyHOST
Well, on AM radio, familiarity was entirely dependent on the song itself.
Brian MaleyHOST
And they also have played earlier this year at Wacken Festival in Germany.
Brian MaleyHOST
But Hardline are one of those AOR bands.
Brian MaleyHOST
Fantastic.
Brian MaleyHOST
Johnny's a great singer and they write some good songs as well too.
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Brian MaleyHOST
Ricky Phillips was in The Babies with the singer John Waite.
Brian MaleyHOST
It is an absolutely amazing album.
Brian MaleyHOST
One of my favourite Supergrip AOR albums.
Brian MaleyHOST
Tracks like When I See You Smile, which was the lead-off single.
Ashley KahnGUEST
The radio stations in America, especially America, because of the categories that they've put everything in, they call them radio formats.
Ashley KahnGUEST
And each one was identified by CHR, AOR, you know, or adult contemporary, AC, you know, that even radio was – there's no more free-form radio.
Ashley KahnGUEST
Everything was kind of very controlled and limited.
Ashley KahnGUEST
Right.
John MottolaHOST
You know, and you see sessions and you're like, oh, OK, it's it's an unfinished album or it's an unreleased album type of thing.
John MottolaHOST
So when I when I saw that, I'm like, OK, I'm expecting something like raw, not like AOR, like, you know, not, you know.
John MottolaHOST
Polished, you know, so I'm like, all right, this could be cool.
Nathan BeaudryHOST
The studio doesn't look like much.
Adam ReaderHOST
They finished the song before they had breakfast.
Adam ReaderHOST
If you needed somebody dominated AOR and Top 40 radio and approved a 70s band could thrive in the 90s, even without their original lead singer, Paul Rogers.
Adam ReaderHOST
I mean, that's just crazy to me that this Brian Howe guy comes in, puts Bad Company back on the map.
Adam ReaderHOST
What a cool story.
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