Adult-oriented rock or AOR has multiple meanings in the music world and its meaning may vary upon location. It may refer to: *

Arena rock Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, stadium rock, anthem rock, pomp rock, corporate rock and dad rock; ; ) is a style of rock music that originated in the mid-1970s. As hard rock bands and those playing a softer yet strident kind of po ...

(also known as AOR, melodic rock and stadium rock), a style of commercially oriented rock music *

Album-oriented rock Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the 1970s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. Album-orien ...

(AOR), a radio format created in the United States in the 1970s **

Adult album alternative Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format. See pages 9 and 10Mills, Joshua. "A New Radio Music Format: Rock for Prosperous Adults" New York Times, Feb 28 1994, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. Accessed September 4, 2 ...

, a radio format that evolved from album-oriented rock * Adult-oriented rock, a synonym for

soft rock Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ...

* West Coast sound, a mid-to-late 1970s rock subgenre, more recently referred to as

yacht rock Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast soundThat ' ...

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