Classic Rock- The 50 Greatest AOR Albums of All Time

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Classic Rock- The 50 Greatest AOR Albums of All Time

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https://www.pressreader.com/uk/classic- ... 2291967942

A strange number of eponymous albums here.
Without further ado...

50. Alexa- Alexa (1989)
49. Eric Martin- Eric Martin (1986)
48. The Storm- The Storm (1991)
47. Cher- Cher (1987)
46. Drive She Said- Drive She Said (1989)
45. Lou Gramm- Ready Or Not (1987)
44. Pat Benatar- Seven The Hard Way (1985)
43. Joe Lynn Turner- Rescue You (1985)
42. Icon- Nights of the Crime (1985)
41. Asia- Asia (1982)
40. Aviator- Aviator (1986)
39. Night Ranger- Midnight Madness (1983)
38. Tyketto- Don't Come Easy (1990)
37. Valentine- Valentine (1990)
36. Bad English- Bad English (1989)
35. Heart- Heart (1985)
34. LeRoux- So Fired Up (1983)
33. Balance- In For the Count (1982)
32. Unruly Child- Unruly Child (1992)
31. Jefferson Starship- Freedom at Point Zero (1979)
30. Survivor- When Seconds Count (1986)
29. Loverboy- Get Lucky (1981)
28. White Sister- Fashion by Passion (1986)
27. Giant- Last of the Runaways (1989)
26. John Waite- No Breaks (1984)
25. Styx- Paradise Theatre (1981)
24. Foreigner- Agent Provocateur (1984)
23. Strangeways- Native Sons (1987)
22. Boston- Third Stage (1986)
21. Dare- Out of the SIlence (1988)
20. Richard Marx- Richard Marx (1987)
19. Driving for Peals- Driving for Pearls (1989)
18. Survivor- Eye of the Tiger (1982)
17. Michael Bolton- Michael Bolton (1983)
16. FM- Indiscreet (1986)
15. Steve Perry- Street Talk (1984)
14. New England- New England (1978)
13. Toto- Toto (1978)
12. Foreigner- Foreigner (1977)
11. Mr. Mister- Welcome to the Real World (1985)
10. Reo Speedwagon- High Infidelity (1980)
9. Michael Bolton- Everybody's Crazy (1985)
8. Journey- Raised on Radio (1986)
7. Night Ranger- Dawn Control (1982)
6. Toto- Toto IV (1982)
5. Journey- Frontiers (1983)
4. Survivor- Vital Signs (1984)
3. Foreigner- 4 (1981)
2. Boston- Boston (1976)
1. Journey- Escape (1981)

Eligible?
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Re: Classic Rock- The 50 Greatest AOR Albums of All Time

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starchman46 wrote: Eligible?
See this thread:

http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/vi ... f=3&t=4179

Lists of this kind need to have their thread be posted there; I took the freedom of doing it for you for this one. Thanks!

To Henrik: it's from the January 2019 edition.

46. Drive She Said- Drive She Said (1989) = Under "Drive, She Said" in the spreadsheet.
42. Icon- Nights of the Crime (1985) = Actually "Night of the Crime"
34. LeRoux- So Fired Up (1983) = Under "Le Roux" in the spreadsheet.
26. John Waite- No Breaks (1984) = Actually "No Brakes"
19. Driving for Peals- Driving for Pearls (1989) = Actually "Diving for Pearls"
10. Reo Speedwagon- High Infidelity (1980) = Actually "Hi Infidelity", featured as "Hi-Infidelity" in the spreadsheet.
7. Night Ranger- Dawn Control (1982) = Actually "Dawn Patrol"
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Re: Classic Rock- The 50 Greatest AOR Albums of All Time

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Ah, cheers! Pretty new around here so not up to speed with a lot of things.

Oh wow, cocked up with a lot of album titles!
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starchman46 wrote:Oh wow, cocked up with a lot of album titles!
Not that much actually, but I fixed them just to make the boss's life easier when the lists will be processed further down the line :) And to avoid spreading the points unnecessarily between double entries in the database, which happens.
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