Soft rock
| Orígens estilístics | Pop rock, Folk rock, Folk,Psychedelic Rock |
|---|---|
| Orígens culturals | Late 1960s |
| Instruments típics | Guitarra elèctrica i Guitarra acústica - Baix elèctric - Veu - Bateria - Sintetitzador - Saxòfon - entre d'altres instruments |
| Popularitat al Mainstream | Molt alta als Estats Units, Europa i el Japó durant el final dels anys setanta i primera meitat dels vuitanta. Moderada, posteriorment. |
| Origen | Estats Units d'Amèrica i Europa  |
| Creació | dècada del 1960 |
| Part de | pop-rock |
| Altres temes | |
| Rock neoprogressiu | |
El soft rock ('rock suau') és un estil musical, que es distingeix d'altres tipus de rock per l'ús de distorsions poc saturades en les guitarres, melodies fàcilment assimilables i lletres poc controvertides. Altres denominacions, com AOR (adult oriented rock: ‘rock orientat a adults'), es refereixen bàsicament al mateix fenomen.
Artistes i temes
A manera d'indicació, i com a exemples de temes i/o artistes considerats usualment dintre el soft rock, tot i que provenen d'estils molt diferents, s'inclou la següent llista:
- 10cc I’m not in love, The Things We do for Love.
- ABBA: Fernando, The winner takes it all, Eagle.
- Ace: How Long,1975
- Association: Never My Love, Windy.
- Barry Manilow: Mandy, I write the songs, Looks like we made it, The old songs.
- The Beatles: Penny Lane, Hellow Goodbye
- The Beach Boys: God Only Knows, Surf's Up
- Bee Gees: To Love Somebody, I Started a Joke(1960s)
- Bonnie Tyler: It’s a heartache, Total eclipse of the heart.
- Bruce Hornsby: The way it is, Mandolin Rain.
- Carly Simon: You’re so vain, Nobody does it better.
- Carole King: It’s too late, So Far Away.
- Chicago: Just You and Me, Saturday in the Park,If you leave me now, Hard to say I’m sorry.
- Christopher Cross: Artur's Theme,1981
- The Cyrkle: Red Rubber Ball
- Dave Clark Five: Because, 1964
- Don McLean: American pie, Vincent, Crying, Castle in the Air
- Edison Lighthouse: Love Grows.
- Elton John: Daniel, Your song, Tiny dancer, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
- Flying Machine: Smile a Little Smaile for me
- Fleetwood Mac: Dreams, You Make Loving Fun, 1977
- Foreigner: Waiting for a girl like you.
- Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street,1978
- Albert Hammond: It Never Rains in Southern California,1973
- Harpers Bizarre: The 59th Bridge Song(Feelin' Groovy)
- Harry Chapin: Cat’s in the Cradle,1974
- Kim Carnes: More Love,1980
- Leo Sayer:"More than I can say, When I need you.
- Mike & the Mechanics: Sirent Running, Living years.
- Neil Diamond: Song sung blue, Sweet Caroline, Cracklin Rosie.
- Gilbert O'Sullivan: Alone Again,1972
- Paul Simon: Kodachrome, Slip slidin' away, American Tune, Mama and Child Reunion.
- Phil Collins: Against all odds (Take a look at me now), One more night.
- Savage Garden: Truly madly deeply.
- Sheena Easton: For your eyes only, We’ve got tonight.
- Stealers Wheel: Stuck in the middle with you, 1973
- The Carpenters: We’ve only just begun, Close to you.
- The Eagles: Desperado, I can't tell you why.
- The Naked Brothers Band: If that’s not love, Proof of my love,(USA)
- Tommy James & the Shondells: Climson and Clover.
- Todd Rundgren: Hello, it’s me, I Saw the Right.
- Wings: My Love,With a Little Luck.
- Paul Williams: We’ve only just begun.
- The Zombies: Time of the Season, Tell Her No.
- Auryn,(Espanya)
