Ah, the power ballad: 80s radio – and most of our love lives – would have been a lot less colorful without it. This list of the 45 best power ballads is drawn mainly from that era, but we’ve ...
James Griffiths’ comedy-drama with songs stirs up the troubled romantic past of a once-popular Brit folk-rock duo, their awkward reunion engineered by an oddball superfan.
Exactly a year later, Benatar released Crimes of Passion in August 1980, which saw her perfect the art of the anti-ballad. Like “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” and “Treat ...
Opening track Borrowed Town, written on a Tube ride to meet The Who's Pete Townshend, has the feel of a Paul Weller solo ballad. A song about the ever-changing nature of the capital city ...
One area in which he also excels is love songs. It’s often overlooked in light of his other creative successes, but the concept of romance courses throughout many of his finest compositions, from the ...