Oor is the oldest currently published music magazine in the Netherlands, founded in 1971. is the Dutch word for ear. Until 1984, it was published as .
History The magazine was first published on 1 April 1971 as Muziekkrant Oor, being founded by Barend Toet. Toet used the United States' Rolling Stone and the United Kingdom's Melody Maker as examples to model Muziekkrant Oor after.
Of the first issue, 20,000 copies were printed and paid for by Berry Visser, one of the co-founders of Mojo Concerts. The magazine was sold to Levisson on 1 January 1972. In 1978, the magazine was bought by Elsevier. Throughout the 1970s and 1990s, Oor was seen as "the only source of information in the Netherlands when it came to 'serious' pop music", because other magazines only dealt with Top 40 pop and foreign magazines could only be purchased in large cities. Oor also received exclusive interviews with musicians such as Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Prince and Fela Kuti. The magazine's album reviews and concert schedules were a key part of its popularity.
Halfway through the 1990s, Oor was sold to the Telegraaf Media Group. In 2002, Oor was bought by Erik de Vlieger's Imca Media Group. Since 2006, Argo Media is the owner.
Originally, Oor was published as a newspaper, hence the word 'krant' in the name. From the 1980s onward, the word Muziekkrant was dropped from the title and Oor had become a magazine. In 2005 the publication frequency changed from bi-weekly to monthly.
In 2021, the book Want More? Het beste van 50 jaar Oor was published to celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary. The crowdfunded goal of €22,500 was easily reached, and a total of €100,000 was raised on www.voordekunst.nl.
Albums of the year YearArtistAlbumSource1990Living ColourTime's Up1991NirvanaNevermind1992Tom WaitsBone Machine1993The LemonheadsCome on Feel the Lemonheads1994SpearheadHome1995Oasis(What's the Story) Morning Glory?1996DJ ShadowEndtroducing.....1997RadioheadOK Computer1998Massive AttackMezzanine1999Tom WaitsMule Variations2000EminemThe Marshall Mathers LP2001The StrokesIs This It2002Queens of the Stone AgeSongs for the Deaf2003The White StripesElephant2004Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand2005Antony and The JohnsonsI Am a Bird Now2006Arctic MonkeysWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not2007Arctic MonkeysFavourite Worst Nightmare2008TV on the RadioDear Science2009The xxXx2010Arcade FireThe Suburbs2011PJ HarveyLet England Shake2012Alt-JAn Awesome Wave2013Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsPush the Sky Away2014The War on DrugsLost in the Dream2015Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell2016David BowieBlackstar2017LCD SoundsystemAmerican Dream2018Janelle MonáeDirty Computer2019Lana Del ReyNorman Fucking Rockwell!2020Eefje de VisserBitterzoet2021Little SimzSometimes I Might Be Introvert2022Big ThiefDragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You2023Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want to Turn Into You2024Charli XCXBrat2025RosalíaLux
References
External links www.oor.nl