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2Primary Stylistic Influences:
3+ RockAndRoll, {{Pop}}, ClassicalMusic
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6Secondary Stylistic Influences:
7+ UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, FolkMusic, {{Jazz}}, PsychedelicRock
8]
9->''"Baroque pop is to pop music what {{progressive rock}} is to rock music. It's a more complex form, likely to have more varied instrumentation and/or more ambitious song structures. Whilst the term baroque pop originated in 1960s music journalism during a fad for using a harpsichord in pop songs, the term as used by music journalists has come to mean something more ornate and complex than most pop music. In terms of modern artists, the two most often cited are the classically influenced ostentatious pop songs of Music/RufusWainwright, and the complex arrangements of Music/SufjanStevens' music with their non-standard time signatures, instrumentation and harmonic counterpoints."''
10-->-- '''port956''', [[http://baroquepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-baroque-pop.html "What is baroque pop?"]]
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12Baroque pop is a style of music that combines pop song-writing with (often complex) classical instrumentation. Instead of synths or electric guitars, expect to hear pianos, harpsichords, arrangements with bowed strings, woodwinds, and plucked harps. This style started in the [[TheSixties mid-60s]]. Even though the SubGenre is called ''Baroque'' pop, much of the instrumentation of it is more akin to the Classical period (ca. 1750 to the early 19th century), which was after the Baroque period (mid-17th century to ca. 1750). Chamber pop/rock is like Baroque pop/rock, except that the instrumentation is influenced by chamber music.
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14The exact origins of Baroque pop are unknown. The antecedents of adding orchestral instruments to pop arrangements date back to the earliest recordings, when jazz vocalists sung popular songs to the accompaniment of a jazz band and a small string orchestra. Music/BurtBacharach, Creator/AnthonyNewley, Music/PhilSpector, and Music/RoyOrbison often made or produced classical-inspired pop songs, whilst Music/BuddyHolly dabbled in orchestral ballads towards the end of his career. Music/TheZombies' "She's Not There" is often cited as an early example of the sub-genre, but although the song had many harmonic qualities found in later baroque pop, it didn't use classical instrumentation. The song and group did inspire Michael Brown to form The Left Banke, whose 1966 single "Walk Away Renée" is considered the first true baroque pop single. Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/TheKinks, Music/TheMoodyBlues, Music/{{ABBA}}, Music/TheBeeGees, Music/ProcolHarum, Music/{{Sparks}} and The Zombies themselves are among the bands from this period that absorbed the influence of the sub-genre.
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16Baroque pop then faded into the background as {{punk rock}}, {{disco}}, [[HeavyMetal metal]], {{electronic music}}, and {{progressive rock}} dominated the music scene. It slowly started to revive. Now baroque pop is more common, although its musicians are often classified under indie, {{alternative|Rock}}, folk, Americana, {{Britpop}}, or {{dream pop}} instead.
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19!!Some Baroque Pop and Chamber Pop artists are:
20[[index]]
21
22* Music/ToriAmos (especially her first three albums, ''Midwinter Graces'', and ''Night Of Hunters'')
23** 1992 - ''Music/LittleEarthquakes''
24* Music/{{Anathallo}} evolved into this. Initially, they were PostRock.
25* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons
26* Music/AdamAndTheAnts
27** 1979 - ''Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox''
28** 1980 - ''Music/KingsOfTheWildFrontier''
29** 1981 - ''Music/PrinceCharming''
30* Music/AdamAnt
31** 1982 - ''Music/FriendOrFoe''
32** 1983 - ''Music/{{Strip}}''
33** 1985 - ''Music/ViveLeRock''
34** 1990 - ''Music/MannersAndPhysique''
35* Music/FionaApple
36* Music/ArcadeFire
37** 2004 - ''Music/{{Funeral}}''
38** 2010 - ''Music/TheSuburbs''
39* Music/TheAssociation
40* Music/{{AURORA|Singer}}
41* Music/EmilieAutumn (in the ''Enchant'' era - ''Opheliac'' is much more industrial/metal, though there's still violins. Perhaps her music could be called [[GenreMashup chamber metal.]])
