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power pop

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Description

Power pop is a style of rock music that emerged in the late 1960s and gained popularity in the 1970s. It is characterized by a combination of catchy melodies, power chords, and tight harmonies, often with a strong emphasis on hooks and choruses. Power pop songs typically feature a combination of guitar, bass, and drums, with occasional keyboard and horn accents. The genre is influenced by classic pop and rock styles, such as The Beatles, The Who, and The Beach Boys, as well as punk rock and new wave music. Some well-known power pop bands include Big Star, Cheap Trick, The Raspberries, and The Knack.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
82		1972	Big Star	#1 Record	power pop
1		1976	Flamin' Groovies	Shake Some Action	power pop
7		1978	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight
36		1978-05	The Only Ones	The Only Ones	power pop
35		1979	The Undertones	Teenage Kicks EP	pop punk power pop punk rock
85		1979-04	The Knack	Get The Knack	new wave power pop	new wave # 10
8		1980	The Vapors	New Clear Days	power pop new wave
5		1987	Walk the Moon	TALKING IS HARD (Expanded Edition)	indie pop new wave pop rock power pop
51		1988	R.E.M.	Green (Remastered)	alternative rock power pop
17		1991-10-22	Matthew Sweet	Girlfriend	power pop
77		1991-10	Teenage Fanclub	Bandwagonesque	power pop
14		1992	Big Star	#1 Record (Remastered)	jangle pop power pop	jangle pop # 70
38		1992-06-02	The Lemonheads	It's a Shame About Ray	power pop rock	jangle pop # 23
89		1992-08-04	Gin Blossoms	New Miserable Experience	alternative rock power pop	jangle pop # 64
21		1993-02-09	Jellyfish	Spilt Milk	power pop
62		1994	The Wannadies	Be a Girl	britpop power pop alternative rock indie pop jangle pop	jangle pop # 52
12		1995-05-02	The Rembrandts	L.P.	pop rock power pop
52		1995-05-29	Teenage Fanclub	Grand Prix	power pop
92		1996-08-24	Weezer	Pinkerton	alternative rock	alternative rock # 67 emo # 73
47		1996-10-01	Fountains of Wayne	Fountains of Wayne	power pop alternative rock
16		1997	Plumtree	Predicts the Future	indie pop indie rock pop punk power pop twee pop	twee pop # 85
10		1998	The Dandy Warhols	...The Dandy Warhols Come Down	power pop
25		1998	12 Rods	Split Personalities	dream pop indie rock power pop shoegaze
83		1998-03-10	Fastball	All the Pain Money Can Buy	power pop alternative rock
71		1998-03-24	Semisonic	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Semisonic	power pop
29		1998-05-26	The B-52's	Time Capsule	power pop
22		1999-06-08	Smash Mouth	Astro Lounge	alternative rock rock	ska punk # 18
30		2000	Wheatus	Teenage Dirtbag	power pop alternative alternative pop
32		2000-09-12	Barenaked Ladies	Maroon	rock pop rock power pop
37		2001-02-23	Semisonic	All About Chemistry	pop power pop
97		2001-04-24	Weezer	Weezer	alternative rock	alternative rock # 91
64		2001-05-15	Weezer	Weezer [Green Album]	alternative rock alternative	alternative rock # 28
90		2001-05-15	Weezer	Weezer (Green Album)	alternative rock rock	alternative rock # 36
70		2001-08-06	American Hi-Fi	Flavor of the Weak	power pop
76		2001-11-27	Smash Mouth	Smash Mouth	power pop rock ska punk	ska punk # 78
4		2002	Motion City Soundtrack	I Am the Movie	pop punk	pop punk # 23
19		2002-02-26	Brendan Benson	Lapalco	power pop
6		2002-12-16	Girls Aloud	Sound of the Underground	pop	uk garage # 62 europop # 69 girlgroup # 82 girl band # 83
43		2003	Skank	Cosmotron	power pop reggae	reggae # 4
15		2003-03-24	The Exploding Hearts	Guitar Romantic	power pop
94		2003-06-10	Fountains of Wayne	Welcome Interstate Managers	power pop
53		2003-11-17	Busted	A Present for Everyone	power pop pop punk pop rock
65		2004-04-21	Weezer	Weezer (Deluxe Edition)	alternative rock pop rock power pop
33		2004-08-17	Rilo Kiley	More Adventurous (U.S. Release)	alt-country chamber pop folk pop indie pop indie rock power pop	alt-country # 53 chamber pop # 55 folk pop # 68
73		2005	Goo Goo Dolls	Better Days	alternative power pop rock
34		2006	Big Star	#1 Record/Radio City	power pop
59		2006-05-15	Orson	Bright Idea	power pop rock alternative rock indie rock
23		2006-06-05	Head Automatica	Popaganda	power pop
18		2006-11-30	El Cuarteto De Nos	Raro	rock pop power pop
84		2007-08-13	Frankmusik	Frankisum	power pop indietronica	indietronica # 37
55		2007-09-18	Metro Station	Metro Station	alternative dance	electropop # 1 alternative # 30 electronica # 30 dance # 66
72		2007-11-19	Girls Aloud	Tangled Up	power pop pop electropop	europop # 13 hi-nrg # 44
