In fact, the latter record draws comparisons to Black Sabbath and '70s album-oriented rock.

The ambition of album-oriented rock has always been grander, though - to be musically unique and great but also popular, successful, cool.

The format of OZ at the time was in a traditional form of album-oriented rock.

Later the format shifted to oldies ("Golden 105") and then album-oriented rock in 1971.

At the same time, it changed to live album-oriented rock.

In 1975 the format was changed to album-oriented rock and the station identified itself as M105.

The format was flipped to automated album-oriented rock in 1981.

The song has long been played on album-oriented rock and classic rock radio stations.

The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles.

There are several standard ways of selecting the music, such as free-form, top-40, album-oriented rock, and Jack.