Power ballad

que tras su gran éxito de su canción Still Loving You, incluida en su álbum "Love at First Sting", comenzaron a centrarse e incluir más Power Ballads en sus futuros trabajos, y salieron baladas como "Moment of Glory", su famosa "Wind of Change", "Send Me an Angel", "When Love Kills Love" o "Here in My Heart".

Para algunos grupos de los 70 las "baladas de poder" ayudan a reavivar sus carreras en los 80.

Características

Normalmente una power ballad comienza con un teclado suave o la introducción de guitarra acústica. Las baterías pesadas y las guitarras distorsionadas no forman parte de los arreglos hasta el estribillo o incluso más adelante en la canción. Las partes de guitarra eléctrica por lo general suelen usar acordes de quinta o power chords que se sostienen hasta el siguiente cambio de acorde. Los gritos y solos de guitarra melódicos son también puntos importantes de este género. La interacción en todas partes del arreglo entre timbres "limpios" y distorsionados es crucial a la h

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• "Living In Sin"
• "Never Say Goodbye"
• "Save the World"
• "She Don't* Know Me"
• "Silent Night"
• "Thank You For Loving Me"
• "This Ain't a Love Song"
• "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
• "Without Love"

Bruce Dickinson

• "Change Of Heart"
• "Tears Of The Dragon"

Bullet for My Valentine

• "Tears Don't Fall"
• "Hearts Burst Into Fire"

Cinderella

• "Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone)"
• "Heartbreak Station"
• "Nobody's fool"
• "Coming Home"

Creed

• "Higher"
• "My Sacrifice"
• "One Last Breath"
• "With my Arms Wide Open"

Damn Yankees

• "High Enough"

Def Leppard

• "Bringing On The Heartbreakl"
• "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
• "Hysteria"
• "Miss You In A Heartbeat"
• "Love Bites"
• "Two Steps Behind"

Dream Theater

• "Lifting Shadows off a Dream"
• "Through her Eyes"
• "The Spirit Carries On"
• "Disappear"
• "Vacant"
• "The Answer Lies Within"
• "The Ministry of Lost Souls"
• "Wither"

Dio

• "As Long As It's Not About Love"

Dokken

• "Alone Again"
• "Walk Away"
• "It's Not Love"

Edguy

• "Save Me"
• "Roses To No One"
• "when A Hero Cries"
• "Thorn Without A Rose"
• "Land Of The Miracle"
• "Scarlet Rose"

Europe

• "Carrie"
• "Dreamer"
• "Hero"
• "Supersticius"
• "Open Your Heart"
• "Tomorrow"

Evanescence

• "My immortal"
• "You"

Extreme

• "More Than Words"

Faith No More

• "Easy (Like Sunday Morning
• "Edge Of The World

Faster Pussycat

• "House Of Pain"

Firehouse

• "I Live My Life For You"
• "Love Of A Lifetime"
• "When I Look Into Your Eyes"

Green Day

• "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
• "Good Ridance"
• "Pulling Teeth"
• "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
• "21 guns"

Guns N' Roses

• "Catcher In The Rye"
• "Don't Cry"
• "Estranged"
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
• "Madagascar"
• "November Rain"
• "Patience"
• "Prostitute"
• "Since I Don't Have You"
• "So Fine"
• " Sorry"
• "Street of Dreams"
• "Sweet Child O' Mine"
• "There Was a Time"
• "This I Love"
• "Yesterdays"

Hammerfall

• "Glory To The Brave"
• "Never Ever"
• "Dreams come true"

Helloween

• "A Tale That Wasn't Right"
• "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat"

Iron Maiden

• "Wasting Love"
• "Blood Brothers"
• "The Clansman"
• "Prodigal Son"

Journey

• "Faithfully"
• "Lights"
• "Open Arms"

Judas Priest

• "Ángel"
• "Last Rose Of Summer"
• "Out In The Cold"
• "Prisioner Of Your Eyes"
• "Diamonds And Rust (Live)"
• "Worth Fighting For"
• "Dreamer Deceiver"

Kamelot

• "Abandoned"
• "A Sailorman's Hymn"
• "Don't you Cry"
• "Glory"
• "Love You To Death"
• "Ne Pleure Pas"
• "On The Coldest Winter Night"
• "Temples of Gold"
• "Wander"

Kansas

• "Dust in the Wind"

Kiss

• "Goin' Blind"
• "Beth"
• "Great Expectations"
• "Hard Luck Woman"
• "A World Without Heroes"
• "Just A Boy"
• "I Still Love You"
• "Shandi"
• "Reason To Live"
• "Forever"
• "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You"
• "Every Time I Look At You"
• "We Are One"
• "I Finally Found My Way"
• "Nothing Can Keep Me From You"

Kix

• "Don't Close Your Eyes"

Kraken

• "Lenguaje de mi Piel"
• "Silencioso Amor"

Krokus

• "So Long"

Led Zeppelin

• "Stairway to Heaven"

