1991: The Year AOR Ate Itself
A yearlong investigation into some of the albums released by the genre's biggest artists in the year before grunge took over. Which ones still rock? Which ones helped burn it all down? Let's look back.
1991: The Year AOR Ate Itself
Foreigner - Unusual Heat
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Foreigner sold records by the fistful during the '70s and '80s, racking up a string of AOR and Top 40 singles with singer Lou Gramm at the mic. After he left, the group soldiered on with new singer Johnny Edwards — but the end result, 1991's Unusual Heat, ended up being the band's first flop. What the hell happened, and how does it fit into the year AOR ate itself? Singer, songwriter, author, and podcaster Ben Arthur joins Jeff and Matt to figure it out.