A.O.R no screaming

Ah as a teenager growing up in the late 70's my best friend was an AOR/Pomp rock nut-I had to join in.
Just this week I bought the gold edition of the first Boston album and the remastered version of the first Foreigner album.
It's a music that is derided,is it that awful?- certainly Americans in the late 70's didn't know how to dress and Kevin whathisface in Reo Speedwagon had a really big nose, but what are your memories?
For my money there were some great musicians taking part,Neal Schon,Tom Scholtz et al,however it did get saturated pretty quickly and didn't develop as a genre but even in rainy Scotland some of us rocked,ah we were young.
To start the debate here is my AOR top 5........

1.Kansas-Point Of Know Return
2.Journey-Escape
3.Styx-Pieces Of Eight
4.Boston-Boston
5.Foreigner-Foreigner

Heaven or hell?