That’s where a few ballads fit in nicely ... An electronic drum beat adds power, lush strings, and clever guitar sound add intricacy and softness, but always that superb voice prevails over ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it ... Cheap Trick, who’d already achieved great success in the ‘70s, watched as many rock acts hit new commercial heights on the ...

But they still keep the volume at a respectable level. Here's out list of 25 great power ballads. And, no, "Purple Rain" is not power ballad.