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- Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 1960s from what was called freeform and later progressive. The radio format has a broader, more diverse playlist than most other formats and tends to appeal more to adults than to teenagers. Less-played tracks are also common. Musical selection tends to be on the fringe of mainstream pop and rock as well as many other music genres such as indie rock, alternative rock, alternative country, jazz, folk, world music and blues. The musical selections tend to shy away from hard rock and rap music. Some Triple-A stations bill themselves under such slogans as "World Class Rock," "Quality Rock," or "Finest Rock. " Music selection also includes tracks from albums that are not singles, which leads to the enhanced and larger playlist. Many stations are now focused on playing new music from late seventies and eighties, calling it classic alternative. The soundtrack to the video age has become the newest movement in the adult alternative, bringing up new wave, as well as classic album tracks mixed in with today's current songs. Most of the songs seem to be aimed at a female audience, which was not played much in the last few years. But at its best, the style gained significant exposure for artists who were ambitious, intellectual, and/or idiosyncratic, yet still accessible enough to meet the requirements of mainstream radio programmers who wanted more sophisticated music that wasn't loud or overly disturbing. Modern adult alternative is a musical gumbo that works with fans of the MTV age of the eighties that are tired of classic rock radio. Triple-A songs sometimes do manage to chart on the Adult Top 40, modern rock, or an adult contemporary chart, since they may be the first to play a first breakout on AAA. Additionally, Radio and Records, a news magazine devoted to radio and the music industry, charts stations in various formats including Triple-A. Its sister publication Billboard also began a Triple-A chart using Radio and Records' information on July 10, 2008. Rival Mediabase 24/7 also does a Triple-A chart.
- L'Adult Alternative Rock, Album Alternative Rock o Adult Alternative Album è una scena musicale dell'alternative rock, nata dopo l'esplosione del genere nel mainstream. Non mostra differenze spiccate con il rock alternativo, ma è un genere leggermente più melodico, leggero e radio-friendly. La coniazione del termine infatti deriva appunto all'AOR, per le caratteristiche di base affini che presenta. Si può parlare di AAR riferendosi già ad artisti della scena jangle pop anni '80, come Gin Blossoms, Barenaked Ladies e Goo Goo Dolls, protagonisti di quella folk rock dall'attitudine cantautorale come Indigo Girls, Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple e Jewel, il movimento del rock tradizionale americano seguito da Sheryl Crow, Hootie & the Blowfish e Dave Matthews, o l'elettronica-trip hop della scuola di Bristol dei Portishead. Come dice già il termine stesso, e come accadeva per l'AOR, l'AAR presenta le caratteristiche di un rock più "maturo", più "adulto" rispetto ad altri, non molto distante dal pop rock radiofonico, ma di gran lunga più lontano dagli stili originari come il grunge, il college rock e il post-punk.
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- Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 1960s from what was called freeform and later progressive. The radio format has a broader, more diverse playlist than most other formats and tends to appeal more to adults than to teenagers. Less-played tracks are also common.
- L'Adult Alternative Rock, Album Alternative Rock o Adult Alternative Album è una scena musicale dell'alternative rock, nata dopo l'esplosione del genere nel mainstream. Non mostra differenze spiccate con il rock alternativo, ma è un genere leggermente più melodico, leggero e radio-friendly. La coniazione del termine infatti deriva appunto all'AOR, per le caratteristiche di base affini che presenta.
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