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Faith No More |
Easy |
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Best known in US only for their lone one hit "Epic" in 1990, Canadian alternative metal band Faith No More tried their best to follow the success of the hit singles. In 1993, they scatched the Billboard chart at no.58 with the cover of Lionel Richie's "Easy". This gentle ballad turned out to be their last chart singles in US. |
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Falconer |
Hear Me Pray |
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The Swedish power metal band Falconer followed the Viking/folk-theme metal trend with the album "The Sceptre of Deception". This concept album about Viking king also featured the power ballad "Hear Me Pray". |
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Faster Pussycat |
House Of Pain |
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In 1989, Faster Pussycat released their second album, Wake Me When It's Over following their first debut. Unfortunately, it lost the momentum. Their only first hit was the power ballad "House Of Pain" sitting at no. 28 on Billboard Hot 100. |
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Please Dear |
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Another fine ballad song "Please Dear" was released in 1989 in the album Wake Me When It's Over. Both lyric and melody of the song is good but it did not hit on any top charts at all. |
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Fate |
Freedom |
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After the first album was a flop, the Denish metal band Fate tried again with 1990 album Scratch'n Sniff. The second album sounded much better then the first album, including the strong ballad "Freedom". Despite the improvements, they disbanded shortly after the album released. |
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Fates Warning |
The Road Goes on Forever |
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Parallels is the most successful album Fates Warning has ever created. WIth their solid composition and song lyrics, "The Road Goes on Forever" is one of the beautiful ballads in this album. |
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We Only Say Goodbye |
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In the 1991 album, Parallels, Fates Warning delivered the most beautiful power ballad "We Only Say Goodbye" which was one of the radio and media favorite songs. |
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Fifth Angel |
Broken Dreams |
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Despite this disappointed album, Time Will Tell, Fifth Angel still left their marks with the beautiful acoustic introduction ballad "Broken Dreams" The band gave up after the release of the album. |
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Firehouse |
Love Of A Lifetime |
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In 1991, Firehouse released their crafted collection of pop-metal, Fire House. The album quickly hit on the radio and sent the power ballad "Love of A Lifetime" to the Top Ten hit. |
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When I Look Into Your Eyes |
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With their first successful album, Firehouse released their second album with better materials. They composed the prime mainstream pop-metal ballad called "When I Look into Your Eyes". The ballad hit Top 40 Mainstream chart. |
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I Live My Life For You |
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In their third album, Firehouse 3, Firehouse soften their music and left the album driven by their power ballad "I Live My Life For You". The song hit repectfully on the Top 40 Mainstream chart at #14 |
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Five for Fighting |
Superman (It's Not Easy) |
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Five for Fighting was John Ondrasik, a talent alternative rock singer/songwriter who didn't gain much public attention since his first debut in 1997. He hit the big time after the 9/11 event in 2001, when his piano ballad "Superman (It's Not Easy)" captured the nation's sensation and became top20 hit the same year. The band performed the song in the live concert for New York City later that year, and their album "America Town" went platinum. |
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Foreigner |
Blinded by Science |
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Foreigner's third album, Head Games, was another multi-platinum album for the famous arena rock band. (It also infamous for its scandalous cover.) "Blinded by Science" was a well-craft, non-hit ballad. |
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Waiting For A Girl Like You |
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Not until the forth album, Foreigner released the most power ballad in their career "Waiting For A Girl Like You". The song became one of the most popular hit on the radio and drove the its album to the no.1 on Pop Album chart. |
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I Want To Know What Love Is |
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Three years after their successful album, foreigner released their fifth album Agent Provocateur and composed their first no.1 single hit ballad "I Want To Know What Love Is" |
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Frehley's Comet |
It's Over Now |
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KISS's Ace Frehley seldom released his own solo albums under the name 'Frehley's Comet' - although not so successful. In his third album, he created a standard metal power ballad titled as "It's Over Now". |
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Fuel |
Hemorrhage (In My Hands) |
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The alternative rock band Fuel finally made a hit with their second album Something Like Human in 2000. The alternative ballad "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" became their only top40 hits to date. |
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