Power Ballad Hits!

Various Artists

Legacy Recordings, 2016

You know every word to most each and every one of these songs. You know you sing along a little enthusiastically when they come on the radio. You turn the radio up too loud when the DJ announces one of them and your kids are the captive audience in the car. And when Jr. rolls his tired, 8^th grade eyes at you, all you can do is spread your arms and declare your love/heartbreak with gusto and genuine enthusiasm to traffic signal in front of you. Ten years ago, this might be advertised on late night TV in between commercials for juicers and slip’n fall attorney’s. Now it’s even easier to indulge in all those bands you consider guilty pleasures. Tesla, Warrant, Slaughter, Bon Jovi and more all have their moment, and you don’t need to spend too long in the mirror with a can of Aqua Net to enjoy this.