24		2008-10-14	A Rocket to the Moon	Greetings From	pop punk power pop
61		2008-12-16	Weezer	Christmas With Weezer	power pop
87		2009-01-27	Never Shout Never	Me And My Uke	acoustic indie pop pop power pop	acoustic # 46
3		2009-06-23	Cine	Flashback	power pop rock emo pop
46		2010	Taylor Swift	Speak Now (Deluxe Package)	country country pop	country # 81 country pop # 98
44		2010-07-12	The Maine	Black & White	power pop
81		2010-10-15	Hannah Montana	Hannah Montana Forever	power pop
42		2011-03-01	Forever the Sickest Kids	Forever The Sickest Kids	pop punk power pop
49		2011-11-02	Car Seat Headrest	Twin Fantasy	indie rock	indie rock # 56 lgbt # 69
69		2012-04-17	Neon Trees	Picture Show	alternative rock
2		2012-04-25	El Cuarteto De Nos	Porfiado	rock
13		2012-10-02	Matt & Kim	Lightning	power pop indie pop synthpop
27		2012-11-23	Girls Aloud	Ten	female vocalists pop power pop rock
60		2012-12-07	Green Day	¡Tré!	pop punk power pop punk rock
9		2013	Paramore	Paramore (Deluxe Edition)	alternative rock power pop
78		2013-04-05	Paramore	Paramore	alternative rock rock pop rock	rock # 31 pop rock # 69 alternative rock # 84
80		2014-07-10	Weezer	Everything Will Be Alright in the End	power pop
40		2015-05-22	The Vaccines	English Graffiti (Expanded Edition)	garage rock revival indie rock power pop synthpop	garage rock revival # 97
58		2016-03-10	Weezer	Pacific Daydream	power pop	alt pop # 58
75		2016-07-08	Car Seat Headrest	Teens Of Denial	indie rock	indie rock # 6 lo-fi indie # 74 garage rock revival # 87
79		2016-07-08	Car Seat Headrest	Teens Of Style	noise pop indie rock power pop	slacker rock # 57 noise pop # 91
50		2016-10-14	Jeff Rosenstock	WORRY.	indie rock pop punk power pop
28		2016-10-28	CRX	New Skin	indie rock power pop
86		2016-12-21	Avril Lavigne	Avril Lavigne (Expanded Edition)	alternative rock doomergaze electropop pop punk pop rock power pop sasscore	pop rock # 1 sasscore # 95 doomergaze # 95
96		2017-02-14	Dazey and the Scouts	Maggot	lgbt pop punk power pop queercore riot grrrl	pop punk # 66 lgbt # 98 queercore # 100 riot grrrl # 100
45		2017-04-21	Charly Bliss	Guppy	power pop
74		2017-05-12	Paramore	After Laughter	new wave pop rock synthpop	synthpop # 63 pop rock # 72 alternative dance # 83 new wave # 97
48		2018-03-30	The Vaccines	Combat Sports	power pop alternative rock indie rock	jangle pop # 16 garage rock revival # 80
68		2018-08-10	The Beths	Future Me Hates Me	indie rock power pop
31		2019-03	Bleachers	Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2
63		2020-01-24	Glass Beach	the first glass beach album	indie rock art rock indietronica	neo-psychedelia # 2 progressive pop # 35 art rock # 59 midwest emo # 70 indietronica # 76
98		2020-02-14	Beach Bunny	Honeymoon	power pop	midwest emo # 97
57		2020-05-20	Jeff Rosenstock	NO DREAM	pop punk power pop
91		2020-10-16	beabadoobee	Fake It Flowers	power pop alternative rock indie rock
67		2021-03-08	Hey, Ily	DigitalLung.EXE		lo-fi # 29 bedroom pop # 62 chiptune # 96
93		2021-06-15	Lincoln	A Constant State of Ohio	power pop
26		2021-06-25	Pom Pom Squad	Death Of A Cheerleader	alternative alternative rock blues rock garage punk garage rock grunge indie rock pop punk pop rock post-grunge power pop	grunge # 4 garage rock # 21 post-grunge # 65 garage punk # 87
39		2021-08-23	Weezer	Weezer (White Album)	alternative rock rock
95		2022-07-15	Demi Lovato	SUBSTANCE	pop punk power pop	pop punk # 59
54		2022-09-16	The Beths	EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD	power pop
88		2022-09-21	P!nk	Funhouse (Expanded Edition)	alternative alternative country alternative rock american americana country country rock power pop	country # 59 american # 76 americana # 88 country rock # 97 alternative country # 99
20		2022-12-21	Weezer	SZNZ: Winter	power pop alternative rock progressive rock	progressive pop # 33
41		2023	Glaive	i care so much that i dont care at all	folk pop indie pop power pop	folk pop # 71
11		2023-05-05	The Lemon Twigs	Everything Harmony	baroque pop folk pop jangle pop power pop soft rock	baroque pop # 51 folk pop # 63 jangle pop # 68
56		2023-08-31	Jeff Rosenstock	HELLMODE	power pop indie rock pop punk
99		2023-09-08	Olivia Rodrigo	GUTS	pop rock	indie rock # 13 pop rock # 96
100		2024-12-06	Rosé	APT.	power pop rock indie rock pop rock	rock # 50 pop rock # 60
66			結束バンド	結束バンド	emo power pop alternative rock indie rock

Related genres

• rock
• indie rock
• pop rock
• alternative
• pop
• alternative rock
• indie pop
• pop punk
• punk rock
• new wave