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19 Love Ballads

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This is one of the best albums ever. It is strange that US has not embraced MLTR songs when they can listen to other boy bands. The group has been around for about 15 years now and with multiplatinum hits all across Europe and particularly famous in the east.

This album definitely is for all ages. Songs you can listen to in front of your kids and not be embarassed. America is surely missing out on the best..!!!

If you are the one for soft/slow rock, this is the one CD that should not be missing from your collection.

MLTR has been making international recordings for nearly 15 years now (the band was formed in 1991, when Jascha Richter (singer and keyboard player), Kåre Wanscher (drummer), and Mikkel Lentz (guitarist) came together to form a band. Bass guitarist Søren Madsen was roped in later), and yet they are able to keep their freshness alive in their songs. Though most of the songs delve around emotions surrounding love and its ilk, they have been able to make each song unique in itself.

Their songs are characterized by a clearly understandable accent, with heavy attention to the lyrics. Chorus singing forms a key portion of almost all their songs.

This collection is amazing to listen at a stretch, and I am writing about the songs I liked most in it -

The Ghost of you (10/10) - The first song in the album, this is the song of a person who has been separated from his/her lover, it has smooth chorus singing, guitar music, and a wonderful, moving outro Chorus music in the end

The Actor (10/10) - A good typical teenage song - great chorus, acoustic guitar music

Sleeping Child (10/10) - From their album - Colours, this is a passionate song about the sleeping child. Nice guitar piece music

Complicated Heart (9/10) - A sad-to-happy song, slow, soulful lyric. Nice acoustic guitar music

25 Minutes (10/10) - another favorite of mine - the song of a repenting person who sees the good in his/her partner after she has gone away

Love will never lie - Again, lilting chorus singing, adding to the beauty of the voice of Jascha Ricter

I'm Gonna Be Around (8/10) - Nice chorus and guitar interludes. Chorus dominates here!

Paint my Love (10/10): Probably the most popular song in MLTR's repertoire, mostly for the wonderful music, and the equally terrific lyrics (`Paint, my love/You should paint my love/It's a picture of a thousand sunsets/ It's a freedom of thousand loves...)

Breaking My Heart (8/10) - A sad but good song with nice chorus singing

Strange Foreign Beauty (10/10) - Great 'strange music' when the song begins. Added to that is the amazing voice of Jascha Ricter. Good, slow electric guitar piece music towards the end of the song.

Blue Night - Another romantic song with great music and chorus. `When the blue night is over my face/on the dark side of the world in space...'

That's why you go (10/10) - My favorite song, great piano music, and lyrics. See the following lyrics (the song is set as if a person is separating from his/her lover),
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`Sitting here all alone in the middle of nowhere
Don't know which way to go
There ain't so much to say now between us
There ain't so much for you
There ain't so much for me anymore...'
What follows is an aptly played electric guitar music piece which carries the emotions of the song well.

I echo Mr. Srinivas Khatta's views about the propriety of listening it with kids. If you are collecting varied pop songs, known for their lyrics and soulful singing and music, surely this is a great cd to be with your collection of pop songs.

I would say most of the 19 songs on the CD have accompanied me through the years, almost timeless music treasure for me. Wonderful love songs, like 25 Minutes, That's Why, Paint My Love, Blue Night, The Ghost in You, just to name a few. In every new album Michael Learns to Rock reinvented themselves, with new songs in their own style. Highly recommended!

Well, if you're an MLTR fan then this ballad collection is a definite "must buy". You probably know all the songs on this album but don't they just sound new everytime you hear them? MLTR has a way with sad love songs and the music here really speaks to the listener. This is a very good album. With tracks like "Sleeping Child", "25 Minutes","That's Why ( You go Away),"Paint my love"......the list is endless........infact all 19 tracks are splendid. If you've not heard of MLTR before, then this album will definitely not let you down!