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Monster Ballads

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If you want to hear these songs on a radio station, chances are you will have to listen during the station's specialty progamming. Long gone from rotation even on classic rock stations, this is the collection you need to satisfy your intense '80s cravings! OK, early '90s as well. Still, the music that is collecting 50 layers of dust in the MTV storage bins comes to life right here. Even though what amazon is selling is a partial version (I have the full 2-CD set), you will definitely be taken back. The music is on fire!

This is not the same album set as is advertized on television. If you are looking for the 35 track set, go elsewhere.

Compilations, whether by a certain artist or various artists, are usually hit and miss. It's a lot like a gold miner's life. Sometimes you dig up nothing, or unearth fool's gold. But every now and then, you'll get lucky and dig up a great treasure.

Monster Ballads is one of these great treasures. Originally released as a double CD on TV, it has now been split into two and distributed through hundreds of stores, both in real life and on the computer. There are some real gems here, such as "High Enough" (my favorite!), "Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone", "Wind of Change", and "When I See You Smile". There are also some other nice finds (most of the other songs).

This is where the 'hit and miss' comes into focus, though. If you're real familiar with hair metal and late 80s/early 90s rock, you'll probably find yourself wondering why certain tracks are on here instead of others. Why is "Something To Believe In" on here in place of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"? Why not include something like Journey's "Open Arms", Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer", or a Def Leppard song? Or maybe you just like other ballads by certain represented artists better than the one that was included. I know I would've rather had Extreme's "Hole Hearted" instead of "More Than Words," even though I know the latter was their biggest hit.

That's just the way it goes though; unless you create a compilation of songs yourself, you're likely to be dissatisfied with some of the picks. There shouldn't be any argument, however, that Monster Ballads is a really good collection of those old anthems that you used to live by--and now we can call them classics. If you see some songs that you're dying to have on this album, don't think twice about making the purchase. Don't forget to check out Monster Ballads, Vol. 2 while you're at it. It's not as spectacular as this one, but it has some great songs as well.

This is my FAVORITE monster CD I own SO far...
It is full of a lot of the popular power ballads that we knew and loved in the day.
I do agree with the comment, what is Almost Paridise doing on here?!?!?!?! Oh well one misplaced song out of 16. My hidden gem find, Never let you go by Steelheart!!!!!!!! It was worth the money JusT for that song!!

If you want the full version of this CD, go to razor and tie. com, and you can get the full, 35 song version.

When I bought this CD 4 years ago, I was in for a good time cause it was the first time I've heard half of the years in many years and they're hard to find on FM Radio, The CD begins with Warrant's Heaven which was a Top 5 hit in 1989 and the boys in Warrant have a range for ballads, mid tempo rockers and party anthems as well, Poison scored a Top 10 hit in 1991 with Something to Believe In, vocalist Brett Michaels claims that this song was the hardest song he's ever written, Damn Yankess scored a huge hit in late 1990 with High Enough and it ended up being Ted Nugent's biggest hit of alltime, Ann Wilson and Mike Reno (of Heart and Loverboy, respectively) scored a big hit in 1984 with Almost Paradise and it's now a soft rock staple, Whitesnake scored a #2 hit in 1987 with Is This Love and vocalist David Coverdale was also in Deep Purple replacing Ian Gillan, Mr. Big scored their biggest hit in 1992 with To Be With You, Europe scored their biggest hit in 1987 with Carrie which went #3, Cinderella scored a Top 20 hit in late 1988 with Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone and it was the first time that I've heard of that song in years, Extreme scored a #1 hit in 1991 with More Than Words and it still gets timeless airplay today, Winger scored their first Top 20 hit in 1989 with Headed For a Heartbreak, Firehouse had a hit in 1992 with When I Look Into Your Eyes and it was the first time that I have ever heard of that song, Scorpions reached their biggest hit in 1991 with Wind of Change and it goes to show you that bad boys have their soft side, Steelheart had their only hit in 1991 with I'll Never Let You Go and in my opinion, I actually don't care for that song due to highly emotional vocals, Bad English was a supergroup of Journey and Baby's with a #2 hit in late 1989 with When I See You Smile, Kix had a #11 hit in 1989 with Don't Close Your Eyes, Sheriff had a hit in 1988 with When I'm With You and that tops it off with the collection.

If you loved the power ballad era of the mid 1980's to the early 1990's, then look no further, Monster Ballads is finally at your nearby department store and the whole CD well take you back to those glory days.

THE BEST OF THE 80'S LOVE SONGS WITH THE BADDEST BOYS OF ROCK! IF YOU LOVED OR LOST A LOVE THIS IS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR YOU. ONE OF THE BEST EVER!

Odds are, you know that these songs are great and you don't need someone like me to tell you that. But if the late eighties/early nineties hair band craze holds a special place in your heart, then this is a perfect CD. It's a well-chosen collection: "Heaven", "High Enough", and "I'll Never Let You Go" are my favorites. This is a great CD to have in the car on a long trip, especially if you like to sing along.

I admired that there are many great songs in this CD. And that's also my reason to buy this title. However, I'm disappointed when I compared some of them with the original CD that I have. The middle sound is boost up so you'd mostly hear the voice of singer. Regardless to the comparison of Carrie (Europe) and Wind of Change (Scorpions) with the original CD, I even think High Enough (Damn Yankees) in Power Ballads (FLASHBACK) is better, i.e. has more details in treble and bass. So all my points go to the number of big songs. If you love a good collection, this might be a good one. However if you like the quality sound of music, I'd rather recommend Power Ballads (FLASHBACK). ... Thanks for your attention.

I am not a heavy metal fan, but I have to say that this is a cool album, a compilation of some of the best rock ballads. I would recommend this album to any rock fan, not just heavy metal fans.