Artist	Song
REO Speedwagon	Keep On Loving You
from REO Speedwagon: The Hits (2002)
Journey	Open Arms
from Journey: Greatest Hits (2006)
Styx	Babe
from Cornerstone (1987)
Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is
from No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Remastered) (2008)
KISS	Beth
from Greatest Kiss (1997)
Meat Loaf	Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
from Bat Out of Hell (2001)
Bryan Adams	Heaven
from So Far So Good (1993)
Chicago	Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
from The Very Best of Chicago - Only the Beginning (2004)
Kansas	Dust In the Wind
from The Best of Kansas (1999)
Jefferson Starship	Miracles
from Platinum & Gold Collection: Jefferson Starship (2003)
Queen	We Are the Champions
from Queen: Greatest Hits (1994)
Nazareth	Love Hurts
from Heart of Metal (2000)
Night Ranger	Sister Christian
from Greatest Hits (1989)
Rod Stewart	Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
from The Definitive Rod Stewart (Premium Version) (2008)
Cheap Trick	The Flame
from The Essential Cheap Trick (2004)
Boston	Amanda
from Third Stage (1986)
Survivor	The Search Is Over
from Survivor: Greatest Hits (1999)
Asia	Only Time Will Tell
from Asia (1982)
Elvin Bishop	Fooled Around and Fell in Love
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Elvin Bishop (2002)
Alice Cooper	You and Me
from Lace & Whiskey (2007)
Toto	I Won't Hold You Back
from The Essential Toto (2003)

Comment:

The lights dim, the piano ripples beneath the singer’s aching plea, and the drummer, sticks poised, takes a final breath before dropping the 16-ton hammer that can signify only one thing — [i]the power ballad[/i]. Drenched in cavernous echo that blows singer Kevin Cronin’s multitracked harmonies up to Tabernacle Choir size, REO Speedwagon’s "Keep On Loving You" captures the power ballad’s signature magic trick: intimacy in front of 75,000 fans. Styx singer Dennis DeYoung propels Kleenex sales to an all-time high in “Babe,” announcing his impending departure and delivering the sentiment-packed [i]coup de grace[/i] that mists every female eye in the house: “Babe, I love you.” And songwriter Jim Steinman provides scenery-chewing collaborator Meat Loaf with "Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad," an epic mini-drama in which our brokenhearted balladeer employs his outsize personality’s persuasive powers to convince his ladyfriend to engage in a loveless tryst. But don't stop exploring here; many more Bic lighters await hoisting.

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