| | Monster Ballads CD (10 Customer Reviews)
Razor & Tie's Monster Ballads provides a near-definitive portrait of the golden age of the power ballad, the late '80s/early '90s (henceforth known as the Bush era). Sure, a few of the 16 songs were recorded prior to the Bush era (such as Mike Reno and Anne Wilson's genre-defining "Almost Paradise" or Europe's "Carrie"), and there are a few noticeable omissions (no Bon Jovi or Slaughter, "Something to Believe In" instead of the classic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" from Poison), but it's hard to argue with almost everything here. Nearly every classic power ballad is here -- "Heaven," "High Enough," "Is This Love," "To Be With You," "Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone," "More Than Words," "Headed for a Heartbreak," "When I See You Smile," "When I'm With You," and the Scorpions' end of the Cold War epic "Winds of Change" -- and those that don't quite make "classic" status are usually listenable (with the notable exception of Steelheart's "I'll Never Let You Go [Angel Eyes]). Ultimately, the missing tracks and the mediocre cuts don't drag down the disc, since the core of this collection consists of the best power ballads known to man. What exactly that means is subject to interpretation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Warrant,Extreme,Cinderella, Bad English,Steelheart,Mr.Big
Compilation producers: Craig Balsam, Cliff Chenfeld.
Monster Ballads Songs | 1. | Heaven - Warrant |
| 2. | Something to Believe In - Poison |
| 3. | High Enough - Damn Yankees |
| 4. | Almost Paradise - Mike Reno/Ann Wilson |
| 5. | Is This Love - Whitesnake |
| 6. | To Be With You - Mr. Big |
| 7. | Carrie - Europe |
| 8. | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) - Cinderella |
| 9. | More Than Words - Extreme |
| 10. | Headed for a Heartbreak - Winger |
| 11. | When I Look into Your Eyes - Firehouse |
| 12. | Wind of Change - Scorpions |
| 13. | I'll Never Let You Go - Steelheart |
| 14. | When I See You Smile - Bad English |
| 15. | Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix |
| 16. | When I'm With You - Sheriff |
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 Half of the Ballads
Here are some wonderful "soft yet metal" songs that were heard on the radio. However, this album contains only about half of the songs that are found on the original collection, available from the source store. It contained 35 hits, but that edition cost about $26. If you want the whole deal, go for that collection. Yet, on the other hand, the sixteen songs on this version are some of the better ones picked from the original disc.
Submitted by Mouse (College Station, TX, USA)
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Good Tunes
This CD is a must have. It brought back a lot of good memories and old tunes that I haven't heard in awhile.
Submitted by shadypie (Beaumont, Texas)
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This CD is very good. I like it alot. It makes me think about things. It's a good one. A good stocking stuffer.
Submitted by Mitchnba9 (Deer Park, WA)
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this is the best album eva! i, like, grew up on these songs, i have been listining to them eva since i was in my cradle, and this is the best collection of hits i have eva heard!
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