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| Nazareth |
Love Hurts |
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In 1975, Nazareth introduced the world one of the greatest heartbreaking ballad of all time "Love Hurts". With their unique harmony and heartache lyric, the song quickly became the favorite among radio station. |
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Dream On |
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After the successful tour in 1981, Nazareth finally released their album 2XS the following year. The album was full of vigor and furious rock sound, along with heavy ballad like "Dream On". |
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| Nelson |
Only Time Will Tell |
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The metal twin duo Nelson released this "Bryan Adam-style" ballad in 1991. They never released it in any official album and it became their last chart singles at no.28. |
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| Nevermore |
The Sorrowed Man |
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Nevermore released their Single EPs album, In Memory in 1996. Their sound was much more commercialized but still had the metal rock production. "The Sorrowed Man" ballad is featured beautifully in this album and recommended by many fans. |
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| Nickleback |
How You Remind Me |
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Nickleback became the second Canadian band in history, since The Guess Who, to hit top of the chart in both US and Canada in 2001 with the ballad "How You Remaind Me". |
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| Night Ranger |
Sister Christian |
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"Sister Christian" is considered as the one hit wonder breakthrough for Night Ranger's career. It hit no.5 on The Billboard Hot 100 and push the album Midnight Madness to its peak no.15 on Billboard 200. |
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Goodbye |
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In 1985, Night Ranger released another album that contained the beautiful ballad called "Goodbye". The album hit The Billboard 200 at no.10. And The song took its place at no.17 on The Billboard Hot 100. |
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| Nightwish |
Sleeping Sun |
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Nightwish was the symphonic metal band from Finland formed in 1997. After the unsuccessful debut album, they released their second album Oceanborn the following year. The album concentrated on their frontwoman's voice and pure heavy metal music. The results were the strong records, including the ballad "Sleeping Sun", and gave Nightwish their first success. |
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Swanheart |
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Also from their breakthrough album, Oceanborn, "Swanheart" was another opera-style ballad with strong chorus sound. |
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Two for Tragedy |
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Nightwish tried to repeat the success of Oceanborn with 2000's Wishmaster. Although it followed the same formula, it was not as successful as the previous album. "Two for Tragedy" was another of their metal opera ballad. |
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Dead Boy's Poem |
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"Dead Boy's Poem" was a semi-ballad from Nightwish's 2000 album Wishmaster. It was a drama story of a lonely boy with not-so-ballad music in the latter half of the song. |
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Away |
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In 2001, Nightwish released an EP 'Over the Hills and Far Away'. The recording contained one of their most mournful ballad "Away". |
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| Nirvana |
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? |
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1994's "MTV Unplugged in New York" was a posthumous released live album of Nirvana, and soon became one of the most essential works for the band. The cover of folk standard "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" was a simple-but-strong alternative rock ballad. |
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| Nocturnal Rites |
The Legend Lives On |
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In 1999, Swedish power metal band, Nocturnal Rites released their third studio album titled The Sacred Talisman. The album successfully delivered the 80's memorable guitar riffs with the epic and beautiful power ballad running almost 6 minutes called "The Legend Lives On" |
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