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Primary Stylistic Influences:
+ RockAndRoll, {{Pop}}, ClassicalMusic
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Secondary Stylistic Influences:
+ UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, FolkMusic, {{Jazz}}, PsychedelicRock
]
->''"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."''
-->-- '''port956''', [[http://baroquepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-baroque-pop.html "What is baroque pop?"]]

Baroque 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.

The 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.

Baroque 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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!!Some Baroque Pop and Chamber Pop artists are:
[[index]]

* Music/ToriAmos (especially her first three albums, ''Midwinter Graces'', and ''Night Of Hunters'')
** 1992 - ''Music/LittleEarthquakes''
* Music/{{Anathallo}} evolved into this. Initially, they were PostRock.
* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons
* Music/AdamAndTheAnts
** 1979 - ''Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox''
** 1980 - ''Music/KingsOfTheWildFrontier''
** 1981 - ''Music/PrinceCharming''
* Music/AdamAnt
** 1982 - ''Music/FriendOrFoe''
** 1983 - ''Music/{{Strip}}''
** 1985 - ''Music/ViveLeRock''
** 1990 - ''Music/MannersAndPhysique''
* Music/FionaApple
* Music/ArcadeFire
** 2004 - ''Music/{{Funeral}}''
** 2010 - ''Music/TheSuburbs''
* Music/TheAssociation
* Music/{{AURORA|Singer}}
* 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.]])
* Music/BurtBacharach
* Music/TheBeachBoys
** 1964 - ''Music/TheBeachBoysChristmasAlbum''
** 1965 - ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday''
** 1965 - ''Music/SummerDaysAndSummerNights''
** 1966 - ''Music/PetSounds''
** 1967 - ''Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}}''
** 1967 - ''Music/SmileySmile''
** 1967 - ''Music/WildHoney''
** 1968 - ''Music/{{Friends|1968}}''
** 1969 - ''Music/TwentyTwenty''
** 1970 - ''Music/{{Sunflower}}''
** 1971 - ''[[Music/SurfsUp1971 Surf's Up]]''
* Music/BeachHouse
* Music/TheBeatles
** 1965 - ''Music/RubberSoul''
** 1966 - ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}''
** 1967 - ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''
** 1967 - ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour''
** 1968 - ''[[Music/TheWhiteAlbum The Beatles]]''
** 1968 - ''Music/YellowSubmarine''
** 1969 - ''Music/AbbeyRoad''
** 1988 - ''Music/PastMasters''
** 1995/1996 - ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''
* Music/TheBeeGees (early years)
* Music/BelleAndSebastian
* Music/{{BIGMAMA}} (from about 2013 onward)
* Music/BigStar
** 1978 (recorded in 1974) - ''Third/Sister Lovers''
* Music/AndrewBird
* Music/{{Birdeatsbaby}}
* Music/TheBrunettes
* Music/TimBuckley
* Music/KateBush, especially her earlier work (her '80s albums combined this sound with NewWaveMusic).
** 1978 - ''Music/TheKickInside''
** 1980 - ''Music/NeverForEver''
** 1982 - ''Music/TheDreaming''
** 1985 - ''Music/HoundsOfLove''
** 1989 - ''Music/TheSensualWorld''
** 1993 - ''Music/{{The Red Shoes|Album}}''
** 2005 - ''Music/{{Aerial}}''
** 2011 - ''Music/FiftyWordsForSnow''
* Music/DavidByrne: shifted to this style in the 2000's, using it as the core for an eclectic art pop sound.
** 2001 - ''Music/LookIntoTheEyeball''
** 2004 - ''Music/GrownBackwards''
** 2008 - ''Music/EverythingThatHappensWillHappenToday''
** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/StVincent)
** 2018 - ''Music/AmericanUtopia''
* Music/CameraObscura
* Music/JohnCale
* 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)
* Music/TheDecemberists
* Music/DeepPurple - their second LP ''Music/TheBookOfTaliesyn'' incorporates use of a chamber string orchestra to back the track ''Anthem''.
* Music/LanaDelRey
** 2012 - ''Music/BornToDie''
** 2019 - ''Music/NormanFuckingRockwell''
* Music/TheDirtyProjectors
* Music/TheDivineComedy
* Music/{{Donovan}}
* Music/NickDrake
* Music/{{Efterklang}}
* The Elephant 6 Collective
