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TRF's 120 greatest power ballads of all time!


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Had a couple of power ballad threads a week or so ago, but today we begin a contest to see which song is truly the greatest power ballad of all time. In this first round, we're simply compiling contenders for the title. We'll list out 120 power ballads, one post at a time, and once we reach 120 I'll randomize them and start a series of polls to determine the winner.

 

No double posting please! Wait until at least one other person has made a contribution before you add your next song to the list.

 

I'll start:

 

1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

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1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

2. When The Children Cry - White Lion

3. Lady - Styx

4. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

 

5. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

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I've known what a "power ballad", and definition of one is. Some people, and others might, and would say that "Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" is, and has been considered, and classified as "rock". We all, and each of us are going to have our different opinions about that.

 

1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

2. When the Children Cry - White Lion

3. Lady - Styx

4. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

5. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

6. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

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Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me

Utopia - Love Is The Answer

April Wine - Just Between You and Me

Bryan Adams - Heaven and Everything I Do (I Do it for You)

The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love

Toto - I Won’t Hold You Back

Prince - Purple Rain

Heart - Alone

Badfinger - Without You (Harry Nilsson also covered this)

Boston - Amanda

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1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

2. When the Children Cry - White Lion

3. Lady - Styx

4. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

5. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

6. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

 

Somebody needs to learn what a power ballad is. Separate Ways is a rock song. See what Cat has posted. Those are the very definition of what a power ballad is.

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1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

2. When the Children Cry - White Lion

3. Lady - Styx

4. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

5. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

6. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

7. Angel - Aerosmith

8. Alone Again- Dokken

9.Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me

10. Utopia - Love Is The Answer

11. April Wine - Just Between You and Me

12. Bryan Adams - Heaven and Everything I Do (I Do it for You)

13. The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love

14. Toto - I Won’t Hold You Back

15. Prince - Purple Rain

16. Heart - Alone

17. Badfinger - Without You (Harry Nilsson also covered this)

18. Boston - Amanda

 

19. Warrant - Heaven

20. Poison - Every Rose Has It’s Thirn

21. Bon Jovi - I’ll Be There For You

22. Cheap Trick - The Flame

23. Alice Cooper - Only My Heart Talkin’

24. Motley Crue - Without You

25. Def Leppard - Hysteria

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1. What It Takes - Aerosmith

2. When the Children Cry - White Lion

3. Lady - Styx

4. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

5. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

6. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

7. Angel - Aerosmith

8. Alone Again- Dokken

9.Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me

10. Utopia - Love Is The Answer

11. April Wine - Just Between You and Me

12. Bryan Adams - Heaven and Everything I Do (I Do it for You)

13. The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love

14. Toto - I Won’t Hold You Back

15. Prince - Purple Rain

16. Heart - Alone

17. Badfinger - Without You (Harry Nilsson also covered this)

18. Boston - Amanda

19. Warrant - Heaven

20. Poison - Every Rose Has It’s Thirn

21. Bon Jovi - I’ll Be There For You

22. Cheap Trick - The Flame

23. Alice Cooper - Only My Heart Talkin’

24. Motley Crue - Without You

25. Def Leppard - Hysteria

26. Magic Power - Triumph

27. "Love Walks In" by Van Halen

 

28. Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home

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