Mafia

• "Solo Quiero Olvidarte"
• "Mar En Calma"
• "Angel"
• "Siempre"

Manowar

• "Courage"

Masterplan

• "Back For My Life"
• "Into The Light"

Megadeth

• "Coming Home"
• "Promises"
• "Use The Man"
• "A tout le monde"
• "I´ll be there"

Metallica

• "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
• "Nothing Else Matters"
• "Mama Said"
• "Fade to Black"
• "One"
• "The day that never comes"
• "The Unforgiven"
• "The Unforgiven II"
• "The Unforgiven III"

Mötley Crüe

• "Flush"
• "Home Sweet Home"
• "On With The Snow"
• "Whithout You"
• "You're All I Need"

Motörhead

• "Don't Ley Daddy Kiss Me"

Mr. Big

• "To Be With You"

My chemical romance

• "I don't love you"
• "Disenchanted"
• "Cancer"
• "Sleep"
• "The Ghost of You"

Nazareth

• "Love Hurts"

Night Ranger

• "Sister Christian"

Nickelback

• "Hero" Chad Kroeger y Josey Scott
• "How You Remind Me"
• "Far Away"

Nightmare

• "The World"
• "Alúmina"

Nightwish

• "Away"
• "Forever Yours"
• "Oceansoul"
• "Sleeping Sun"
• "Swanheart"
• "While Your Lips Are Still Red"
• "White Night Fantasy"

Nirvana

• "Something in the Way"

Opeth

• "For Absent Friends" (instrumental)

Ozzy Osbourne

• "Close my Eyes Forever" feat. Lita Ford
• "Dreamer"
• "Here For You"
• "Mama, I'm Coming Home"
• "Road To Nowhere"
• "So Tired"
• "Time After Time"

Pantera

• "Cemetery Gates"
• "Floods"
• "This Love"

Poison

• "Every Rose has its thorn"
• "I Won't Forget You"
• "Lay Your Body Down"
• "Life Goes On"
• "Something To Believe In"
• "Stand (Poison song)"
• "Until you suffer some (fire and ice)"
• "Theatre of the soul"

Queen

• "Bijou"
• "Friends Will Be Friends"
• "Spread Your Wings"
• "Love of my Life"
• "Las Palabras de Amor"
• "Play the Game"
• "Save Me"
• "Somebody to Love"
• "These Are The Days Of Our Lives"
• "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
• "We Are The Champions"
• "White Queen (As It Began)"
• "Who Wants to Live Forever?"

Queensrÿche

• "Silent Lucidity"

Radiohead

• "Creep"
• "Karma Police"

Ramones

• Baby, I love you
• Needles and pins

Rata Blanca

• "Aún Estás En Mis Sueños"
• "Cuando La Luz Oscurece"
• "Ella"
• "Mujer Amante"
• "Noche Sin Sueños"
• "Pasión Prohibida"

Red Hot Chili Peppers

• "Under the Bridge"
• "My Friends"

REO Speedwagon

• "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore"
• "Keep On Loving You"

Saliva

• "Bleed For Me"
• "Rest In Peace"

Scorpions

• "Belive in Love"
• "Here in My Heart"
• "Lady Starlight"
• "No One Like You"
• "Send Me an Angel"
• "Still Loving you"
• "When Love Kills Love"
• "Wind of Change"
• "You and I"

Skid Row

• "18 and Life"
• "I Remember You"
• "In A Darkened Room"
• "Wasted Time"

Slaughter

• "Days Gone By"
• "Fly To The Angels"

Slipknot

• "Snuff"
• "Vermilion"
• "Vermilion Pt. 2"

Sonata Arctica

• "Draw Me"
• "Tallulah"
• "The Misery"

Paul Stanley

• "Every Time I See You Around"
• "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think Of Me When We're Apart)"
• "Loving You Without You"
• "Second To None"
• "Take Me Away (Together As One)"

Stratovarius

• "4000 Rainy Nights"
• "Dream With Me"
• "Falling Into Fantasy"
• "Fantasia"
• "Forever"
• "Papillon"
• "Tears of Ice"
• "Years Go By"

Stuck Mojo

• "Country Road"

Stryper

• "Honestly"
• "Together As One"

Tesla

• "Love Song"

Toto

• "Africa"
• "I'll be over you"

Twisted Sister

• "The Price"
• "You're All I Need"
• "You're Not Alone"
• "King Of The Fools"

W.A.S.P.

• "Forever Free"
• "Hold On To My Heart"
• "Trail Of Tears"

Warcry

• "Cada Vez"
• "La Vida En Un Beso"

Warrant

• "Heaven"
• "I Saw Red"
• "Sometimes She Cries"

Whitesnake

• "Is This Love"
• "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City"
• "Here I Go Again"
• "The Deeper The Love"

White Lion

• "Farewell to You"
• "Love Don't Come Easy"
• "When the Children Cry"
• "You're All I Need"

Winger

• "Headed For A Heartbreak"
• "Miles Away"
• "Spell I'm Under"

Enlaces externos

• Great Rock Ballads