

The Elton John Band defines best soft rock music: songs written by the songwriters with accompaniment by a band transcending the sounds of hard rock music.Įlton John has sold over three hundred units of his album worldwide and is considered one of music’s best-selling, with his single dedicated to Princess Diana of Wales called a Candle in the Wind selling up to 33 million copies worldwide. It is not only the best-selling soft rock album but also the top-selling album of the entire decade.Īmidst tumultuous personal issues within and between band members who are also lovers, Rumours will go on to be one of the perfect albums that define not only that decade but the next and the next after that.

The best soft rock band’s transition from blues to a more California-cool soft pop rock was established with the release of their album Fleetwood Mac in 1975, which reached the top of the charts in the US, but nothing made them more renowned than the release of their second record titled Rumours. The band was originally geared towards being a blues band initially before Mick Fleetwood brought Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the fold, having been discovered them while he was scouting for studios in Los Angeles. One of the most well-known best soft rock albums is Rumours by the soft rock band Fleetwood Mac led by Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham in vocals.
