| 释义 |
AOR, n.
Brit. |ˌeɪəʊˈɑː|, U.S. |ˌeɪoʊˈɑr|
Forms: 19– AOR, 19– A.O.R.
[In sense 1 initialism > n. Initialisms 1.]
1. Album-oriented rock, a type of popular music typically characterized by long, free-form album tracks rather than short, tightly-structured singles; esp. any of various styles in which a rock backing is combined with softer, more melodic elements and often vocal harmonies. Now freq. depreciative, with the implication of something slickly executed but bland.
1977Blue Island (Illinois) Sun Standard 11 Aug. 9 A new music term is AOR, just cropping up in London, so maybe you don't yet know that the three little letters stand for Album Oriented Rock. 1979N.Y. Times 4 Feb. ii. 22/6 AOR, or album-oriented rock,..is a radio format that offers album tracks rather than officially released 45 R.P.M. singles. 1980S. Taylor in J. Collis Rock Primer 316 Commercial country-tinged rock with just the right combination of melody and punch demanded by..American AOR (Album Oriented Rock or Adult Oriented Rock). 1991Rolling Stone 21 Feb. 5 This hard-rock trio is making chart waves with its blend of muscular progressive metal, Beatlesque vocal sunshine, AOR melodic savvy and simple Christian faith. 2001Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 23 Feb. The Ry Cooder-like slide guitar intro to I Don't Want A Lover was swamped all too soon by the efficient AOR of the rest of the song.
2. orig. and chiefly U.S. Album-oriented radio, a style of radio programming in which the playlist is dominated by rock album tracks as opposed to hit singles.
[1979AP Newswire (Nexis) 9 Oct. [He] says ‘The Source’ will be in 50 album-oriented radio stations by next spring. ]1982N.Y. Times 11 July ii. 23/1 Though both [albums] qualify as accessible mainstream pop, they are also a bit too refined to appeal to AOR. 1986N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Sept. 14/4 Pop performers like Madonna get little play on AOR. 1997E. Macan Rocking the Classics vii. 157 The styles from the early 1970s which AOR featured most prominently were progressive rock, heavy metal, hard rock, and to a certain degree the singer/songwriter genre. 2001Seattle Times (Nexis) 9 Feb. g14 We're trying to get it on AOR..but it's hard. They think of me as a jazz singer. |