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)
Categoria:Gèneres del rock