‘West Of Sunset” is the first and only cd (I think)of the Swedish group. The music style of the cd is melodic rock /Aor , with excellent songs and choruses …. In the vein of Roxette









Genre: Melodic Rock / Aor
Country: Sweden
Official Website: …………..

Line-Up
Bjorn Strom: Vocals, Guitar, Keys
Thomas Axelsson: Bass, Guitar
Anders Hansson, Lars Wellander, Patrick Lindell: Guitars
Henrik Hansson, Jan Oldeus, Torbjorn Stener: Guitar
Kjell Ohman, Jorgen Ingestrom, Anders Hansson: Keys
Joan Franzon, Per Lindvall: Drums
Anders Hansson: Drums Programming

TrackList
01.Giving My Heart Away
02.West of Sunset
03.Ocean Boulevard
04.Now You´re Gone
05.Gimme Your Love
06.Time Is All We Need
07.Gotta Have It All
08.I Just Wanna Hold You
09.Homeward Bound
10.Taking A Chance
11.Before I Trust My Heart

“Jillian” is the first and only album of the Jillian Bickler, the wife of the lead singer of Survivor Dave Bickler. The cd is something like a family project and the music is in the vein of Robin Beck “Can’t get off” cd era and Survivor.








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: …………….

Line-Up
Jillian: Vocals
John Rice: Guitar
Bobby Lizik: Bass
Ed Tossing: Keys
Wayne Stewart: Drums
Jim Peterik: Keys, Backing Vocals
Frankie Sullivan: Vocals, Guitar
Jim Hines: Drums
Dave Bickler: Vocals
Theresa Davis, K. Clyde Duffie, Kendall J. Duffie, Joan Colloso: Vocals
Michelle S. Duffie, Peaches, Ellen Samuels: Backing Vocals

TrackList
01. As Is
02. Pool Of Bethesda
03. You Don't Have To Cry
04. Hands From Above
05. Do What You Must Do
06. My Gift
07. Somebody Love Me
08.Till The Water Runs Clean
09. Unconditional Love
10. Prayer Warrior

“Melodic Hard Rock & AoR Blogspot Compilaton” it’s my first attempt to create a list with some of my favourite songs of this genre….









TrackList
01. M.ill.ion - Sign Of Victory
02. Bangalore Choir - Angel In Black
03. Mark Free - Dyin' For Your Love
04. Steelhouse Lane - Seven Seas
05. Fm - All Or Nothing (Racket Mix)
06. Michael Bormann - Conspiracy
07. Millenium - Believe In Love
08. Pink Cream 69 - Break The Silence
09. BonFire - Sword And Stone
10. Danger Danger - Grind
11. Tak Matsumoto Group - Everything Passes Away
12. Agnes - Danger In Love
13. Godiva - When Lightning Strikes
14. Forty Deuce - I Still
15. Redrum – No Turning Back (Different Mix)
16. Shakra - In Your Eyes
17. StarBreaker - Lies

‘Every Mothe’s Nightmare” is the first release of the group, This is straight in your face Hard Rock , great production , strong songs, and vocals in the vein of Motley Crue.








Genre: Hard Rock
Country: UsA
Official Website: …………

Line-Up
Rick Ruhl: Vocals
Steve Malone: Guitars
Mark McMurtry: Bass
Jim Phipps: Drums

TrackList
01.Hard To Hold
02.EZ Come EZ Go
03.Bad On Love
04.Walls Come Down
05.Love Can Make You Blind
06.Listen Up
07.Dues To Pay
08.Long Haired Country Boy
09.Lord Willin'
10.Nobody Knows

‘Eclipse” is the sixth release of Yngwie J. Malsmteen with Goran Edman on vocals. This is a very good hard rock album , with great guitars , keys, catchy choruses and amazing vocals from Goran Endman.







Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Sweden
Official Website: http://www.yngwie.org/

Line-Up
Goran Edman: Vocals
Yngwie Malmsteen: Guitar
Svante Henrysson: Bass
Mats Olausson: Keys
Michael Von Knorring: Drums

TrackList
01.Making Love
02.Bedroom Eyes
03.Save Our Love
04.Motherless Child
05.Devil in Disguise
06.Judas
07.What Do You Want
08.Demon Driver
09.Faultline
10.See You in Hell (Don't Be Late)
11.Eclipse

“One Size Fits All” is the second release by the Pink Cream 69. The cd is brilliant with excellent vocals, amazing guitars, great choruses.
Recommended !!!!!!








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Usa , Germany , Greece
Official Website: http://www.pinkcream69.com/

Line-Up
Andi Deris: Vocals
Alfred Koffler: Guitar
Dennis Ward: Bass
Kosta Zafiriou: Drums

TrackList
01.Livin' My Life For You
02.Talk To The Moon
03.Hell's Gone Crazy
04.Do You Like It Like That
05.Ballerina
06.Signs Of Danger
07.Walkin' Out To Heaven
08.Stray Kid
09.Piggy Back Bitch
10.Where The Eagle Learns To Fly
11.We Taught The Children

“No Sweat” is the first and only release by the Irish No Sweet. It’s a solid melodic hard rock cd with excellent songs, great vocals in the vein of Shark Island, Baton Rouge and Harem Scarem.








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AoR
Country: Ireland
Official Website: ............

Line-Up
Paul Quinn: Vocals
PJ Smith: Keybs
Jim Phillips: Guitar
Jon J. Angel: Bass
Dave Gooding: Guitar
Ray Lean: Drums

TrackList
01.Heart And Soul
02.Shake
03.Stay
04.On The Edge
05.Waters Edge
06.Tear Down The Walls
07.Generation
08.Lean On Me
09.Stranger
10.Mover

“Mariah” is the first release of Mariah, a excellent Melodic Hard Rock / Aor cd , with great vocals, excellent guitars and Keyboards.
Recommended !!!!









Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AoR
Country: Usa
Official Website: ...........

Line-Up
Dennis Lind: Vocals
Tim Compton: Guitar
David Livingston: Bass
Jimmy Dilella: Guitar, Keys
Curt Bearden: Drums

TrackList
01.Knocked Down
02.You Should Know By Now
03.April's Calling
04.Make A Wish
05.Jaime
06.Whirlwind
07.One In A Million
08.Calling Out To Me
09.Heaven Cries Down On Me
10.Mirror Mirror
11.This Time
12.Love's Worth Fighting For

“Jaded” is the first release from a female group Jaded. The music style of the group is a mix of Girlschool, Kiss and Wasp.










Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: http://www.jadedrockers.com/

Line-Up
Julie Steel: Vocals
Britt Lightning: Guitar
Abbey Dragon: Bass
Hillary Blaze: Drums

TrackList
01.Get Up
02.Jet Car
03.Fire
04.Tragic
05.I Like It
06.Talk Too Much
07.We'll Be Strong
08.Fever
09.One On One
10.Knock It Back

“Turn The Page” is the third and final release of the group. In the vein of Bonfire and Pink Cream 69.










Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Germany
Official Website: ………..

Line-Up
Andy “Mac” Mcdermott: Vocals
Olaf Grosser: Guitar
Kai Steffen: Guitar
Carsten Rebentisch: Bass
Heiko Heike: Drums

TrackList
01. Turn The Page
02. Best I Can
03. Crack In The Mirror
04. Time
05. K.Y. Jelly
06. No Other Way
07. Maniac (Michael Sembello Cover)
08. Without You
09. Main Attraction
10. Can't Get Enough (Bad Company Cover)
11. Lucky Day
12. From A Distance

ZaR, was founded from the guitarist Tommy Clauss back in 89 , and “From Welcome …. To Goodbye” is the third release and the best (my opinion) of the group. The music style of the band is European Melodic Hard Rock, in the vein of Fate, Pink Cream 69 and others.






Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Germany
Official Website: ………..

Line-Up
Tommy Bloch: Vocals
Tommy Clauss: Guitars
Wolf Urban: Bass
Jerry Schaffer: Keys
Marcel Ash: Drums

TrackList
01. Welcome
02. How Many Tears
03. A Touch Of Ebony
04. Thin Line
05. Eagles Flight (Feat. John Lawton On Vocals)
06. Never So Alone
07. I Can't Believe
08. Angel (Jimi Hendrix Cover)
09. I'm Still Tryin'
10.Bushido
11.When The Fire Burns
12.Highlands
13.Goodbye

‘Rush Street” is the third release by Richard Marx, one of the best releases of 90’s, with excellent melodic rock / aor songs, excellent guitars, and vocals, and with numerous guests like Steve Lucather, Michael Landau, Jeff Porcaro, Markus Miller and other , this album is recommended !!!!!!!!






Genre: Melodic Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: http://www.richardmarx.com/

Line-Up
Richard Marx: Vocals, Piano, Keys
Steve Lukather, Bruce Gaitsch: Guitars
Michael Landau, Paul Warren: Guitars
Randy Jackson, Marcus Miller: Bass
Nathan East, Jim Cliff, Leland Sklar: Bass
Michael Egizi, Kim Bullard: Keys
Billy Joel: Piano
Bill Champlin: Hammond B3
Jonathan Moffett, Jeff Porcaro: Drums
Terry Bozzio,Tommy Lee, Mike Baird: Drums
Lee Thornberg: Horns, Trombone, Trumpet
Steve Grove: Sax
John Logan: Harmonica
Chris Trujillo: Percussion
Jon Clarke: Drum machine programming
Richard Page, Steve George, Paul Warren, Dalbello: Backing Vocals
Tamara Champlin, Mike Egizi, Jim Cliff, Fee, Ruth Marx: Backing Vocals
Brandy Rosenberg, Matt Westfield, Luther Vandross: Backing Vocals
Janet Gardner, Cheryl Lynn, Cindy Mizelle: Backing Vocals

TrackList
01. Playing With Fire
02. Love Unemotional
03. Keep Coming Back
04. Take This Heart
05. Hazard
06. Hands In Your Pocket
07. Calling You
08. Superstar
09. Streets Of Pain
10. I Get No Sleep
11. Big Boy Now
12. Chains Around My Heart
13. Your World

‘Tim Feehan” is the first album of Canadian singer Tim Feehan. The music style of the cd is lite Aor, in the vein of Richard Marx and Chicago.









Genre: Melodic Rock / Aor
Country: Canada
Official Website: ………………..

Line-Up
Tim Feehan: Vocals, Keys
Steve Lukather, Louis Sedmak: Guitar
Marcel Hamel: Keys
Dave Babcock, Jim Pinchin: Saxophone
Ron Vaugeois: Percussion
Phil Berry: Backing Vocals

TrackList
01.Wheres The Fire
02.Listen For The Heartbeat
03.Vanna
04.Loveline
05.Read Between The Lines
06.Mean Streak
07.The Painter
08.One Step Away
09.Isolation

‘Nostradamus” is an incredible rock opera by Bulgarian composer Nikolo Kotzev.
Excellent songs, fanstastic production, and excellent vocal performances by an all-star line up.
Absolute masterpiece !!!!!!
Recommended 1.000.000 %





Genre: Hard Rock
Country: Bulgaria
Official Website: http://www.nostramusic.com/

Line-Up
Alannah Myles, Sass Jordan, Goran Edman: Vocals
Glenn Hughes, Jorn Lande, Joe Lynn Turner, Doogie White: Vocals
Nikolo Kotzev: Guitar, Violin, Keys, Percussion
Jan Haugland: Drums
Mic Michaeli: Organ
Jon Leven: Bass

