soft rock

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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

"I learnt a few ukulele chords for a Clairo song called Sofia," explains Aiman, who insists he really is a fan of the soft rock singer.

From BBC