** Music/TheApplesInStereo
** Music/{{Beulah}}
** Music/CirculatorySystem
** Music/ElfPower
** Music/NeutralMilkHotel
*** 1996 - ''Music/OnAveryIsland''
*** 1998 - ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea''
** Music/OfMontreal
** Music/TheOliviaTremorControl
* Music/EltonJohn
* Music/EvelynEvelyn
* Music/{{Feist}}
* Music/{{FlamingLips}} incorporated elements of chamber pop during their late 90s period.
** 1999 - ''Music/TheSoftBulletin''
* Music/FleetFoxes
* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine
* Music/TheFreeDesign
* Music/FreelanceWhales
* Music/{{Fun}}
* Music/SergeGainsbourg
* Music/ChrisGarneau
* Music/LisaGermano
* Music/LisaGerrard
* Music/GrizzlyBear
* [[Music/{{Tsukipro}} Growth]]
* Music/HugoLargo
* Music/ItsABeautifulDay, [[OneHitWonder who are mostly known for the song]] "White Bird".
* Music/TheJamies with their 1958 hit song "Summertime" are often considered the UrExample.
* Music/{{Jellyfish}} (They started off as PowerPop, but moved towards this later on)
* Music/{{Keane}}
* Music/TheKinks
** 1967 - ''Music/SomethingElseByTheKinks''
** 1968 - ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety''
* Music/TheLastShadowPuppets
* Music/TheLeftBanke (often considered the TropeMaker)
* Music/JensLekman
* Music/LesFriction
* Music/{{Love|Band}}
** 1967 - ''Music/ForeverChanges''
* Music/TheLovinSpoonful
* Music/TheMagneticFields
* Music/TheMamasAndThePapas
* Music/TheMillenium
* Music/{{Momus}} combines this with SynthPop and ElectronicMusic, self-dubbed "analogue baroque".
* Music/VanMorrison
** 1968 - ''Music/AstralWeeks''
* Music/MyBrightestDiamond
* Music/TheNational
* Creator/AnthonyNewley
* Music/JoannaNewsom
** 2006 - ''Music/{{Ys|2006}}''
** 2010 - ''Music/HaveOneOnMe''
* Music/{{Nico}}'s ''Chelsea Girl''
* Music/NicoleAtkins
* Music/OwenPallett
* Music/PanicAtTheDisco
** 2005 - ''Music/AFeverYouCantSweatOut''
** 2008 - ''Pretty. Odd.''
* Music/ParentheticalGirls
* Music/VanDykeParks
* Music/PerfumeGenius
* Music/ThePolyphonicSpree (also PsychedelicRock)
* Music/PrettyBalanced
* Music/ThePrettyThings
** 1968 - ''Music/SFSorrow''
* Music/ProcolHarum
* Music/{{Rasputina}}
* Music/LouReed
** 1973 - ''Music/{{Berlin}}''
* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}
** 1967 - ''Music/BetweenTheButtons''
* Music/SanFermin
* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel
** 1970 - ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater''
* Music/DuncanSheik
* Music/CosmoSheldrake
* Music/ShiinaRingo has this among her many styles, although she is also a case of GenreBusting
** Music/ShosoStrip
** Music/KarukiZamenKuriNoHana
* Music/ElliottSmith
* [[Music/SoporAeternusAndTheEnsembleOfShadows Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows]] is this mixed with {{Darkwave}}.
* 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.
** 2002 - ''Music/LilBeethoven''
* Music/ReginaSpektor
** 2004 - ''Music/SovietKitsch''
* 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''.
* Music/{{Strawbs}}
* Music/StVincent
** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/DavidByrne)
* Music/CatStevens, on his [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first two albums]].
* Music/SufjanStevens, particularly his ''Music/{{Illinois}}'' and ''Michigan'' albums, his Christmas music, and the ''All Delighted People'' EP.
** 2005 - ''Music/{{Illinois}}''
* Music/MosesSumney
* Music/TheStranglers' "Golden Brown," a BlackSheepHit from the punk/rock band that features an actual harpsichord for that original baroque sound.
* Music/TheTigers Their first 5 singles and ''Human Renascence''
* Music/ViennaTeng
* Music/RufusWainwright
* Music/TheWalkerBrothers
* Music/ScottWalker
* Music/WeyesBlood
* Music/{{Wilco}} began incorporating elements of this with ''Summerteeth''.
** 2002 - ''Music/YankeeHotelFoxtrot''
* Music/PatrickWolf
* Music/{{Woodkid}}
* Music/{{XTC}} from ''Music/{{Skylarking}}'' onward.
* Music/TheZombies
** 1965 - ''Music/BeginHere''
** 1968 - ''Music/OdesseyAndOracle''
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