Cast List Of Charachters
Alannah Myles as Anne Gemelle
Sass Jordan as Catherine (Queen Of France)
Göran Edman as Ghost
Glenn Hughes as Henri II (King Of France)
Jørn Lande as Inquisitor
Joe Lynn Turner as Nostradamus
Doogie White as Storyteller


TrackList
Cd01
ACT I
01.Overture (Instrumental)
02.Pieces of a dream
03.Desecration
04.Introduction
05.Home Again (Instrumental)
06.Henriette
07.Caught up in a rush
08.The Eagle
09.Plague
10.Inquisition
ACT II
11.The King will Die
12.I don't believe
13.Try to live again

Cd02
01.War of Religions
02. The Inquisitor's rage
03. Chosen Man
ACT III
04.World War II
05.World War III
06.Because of you
07.The End of the World
08.I'll remember you

‘Von Groove” is the self-titled debut of the Canadians Von Grouve, with great songs and excellent guitars and vocals in the vein of Tyketto, Hardline and Firehouse.
Recommended !!!!!!







Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: Canada
Official Website: ………………..

Line-Up
Michael Shotton: Vocals, Drums
Mladen: Guitar
Matthew Gerrard: Bass

TrackList
01.Once Is Not Enough
02.Better Than Ever
03.Can't Get Too Much
04.Once In A Lifetime
05.Every Beat Of My Heart
06.House Of Dreams
07.C'mon C'mon
08.All The Way Down
09.Arianne
10.Slave To Sin
11.Love Keeps Bringing Me Home
12.Smaug
13.Sweet Pain

‘Fortune” is one and only release by the Los Angeles based band Fortune, and it’s one of the definitive Aor pomp classics albums in history of this genre, with fabulous keyboards, excellent vocals in the vein of Def Leppard, and Giuffria.
Recommended !!!





Genre: Melodic Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: ………………..

Line-Up
L.A (Larry) Greene: Vocals
Richard Fortune: Guitars
Roger Scott Craig: Keys
Bobby Birch: Bass, Saxophones
Mick Fortune: Drums

TrackList
01.Thrill Of It All
02.Smoke From A Gun
03.Stacy
04.Bad Blood
05.Dearborn Station
06.Lonely Hunter
07.Deep In The Heart Of The Night
08.Stormy Love
09.Out On The Streets
10.'98 In The Shade

“Eyes” is the first cd of the band, with brilliand vocals , great choruses , excellent guitars and clear production, in the vein of Def Leppard and Van Halen (Sammy Hagar era).
If this cd released 3 or 4 years earlier , the band could make it big like Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Dokken, etc, but they came out too late 1990, when grunge arrives in the music scene .
Recommended !!!!!!


Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: ………………..

Line-Up
Jeff Scott Soto:Vocals
Steve Dougherty: Guitars
Jimmy O'Shea: Bass
Aldy Damian: Drums

TrackList
01. Callin' All Girls
02. Every Single Minute
03. Don't Turn Around
04. Miss Demeanour
05. Young And Innocent
06. Walkin' Fire
07. Wired 4 Love
08. Nobody Said It Was Easy
09. Can't Get Enough
10. Start Livin'

“Into The Street” is the second release by Boulevard and is a top quality AOR from the start to end , with excellent guitars , keys and vocals.
Recommended !!!!!








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: Canada
Official Website: ……

Line-Up
David Forbes: Vocals
Randy Gould: Gguitars
Mark Holden: Saxophone
Andrew Johns: Keyboards
Tom Christiansen: Bass
Randall Stoll: Drums

TrackList
01. Talk To Me
02. Where Is The Love
03. Lead Me On
04. Eye Of The Hurricane
05. Light Of Day
06. Crazy Life
07. Rainy Day In London
08. Where Are You Now
09. Need You Tonight
10. Eye To Eye

“Joal” is the first release by female singer Joal, she released another one cd back in ’93.
The cd is a masterpiece of melodic hard rock / aor genre with excellent songs , great vocals, in the vein of Heart, Allanah Myles, and Witness.
Recommended !!!!!!!






Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AoR
Country: Germany
Official Website: ………..

Line-Up
Joal: Vocals
Tommy Newton: Guitar, Bass
Kai Reuter: Guitar
Gero Drneck, Ulli Heicher: Bass
Tommy Hansen: Keys
Rudi Kaeding, Philip Candas: Drums
Robin Mcirish, Charly Huhn: Backing Vocals

TrackList
01.Rock That City
02.Turn The World Around
03.All Or Nothing
04.Looking For The Line
05.Stand Up
06.Queen Of The Night
07.Barracuda
08.Feels Alright
09.We Wanna Dance
10.It's Got To Be You
11.Don't Miss The Turn
12.Same Old Story
13.Can't Stop Me

“The Journey Never End” is the fifth release of the group, and it’s completely awesome album , with strong sharp guitars, great harmonies , excellent vocals from Michael Bormann, and excellent production.
One of the best releases of 2002.
Recommended !!!!!!






Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Germany
Official Website: http://www.jadedheart.de/

Line-Up
Michael Bormann: Vocals
Baris Kopic: Guitar
Michael Muller: Bass
Axel Kruse: Drums
Henning Wanner: Keys

TrackList
01.Intro
02.Kid Is Going Down
03.The Journey Will Never End
04.On The Rise
05.We΄ll Drag You Down
06.Only Human
07.Lucky Son
08.I΄ll Be There
09.Larger Than Life (Backstreet Boys Cover)
10.Dangerous Destiny
11.These Are The Good Times
12.Sunshine Memories (Dedicated Of The Memory of S.&.Y.Kepic)
13.Sing Of The Times

“Julliet” is the first release of the band, with good songs , great vocals , in the vein of Ratt.











Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: UsA
Official Website: ………..

Line-Up
Kenny McGee: Vocals
Jimmi DeLisi: Guitars
Ty Westerhoff: Bass
Greg Pecka: Drums

TrackList
01.Eight Lives Gone
02.StayTthe Night
03.Help Is On The Way
04.No More Tears
05.Little Bit Of Party
06.Revvin' Me Up
07.Something You Should Know
08.Chip Away
09.You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker Cover)
10.Love Can Change You

“Femme Fatale” is the one and only release of the group. The cd have great songs , with good choruses, great vocals and guitars .









Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: UsA
Official Website: http://www.lorrainecafe.com/

Line-Up
Lorraine Lewis: Vocals
Bill D'Angelo: Guitar
Mazzi Rawd: Guitar, Keys
Rick Rael: Bass
Bobby Murray: Drums

TrackList
01.Waiting For The Big One
02.Falling In And Out Of Love
03.My Baby's Gun
04.Back In Your Arms Again
05.Rebel
06.Fortune And Fame
07.Touch And Go
08.If
09.Heat The Fire
10.Cradle's Rockin'

“DreamHunter” is the third releas by Swedish Treat. The cd have it all , great songs , catchy choruses , great guitars , excellent production.
Recommended !!!!!!








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Sweden
Official Website: ............

Line-Up
Robert Ernlund: Vocals
Anders Wikstrom: Guitars, Keys
Lillen Liljegren: Guitars
Ken Siewertson: Bass
Jamie Borger: Drums

TrackList
01.Sole Survivor
02.You're The One I Want
03.Take Me On Your Wings
04.Best Of Me
05.Dancing On The Edge
06.Outlaw
07.World Of Promises
08.One Way To Glory
09.Save Yourself
10.The Winner
11.Tush (Bonus Track)

“Long Away From Love” is one of the best releases in the history of melodic hard rock / Aor genre , and Mark Free is the Voice of Aor.
This release contains the original “Long Away From Love” , Live tracks from the Godz of Aor ’93 and bonus studio tracks.
Recommended 1.000.000.000 %





Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AoR
Country: UsA
Official Website: http://www.marciefree.com/

Line-Up
Mark Free: Vocals
Terence Elliot Dirk Price, Troy Dexter, Danny Jacob: Guitar
Tim Godwin, Pierre Gauthier, Tony Sciuto: Guitar
Tomie Reeves, Steve Hopkins: Keys, Bass, Drum Programming
Claude Gaudette, Robin Randall, Paul Markovich: Keys
Sylan Boulduc, Joel Hamilton: Bass
Roger Larocque: Drums
Paul Lewolt: Guitar, Bass
Erik Scott: Bass, Drum Programming
Joan Stone, Diana Dewitt: Backing Vocals

TrackList
Cd01
1.Someday You'll Come Running (Signal Cover)
2.Stranger Among Us
3.Coming Back For More
4.The Last Time
5.Hard Heart To Break
6.High Life
7.State Of Love
8.Slow Down The Night
9.Look Love In The Eyes
10.Never Be A Next Time
11.Long Way From Love

Cd02
1.Someday You'll Come Running (Live)
2.State of Love (Live)
3.Stranger Among Us (Live)
4.The Last Time (Live)
5.Coming Back for More (Live)
6.Liar (Live)
7.Wake Up You Little Fool (Live)
8.Only the Strong Will Survive (Live)
9.Who Cries Now (Live)
10.Iron Eagle (Never Say Die) (Live)
11.In It For The Long Run
12.What Happened To Love
13.Never Could Call It Love
14.Smoke And Mirrors
15.Dyin' For Your Love
16.State Of Love (Duet With Diana Dewitt)

"Far From The Edge" is the first cd of Pride . The Cd is an excellent debut with catchy melodic hard rock songs in the vein of Dare, White Lion and Def Leppard .








Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: Uk
Official Website: ............

Line-Up
Matt Mitchell: Vocals
Chris Green: Guitar
Adrian Johnson: Guitar
Simon Farmery: Bass
Rik Eade: Drums
Ivan Gunn: Keys

TrackList
01. This Time
02. Saviour Of A Broken Heart
03. Hard To Find A Reason
04. If It Ain't Love
05. Hands Of A Healer
06. Hold On
07. Best Of Me
08. Yet Who You Gonna Love
09. Saintly Lies
10. Coming Around Again

“Trixter” is the first cd of the group , with excellent melodic hard rock songs with catchy choruses, in the vein of Bon Jovi , Firehouse and Danger Danger…









Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: UsA
Official Website: ........

Line-Up
Peter Loran: Vocals
Steve Brown: Guitar
P.J. Farley: Bass
Mark "Gus" Scott: Drums

TrackList
01. Line Of Fire
02. Heart Of Steel
03. One In A Million
04. Surrender
05. Give It To Me Good
06. Only Young Once
07. Bad Girl
08. Always A Victim
09. Play Rough
10. You'll Never See My Cryin'
11. Ride The Whip
12. On And On

Gypsy Rose formed in ’81, but the band went their separate ways after a couple of missed opportunities, but in ’04 the band reunite with the original line up and 2005 they released at last their debut album.
“Gypsy Rose” cd is pure excellent melodic Hard Rock with the feelin; of the 80’s melodic Hard Rock , with clear and solid production , excellent vocals and great guitars.



Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / Aor
Country: Sweden
Official Website: http://www.gypsyrose.se/

Line-Up
HaKan Gustafsson: Vocals
Martin Kronlund: Guitars
Mats Bostedt: Bass
Rikard Quist: Keys
Imre Daun: Drums

TrackList
01.When You Leave At Night
02.You Drive Me Crazy
03.Promise To Stay
04.Moonlight
05.You
06.Queen Of The Night
07.Burning
08.Light Up My Way
09.December Night
10.Fender 59
11.The Look In Your Eye