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• Whitesnake

  Whitesnake (Musical group)

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  Scoring high on the schmaltz-meter, here we have the gem "Is This Love."

• Greatest & Latest

  Warrant (Musical group),

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  The first song on this list called "Heaven" occupies a decent amount of space on my internal 80s radio.

• Greatest Hits

  the Ultimate Collection

  Bon Jovi (Musical group)

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  What's more heart-seizing than "I'll Be There for You?"

• The Story So Far

  the Best of Def Leppard

  Def Leppard (Musical group)

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  "Love Bites" was on a mixtape my first serious boyfriend made me. Considering the song, I think the relationship was doomed from the start!

• Platinum Collection

  [Greatest Hits I, II, III]

  Queen (Musical group)

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  I may have watched Highlander for the first time just because "Who Wants to Live Forever" was in it.

• The Greatest Hits of Foreigner

  Live in Concert

  Foreigner (Musical group)

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  Did anyone ever tell Foreigner What Love Is?

• --Hits

  Collins, Phil

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  "Against All Odds" is a tear-jerker for sure.

• Greatest Hits

  Roxette (Musical group)

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  Roxette wanted us to Listen to Our Hearts.

• Billboard Top Hits, 1987

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  Starship's "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a total anthem.

• Top Gun

  Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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  Who can forget the steamy scene in the movie with Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" in the background?

• Now That's What I Call the 80s

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  Two gems on this CD: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler and Bryan Adams' "Heaven" (a popular title for power ballads!).

• The Essential Heart

  Heart (Musical group)

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  "Alone" is one of my favorite songs ever, power ballad or not.

• Greatest Hits

  the Ultimate Greatest Hits Celebrating 50 Years of Aerosmith

  Aerosmith (Musical group),

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  Oh, Aerosmith, thank you for "Crazy." The later "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" was a bit TOO schmaltzy.

• Now That's What I Call Power Ballads, Hits

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  We end with a compilation of power ballads that is by no means exhaustive but does have NINE songs that I love on it: "I Remember You," "More Than Words," "Sister Christian," "Open Arms," "When I See You Smile," "Don't Know What You Got," "High…Read moreRead more of this annotation