42* Music/BurtBacharach
43* Music/TheBeachBoys
44** 1964 - ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum''
45** 1965 - ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday''
46** 1965 - ''Music/SummerDaysAndSummerNights''
47** 1966 - ''Music/PetSounds''
48** 1967 - ''Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}}''
49** 1967 - ''Music/SmileySmile''
50** 1967 - ''Music/WildHoney''
51** 1968 - ''Music/{{Friends|1968}}''
52** 1969 - ''Music/TwentyTwenty''
53** 1970 - ''Music/{{Sunflower}}''
54** 1971 - ''[[Music/SurfsUp1971 Surf's Up]]''
55* Music/BeachHouse
56* Music/TheBeatles
57** 1965 - ''Music/RubberSoul''
58** 1966 - ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}''
59** 1967 - ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''
60** 1967 - ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour''
61** 1968 - ''[[Music/TheWhiteAlbum The Beatles]]''
62** 1968 - ''Music/YellowSubmarine''
63** 1969 - ''Music/AbbeyRoad''
64** 1988 - ''Music/PastMasters''
65** 1995/1996 - ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''
66* Music/TheBeeGees (early years)
67* Music/BelleAndSebastian
68* Music/{{BIGMAMA}} (from about 2013 onward)
69* Music/BigStar
70** 1978 (recorded in 1974) - ''Third/Sister Lovers''
71* Music/AndrewBird
72* Music/{{Birdeatsbaby}}
73* Music/TheBrunettes
74* Music/TimBuckley
75* Music/KateBush, especially her earlier work (her '80s albums combined this sound with NewWaveMusic).
76** 1978 - ''Music/TheKickInside''
77** 1980 - ''Music/NeverForEver''
78** 1982 - ''Music/TheDreaming''
79** 1985 - ''Music/HoundsOfLove''
80** 1989 - ''Music/TheSensualWorld''
81** 1993 - ''Music/{{The Red Shoes|Album}}''
82** 2005 - ''Music/{{Aerial}}''
83** 2011 - ''Music/FiftyWordsForSnow''
84* Music/DavidByrne: shifted to this style in the 2000's, using it as the core for an eclectic art pop sound.
85** 2001 - ''Music/LookIntoTheEyeball''
86** 2004 - ''Music/GrownBackwards''
87** 2008 - ''Music/EverythingThatHappensWillHappenToday''
88** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/StVincent)
89** 2018 - ''Music/AmericanUtopia''
90* Music/CameraObscura
91* Music/JohnCale
92* Music/KenjiSawada (Earliest works had a few singles like this, and in the late eighties/early nineties included a lot of string sections mixed in, often drawing from classical melodies)
93* Music/TheDecemberists
94* Music/DeepPurple - their second LP ''Music/TheBookOfTaliesyn'' incorporates use of a chamber string orchestra to back the track ''Anthem''.
95* Music/LanaDelRey
96** 2012 - ''Music/BornToDie''
97** 2019 - ''Music/NormanFuckingRockwell''
98* Music/TheDirtyProjectors
99* Music/TheDivineComedy
100* Music/{{Donovan}}
101* Music/NickDrake
102* Music/{{Efterklang}}
103* The Elephant 6 Collective
104** Music/TheApplesInStereo
105** Music/{{Beulah}}
106** Music/CirculatorySystem
107** Music/ElfPower
108** Music/NeutralMilkHotel
109*** 1996 - ''Music/OnAveryIsland''
110*** 1998 - ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea''
111** Music/OfMontreal
112** Music/TheOliviaTremorControl
113* Music/EltonJohn
114* Music/EvelynEvelyn
115* Music/{{Feist}}
116* Music/{{FlamingLips}} incorporated elements of chamber pop during their late 90s period.
117** 1999 - ''Music/TheSoftBulletin''
118* Music/FleetFoxes
119* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine
120* Music/TheFreeDesign
121* Music/FreelanceWhales
122* Music/{{Fun}}
123* Music/SergeGainsbourg
124* Music/ChrisGarneau
125* Music/{{Genesis|Band}} (only for one album prior to their better-known ProgressiveRock output)
126** 1969 - ''Music/FromGenesisToRevelation''
127* Music/LisaGermano
128* Music/LisaGerrard
129* Music/GrizzlyBear
130* [[Music/{{Tsukipro}} Growth]]
131* Music/HugoLargo
132* Music/ItsABeautifulDay, [[OneHitWonder who are mostly known for the song]] "White Bird".
133* Music/TheJamies with their 1958 hit song "Summertime" are often considered the UrExample.
