| Product Summary | | Label: Bmg/razor & Tie Entertainment | | UPC: 00793018902427 | | Release Date: 6/29/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60317064 | | Item#: MF69S4 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Heaven - Warrant ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Something To Believe In - Poison ~ Various Artists | | | 3. High Enough - Damn Yankees ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Almost Paradise - Mike Reno/Ann Wilson ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Is This Love - Whitesnake ~ Various Artists | | | 6. To Be With You - Mr. Big ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Carrie - Europe ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) - Cinderella ~ Various Artists | | | 9. More Than Words - Extreme ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Headed For A Heartbreak - Winger ~ Various Artists | | | 11. When I Look Into Your Eyes - Firehouse ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Wind Of Change - Scorpions ~ Various Artists | | | 13. I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes) - Steelheart ~ Various Artists | | | 14. When I See You Smile - Bad English ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix ~ Various Artists | | | 16. When I'm With You - Sheriff ~ Various Artists | |
| Monster Ballads provides a near-definitive portrait of the golden age of the power ballad, the late '80s/early '90s including great hits like "Heaven," "Almost Paridise," and "When I'm with you."
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: Craig Balsam, Cliff Chenfeld. | | 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 |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/29/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 9022 | | Label : Razor & Tie Music | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00793018902427 |
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