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melodic rock

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Melodic rock emphasizes strong vocal harmonies, memorable hooks, and polished production that emerged from the late 1970s through the 1980s as a radio-friendly evolution of hard rock. The genre balances guitar-driven power with sophisticated songcraft, featuring soaring choruses and accessible melodies that appeal beyond traditional rock audiences. It bridges arena rock bombast with pop sensibilities, creating anthemic songs built for commercial success and widespread appeal.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags Other places
65 1969 Metro Metro
82 1977-04-13 Kenny Loggins Celebrate Me Home
35 Cover for This Night Won't Last Forever 1978 Bill LaBounty This Night Won't Last Forever
21 1979 Bill LaBounty Rain In My Life
3 Cover for Head Games 1979 Foreigner Head Games
69 Cover for The Serpent Is Rising/Man of Miracles 1980 Styx The Serpent Is Rising/Man of Miracles
94 Cover for Airplay 1980-01-15 Airplay Airplay
97 Cover for The Best Of Times - The Best Of Styx 1981 Styx The Best Of Times - The Best Of Styx
98 Cover for Paradise Theater 1981-01-16 Styx Paradise Theater
55 Cover for Turn Back 1981-01 Toto Turn Back
15 Cover for Chase the Dragon 1982-02-19 Magnum Chase the Dragon
1 Cover for I Paralyze 1982-05-28 Cher I Paralyze
80 Cover for The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1 [Expanded] 1984 The Honeydrippers The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1 [Expanded]
30 Cover for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1984 Tina Turner Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
29 Cover for Lay Down the Law 1984-04-08 Keel Lay Down the Law
85 Cover for Street Talk 1984-07-21 Steve Perry Street Talk
52 Cover for Girls With Guns 1984-10 Tommy Shaw Girls With Guns
77 1985 John Parr St. Elmo's Fire
100 1985-01-25 David Lee Roth Crazy From the Heat
28 Cover for Everybody's Crazy 1985-03 Michael Bolton Everybody's Crazy
71 1987 Tommy Shaw Ambition
40 1988 Henry Lee Summer Henry Lee Summer
17 Cover for Out Of The Silence 1988 Dare Out Of The Silence
19 1988-11-24 Bijelo Dugme Ćiribiribela
91 Cover for Jefferson Airplane 1989-10 Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane
96 Cover for Last Of The Runaways 1989-11-11 Giant Last Of The Runaways
27 1990 Valentine Valentine
58 Cover for Up From The Ashes 1990 Don Dokken Up From The Ashes
79 1990 Eyes Eyes
60 Cover for Fair Warning 1992-09-25 Fair Warning Fair Warning
20 1993 Crown Of Thorns Crown of Thorns
41 Cover for Le Mans 1993 Le Mans Le Mans
93 Cover for The Ballads 1993-06-01 Axel Rudi Pell The Ballads
53 Cover for Psychoschizophrenia 1993-09-07 Lillian Axe Psychoschizophrenia
83 1994-09-20 Bon Jovi Gold
59 1994-10-21 Royal Hunt Clown in the Mirror
89 1995-09 Royal Hunt Moving Target
57 Cover for Instant Clarity 1996-08-17 Michael Kiske Instant Clarity
18 1997-03-10 Styx The Best of Times: The Best of Styx
66 Cover for Greatest Hits 1998 Toto Greatest Hits
87 1999-03-01 Axel Rudi Pell The Ballads II
67 Cover for Rhino Hi-Five: Dokken 1999-08-25 Dokken Rhino Hi-Five: Dokken
6 Cover for Mindfields 1999-11-16 Toto Mindfields
95 2000 Great White Latest & Greatest
36 2000 Alyson Avenue Presence of Mind
33 Cover for footloose 2001 Bonnie Tyler footloose
39 Cover for Greatest Hits Live 2001 Hall & Oates Greatest Hits Live
5 Cover for Seventh Key 2001-04-25 Seventh Key Seventh Key
70 Cover for Sheriff 2001-04 Sheriff Sheriff
75 2001-07-31 Neal Schon Voice
45 Cover for Belief 2001-09-10 Dare Belief
86 Cover for Rhino Hi-Five: Winger 2001-10-08 Winger Rhino Hi-Five: Winger
44 2001-11-17 Meat Loaf Rock 'n' Roll Hero
50 Cover for Rockers 2003 Styx Rockers
73 Cover for I drove all night 2003 Céline Dion I drove all night
74 Cover for Fallen 2003 Sarah McLachlan Fallen
14 2003 Hardline Heart, Mind And Soul
9 Cover for Scenery of a Heart 2004 May I Cry Scenery of a Heart
48 Cover for You Are Free 2004 Jimmy Eat World You Are Free
72 Cover for In Full View 2004 Phoenix In Full View
64 2004-02-25 House of Lords The Power And The Myth
63 Cover for Love Is Only a Feeling 2004-03-22 The Darkness Love Is Only a Feeling
62 Cover for Pride of Lions 2004-11-10 Pride of Lions Pride of Lions
81 2005 Cinderella Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits
22 2005 Robin Beck Do You Miss Me
8 Cover for Lipservice 2005-06-03 Gotthard Lipservice
34 Cover for Live in Belgium 2006 Pride of Lions Live in Belgium
92 2006-02-18 Brightwood The Love Antidote
23 Cover for Weapons Of Choice 2006-04-24 Treat Weapons Of Choice
11 2006-07-26 Ten The Twilight Chronicles
84 2006-11-01 Илья Орлов Год Собаки
49 Cover for Euphoria 2007 Euphoria Euphoria
76 Cover for Young Modern 2007-03-31 Silverchair Young Modern
42 Cover for In This Life 2007-04-20 Stan Bush In This Life
31 Cover for Domino Effect 2007-04-27 Gotthard Domino Effect
99 2007-09-18 Pat Monahan Last Of Seven
61 Cover for Вставай, Донбасс! 2008 КуБа Вставай, Донбасс!
4 2008 Free Spirit Pale Sister of Light
32 2008 J.D. Souther If The World Was You
47 2010-02-26 Giant Promise Land
90 2010-05-18 Triumph Greatest Hits Remixed
51 Cover for Coup De Grace 2010-05-26 Treat Coup De Grace
25 2010-10-21 Unruly Child Worlds Collide
16 2011-10-29 Toby Hitchcock Mercury's Down
68 2011-10-29 Work of Art In Progress
7 Cover for Look Inside 2012 Black 7 Look Inside
46 2012-06-21 Icarus the Owl Love Always, Leviathan
2 2013 JoNo Requiem
54 Cover for Little By Little 2013 Ulf Nilsson Little By Little
10 2013-08-07 Find Me Wings of Love
78 2013-10-31 Keldian Outbound
88 2014-02-10 Tina Turner Love Songs
12 Cover for Dew On Roses 2014-10-14 Kivanc Kilicer Dew On Roses
24 Cover for Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth 2014-12-09 Rishloo Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
56 Cover for Revolution 2015-08-28 Art Nation Revolution
13 2017-04-26 Harem Scarem United
26 2020-11-10 Boris Novković Dok svira radio
38 Cover for II 2021-01-22 Creye II
37 Cover for Chez Kane 2021-03-12 Chez Kane Chez Kane
43 Cover for Second Hand Life - The Deluxe Edition 2022-10-28 Joe Lynn Turner Second Hand Life - The Deluxe Edition