Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine and Payola: The AOR Glory Years 1976-1986 by Paul Rees Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781835291887

ISBN: 9781835291887

Agnieszka loves her village

Those who are made know only what is programmed

as well as to the dailiness of many writers from Charles Baudelaire to Robert Creeley

Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine and Payola: The AOR Glory Years 1976-1986 by Paul Rees Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781835291887There is no form of American made music that has been as critically derided, or shunned, as AOR. The blues, punk, hip hop, alt rock, country rock, R&B, jazz, rock 'n' roll and soul. All are canonised. Trad country and disco have long since been re appraised. Even hair metal has its champions. Yet there has hardly been a positive critical word published about AOR. But this speaks far more to the prejudices and blind spots of music critics than it does