What defines a power ballad? Is it in the rousing lyrics? The emotional impact of the instrumental? The epic nature of the production? Arguably, it’s got to have all three, with the labelled ...

Many of her tracks have become deeply personal anthems for fans, but when asked to name her favorite song, she didn’t choose one of her own. Instead, she pointed to a ballad that became one of ...

haunting ballad about his need for affection. “You can be loved by so many thousands of people, yet still be the loneliest person,” Mercury remarked about his affecting song. Queen - You Take ...

While James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is built on ... more low-key emotional revelations, set to song and in the register of a John Carney joint. Long-time collaborators ...

A list of 50 terrible songs on otherwise great, classic albums, from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to Harry Styles and Taylor ...

The snap, crackle and pop of vinyl marks the start of The Ballad of Wallis Island ... a folk duo who hit their peak in 2014, and the song — which tells “a story about a man who’s tired ...

While everyone knows ‘Free Bird’ and ‘Sweet Home Alabama’, ‘The Ballad of Curtis Loew’ is one of the unsung classics in Skynyrd’s back catalogue. Taken from their second album, Second Helping, the ...

Dogara’s writing is like a ballad over a bad act. It is not Bala’s kneeling that bothers this essayist, it is his ingratitude. He is also making a drama of his moral purity by calling Wike a ...

Because “The Ballad of Wallis Island” wants to give some time alone to Herb and Nell, Michael feels a little absent from the story at times. But as writers, Basden and Key avoid toothless ...

By the end of the song, it is clear that this is a woman’s world. This album was the swan song of Paula Abdul’s career as a singer. This ballad is ... the angst of teenage love, longing ...

At first glance, the plot of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” one of ... They duet on original songs that sound authentically of their era. And they’re quite good. But “Wallis Island ...