soft rock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft rock
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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With his first three albums of glittery throwback soft rock, the rap on Styles among a certain class of tastemaker was that he’d cultivated a squishy woke-heartthrob persona by sanding the rough edges of the transgressors who preceded him.
From Los Angeles Times
Founded in 1967 by Negron and fellow vocalists Cory Wells and Danny Hutton, Three Dog Night played catchy, polished soft rock — “slick as Wesson oil,” music critic Robert Christgau once wrote — with lush three-part harmonies and tons of melodic hooks.
From Los Angeles Times
A dreamy conflation of 1970s soft rock and 80s new wave hooks, it was heralded by the smash hit As It Was, and was showered with awards.
From BBC
Instead, they went straight to the studio, riffing on their shared love of The Cure, Oasis and - rather brilliantly - the Alessi Brothers' 1976 soft rock classic Seabird.
From BBC
But the soft rock reinvention caught some critics off guard.
From BBC
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