Now Power Ballads

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B001RXB4PO
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,303 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Every Rose Has Its Thorn

2. Faithfully

3. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

4. Love Bites

5. Is This Love

6. Never

7. The Flame

8. When I See You Smile

9. Sister Christian

10. The Search Is Over

11. When I'm with You

12. Still Loving You

13. Fly to the Angels

14. More Than Words

15. Amanda

16. Love Song

17. Heaven

18. Silent Lucidity

Editorial Reviews

2009 release, the latest companion release from the hugely successful Now That's What I Call Music! series, which have collectively sold over 72 million copies in the U.S. This collection contains 18 definitive Rock ballads from the finest Classic Rock and AOR bands in history including Journey, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Poison, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Scorpions, Heart, Night Ranger, Warrant and others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection of Power Ballads, April 7, 2009

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Jeffrey T. Munson (Dixon, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now Power Ballads (Audio CD)

Many of the artists on this CD are known for their hard-rocking songs, but these rockers also have a softer side, as evidenced by this great collection of "power ballads".

Included in this fine collection is "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" by Poison, Def Leppard's "Love Bites", "The Flame" by Cheap Trick, "Sister Christian", by Night Ranger, "When I'm With You", by Sheriff, and Boston's "Amanda". The other songs included on the CD are very good, also, and its nice to hear these slower songs from these groups. Although this CD is by no means a "definitive" collection, the producers did do a good job of selecting a wide range of songs from the 80s and 90s that made this time period memorable.

I give this disc my highest recommendation. The songs contained on it are all familiar ones, and they still sound great today. Fans of 80s and 90s rock ballads will want to include this disc in their collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every bad boy has their soft side, March 26, 2009

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Edgar Olivares "The Entity" (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now Power Ballads (Audio CD)

This is a great sample of some of the best rock ballads though at eighteen tracks, it only scratches the surface. It's great to have Def Leppard's "Love Bites" and Journey's "Faithfully" instead of the overplayed "Open Arms" on this album. Also, Night Ranger's "Sister Christian", Extreme's "More Than Words", Tesla's "Love Song", and Slaughter's "Fly To The Angels" are edited versions. "When I'm With You" by Sheriff reached number one seven years after it was recorded. Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" also topped the charts although I would have prefered their Top Five hit "Angel". And the lead singer on "When I See You Smile" is John Waite ("Missing You").

This is by no means a definitive collection but it's without a doubt a great introduction to hard rock's softer side. For that, I won't get into what tracks aren't here. However, I wouldn't be surprised if another volume of this title appears somewhere down the line.

Total Time- 79:57

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POWERFUL BALLADS INDEED, April 3, 2009

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Hudson G TANNIS "DR.GROOVE" (LAURELTON, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now Power Ballads (Audio CD)

THIS IS CLASSIC ROCK AT ITS FINEST HOWEVER SOME PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED MARIAH CAREY.WE LIVE IN A VERY SICK WORLD.GREAT MUSIC GREAT SONG SELECTIONS.