134* Music/{{Jellyfish}} (They started off as PowerPop, but moved towards this later on)
135* Music/{{Keane}}
136* Music/TheKinks
137** 1967 - ''Music/SomethingElseByTheKinks''
138** 1968 - ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety''
139* Music/TheLastShadowPuppets
140* Music/TheLeftBanke (often considered the TropeMaker)
141* Music/JensLekman
142* Music/LesFriction
143* Music/{{Love|Band}}
144** 1967 - ''Music/ForeverChanges''
145* Music/TheLovinSpoonful
146* Music/TheMagneticFields
147* Music/TheMamasAndThePapas
148* Music/TheMillenium
149* Music/{{Momus}} combines this with SynthPop and ElectronicMusic, self-dubbed "analogue baroque".
150* Music/VanMorrison
151** 1968 - ''Music/AstralWeeks''
152* Music/MyBrightestDiamond
153* Music/TheNational
154* Creator/AnthonyNewley
155* Music/JoannaNewsom
156* Music/{{Nico}}'s ''Chelsea Girl''
157* Music/NicoleAtkins
158* Music/OwenPallett
159* Music/PanicAtTheDisco
160** 2005 - ''Music/AFeverYouCantSweatOut''
161** 2008 - ''Pretty. Odd.''
162* Music/ParentheticalGirls
163* Music/VanDykeParks
164* Music/PerfumeGenius
165* Music/ThePolyphonicSpree (also PsychedelicRock)
166* Music/PrettyBalanced
167* Music/ThePrettyThings
168** 1968 - ''Music/SFSorrow''
169* Music/ProcolHarum
170* Music/{{Rasputina}}
171* Music/LouReed
172** 1973 - ''Music/{{Berlin}}''
173* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}
174** 1967 - ''Music/BetweenTheButtons''
175* Music/SanFermin
176* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel
177** 1970 - ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater''
178* Music/DuncanSheik
179* Music/CosmoSheldrake
180* Music/ShiinaRingo has this among her many styles, although she is also a case of GenreBusting
181** Music/ShosoStrip
182** Music/KarukiZamenKuriNoHana
183* Music/ElliottSmith
184* [[Music/SoporAeternusAndTheEnsembleOfShadows Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows]] is this mixed with {{Darkwave}}.
185* Music/{{Sparks}}. Their music always had traces of classical and theatrical influence, but it wasn't until the 2000s that they fully embraced a chamber pop sound.
186** 2002 - ''Music/LilBeethoven''
187* Music/ReginaSpektor
188** 2004 - ''Music/SovietKitsch''
189* Music/{{Starflyer 59}} dipped into this on their 2001 album ''Leave Here A Stranger'' (which was a tribute to the Beach Boys' ''Pet Sounds'') and their 2005 album ''Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice''.
190* Music/{{Strawbs}}
191* Music/StVincent
192** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/DavidByrne)
193* Music/CatStevens, on his [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first two albums]].
194* Music/SufjanStevens, particularly his ''Music/{{Illinois}}'' and ''Michigan'' albums, his Christmas music, and the ''All Delighted People'' EP.
195** 2005 - ''Music/{{Illinois}}''
196* Music/MosesSumney
197* Music/TheStranglers' "Golden Brown," a BlackSheepHit from the punk/rock band that features an actual harpsichord for that original baroque sound.
198* Music/TearsForFears
199** 1985 - ''Music/SongsFromTheBigChair''
200** 1989 - ''Music/TheSeedsOfLove''
201** 1993 - ''Music/{{Elemental|Album}}''
202** 1995 - ''Music/RaoulAndTheKingsOfSpain''
203** 2004 - ''Music/EverybodyLovesAHappyEnding''
204* Music/TheTigers Their first 5 singles and ''Human Renascence''
205* Music/ViennaTeng
206* Music/RufusWainwright
207* Music/TheWalkerBrothers
208* Music/ScottWalker
209* Music/WeyesBlood
210* Music/{{Wilco}} began incorporating elements of this with ''Summerteeth''.
211** 2002 - ''Music/YankeeHotelFoxtrot''
212* Music/PatrickWolf
213* Music/{{Woodkid}}
214* Music/{{XTC}} from ''Music/{{Skylarking}}'' onward.
215* Music/TheZombies
216** 1965 - ''Music/BeginHere''
217** 1968 - ''Music/OdesseyAndOracle''
218[[/index]]

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