Adult Orientated Rock (some prefer the term 'Album Oriented') has frequently been sidelined by "serious" music critics, many of whom deride melodic rock for the shaggy perms and satin attire of yore rather than pay heed to music which has sold by the multi-million.
Fronting those albums were the true gods of AOR, the singers. These men and women were – are are – silver-throated channellers of love and loss, enveloping songs with the sort of drama and emotion that make them evergreen classics. And these are the 40 best of them.
