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Although hard rock influenced heavy metal music and the arena rock style, they shared an emphasis on loudness and heavy sound that had dominated the rock mainstream from late 70s to early 80s. [10] Singer Steve Perry of Journey became one of the faces of arena rock in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
This is a list of 1980s music albums that multiple music journalists, magazines, and professional music review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1980s and of all time, separated into the years of each album's release.
Pages in category "Arena rock musical groups" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The arena rock trend of the 1970s continued in the 1980s with bands like Styx, ... Argentina developed also during the 80s a ska rock and punk rock scene.
Greg Prato of AllMusic wrote: "If only one singer could be selected as the most identifiable with '80s arena rock, it would have to be Journey's Steve Perry." [1] Prato's colleague John Franck praised Perry's as a soaring "whale of a voice". [55] He was voted among the ten greatest rock singers of all time in a 2009 Classic Rock reader poll. [56]
When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986.
In 1974 the band changed its name to Roadmaster and its musical style began to evolve into a big guitar and keyboard-centered “arena” rock sound. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Roadmaster was discovered by Todd Rundgren , who invited the band to New York to record a demo, which led to a contract with Indianapolis record label Village Records.
On July 16, 2017, the band, now named 'Boulevard IV', released the first song from their reunion record, "Life Is A Beautiful Thing", which aired live on the Steve Price Rock Show on ArFM. The following day, Melodicrock.com announced the name of the new album as Luminescence. It was released on September 22, 2017. [10]