soft rock

noun

: rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock

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Ferguson’s 1977 soft rock hit evokes romantic, tropical escapism, featuring Joe Walsh on slide guitar and recorded at Miami’s famous Criteria Studios, where the Eagles recorded Hotel California (and where half your dad’s record collection was recorded). Brady Gerber, Vulture, 7 May 2025 Bryce Canyon is a colorful maze of spires, cliffs and ravines eroded in soft rock and soil at the edge of a plateau. CBS News, 2 May 2025 Throughout 12 hilarious episodes, Yacht Rock depicted an aspect of the Southern California music scene from over 40 years ago when soft rock dominated the charts and became commercially successful. David Chiu, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 And on a modern level, what Bob ended up doing would be classified today as soft rock. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soft rock

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soft rock was in 1965

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“Soft rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20rock. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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