The new kids on the block released a gorgeous ballad in 1991 called "If you go away"! (it is also featured on their underated 1994 album "face the music")

Gorgeous track, makes me cry a little! The production, the voices, the instruments all fit perfectly! The middle 8 in the song is phenomonal and the track (on the album version) has proberly the most beutiful fade ever!

Let Somebody Love You by the ULTIMATE balladist Miss Phyllis Hyman(God rest her soul).

And,,

Call Me by The QUEEN OF SOUL!

'Lately' - Stevie Wonder
'The Lady In My Life ' - MJ
'Adore' - Prince
'Sign Your Name' - TTD
'I'll Be There' - J5.

I'm partial to Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".

Laura - Charlie Parker version
When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole
Misty - Ella Fitzgerald version
Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
Autumn in New York - Sarah Vaughan version
After the love is gone - EWF

IMO, it's hard to beat the standards for classic ballads.
(must be those melodies)

Tribal Disorder

1. Adore, Prince
2. Forever In My Life, Prince
3. On and On, Kevin Max

At This Moment - Billy Vera

"Again", Janet

"Adore", Prince

"I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer", Stevie

"When I Saw You", Mariah

"Take a Bow", Madonna

'Darkest Dreaming' - David Sylvian

'Svefn-g-Englar' - Sigur Ros

'Little Star' - Stina Nordenstam
(it reminds me of one special nite in Dublin with someone where EVERYTHING seemed SO perfect...and that memory is just mine...and his.)

'Kissing You' - Des'ree (as above, but not as intense)

'Wake Up In New York' - Craig Armstrong feat. Evan Dando

'The Crying Game' - Kylie's live performance when I saw her in Manchester, 2002... her vocal soared and I wasnt the only poof crying...*

and...it's not a 'ballad' per se, but Skunk Anansie's 'Secretly' always gets me, every damned time.

*this very same performance is available on the 'FEVER2002' Live DVD

bananacologne said:

Ooh! That's a beautiful song, and definitely a favorite of mine!

Another ballad I love, though a little cheesy, is "Too Beautiful For Words" by Christina Aguilera.

i really dig Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler.

So essentially 80's over the top. Brilliant stuff.


She does a rad version of Bridge over Troubled Water, too.

thesexofit said:

If you're gonna pick a New Kids On The Block song it should be Please Don't Go Girl!! lol That song is the best

to name a few:

Adore -- Prince

And God Created Woman -- Prince

You;ve Got It Bad Girl -- Stevie Wonder

Love's Holiday -- EWF

My One and Only Love -- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Living For the Love of You pts. I and II -- The Isley Brothers

almost gothic -- Steely Dan



some that are on the "come-up" . . .



Love SOng #1 --Me'Shell NdegeOcello

Everybody Here Wants You -- Jeff Buckley

Without You -- Dwele

Love's Holiday - EWF
At Last - Etta James
Simply Beautiful - Al Green
Kissing You - Des'ree
Never Felt This Way - Brian McNight
I Can Only Be Me - a dude that sounds JUST LIKE Stevie Wonder, School Daze soundtrack
A House Is Not a Home - Luther Vandross
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Voyage to Atlantis - Isley Bros.
Seasons/If You Go Before Me/It's Been Said/Undeniably - TTD
U're Gonna C Me/One Nite Alone/Adore/The Beautiful Ones - Prince
Never Let Me Go - Aretha Franklin



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Making Love out of nothing at all - Air Supply

That's the way(only trying to help you) - Culture Club

Sign You Name - TTD

Still in love with you - New Edition

Where are you now - Janet Jackson

The Lady in my life - Michael Jackson

Everything I miss at home - Cherelle

Do Me, Baby - Prince

CalhounSq said:

Two good choices. That 2d song sounds like a ripoff of "You and I."

hmmm to many good ballads out there but I'll try to keep my list short.....

Pm Dawn~~~Love Me More,More then Likely,I'll be waiting for you and Faith in You
Lenny Kravits~~Heaven Help
George Micheal~~~ Kissing a Fool
Cowboy Junkies~~Blue Moon revisted
Maroon5~~~Sweetest Goodbye
Yaz~~~Only You
Depeche Mode~~ Somebody,It Doesn't Matter, and I am You
Berlin~~~Fall and Pink and Velvet
and of course several bye Prince but I'm sure someone will mention them all!

Prince, The Beautiful Ones
Etta James, At Last http://music.barnesandnob...8811249823
Stevie Wonder, Ribbon In The Sky
Keith Washington, Kissing You http://music.barnesandnob...5992652827
Sam Cooke, A Change Gon' Come http://music.barnesandnob...RK=6176504
The Stylistics, You Make Me Feel Brand New
Elton John, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John, Harmony
Prince, Condition Of The Heart
Color Me Badd, Wildflower http://music.barnesandnob...5992474924
Dionne Warwick, Deja Vu
TTD, If You Go Before Me http://music.barnesandnob...4646707029
Beatles, Golden Slumbers
Prince, Adore
Culture Club, Victims http://music.barnesandnob...4381782828
Kansas, Dust In The Wind
Scorpions, In Search Of The Peace Of Mind http://music.barnesandnob...4001790126
.....

i like 'still got the blues for you' a lot. i believe it's from gary moore? not the best ballad ever, but definitely a very nice song. also i love 'jesus to a child' from george michael, but that's not exactly a cheery love song. or else 'careless whispers'. definitely drama queen stuff! but apart from that a really nice song..

oh! and 'untitled(how does it feel)' by d'angelo and 'distraction' by zero7!!!!

Still In Love With You by Thin Lizzy (if you haven't heard it, check it out, it's incredible)
and several by Prince (really isn't much use naming them, though So Dark is way up there)

TTD: Holding on To You (I hope it qualifies as a ballad )

namepeace said:

Hey! ALL mine are good choices!!

I forgot to add The Beautiful Ones...

ARGH!! Forgot to add Never Let Me Go!


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"She's Outta My Life" - MJ
"The Beautiful Ones" - PRINCE
"Overjoyed" - STEVIE
"So Amazing" - LUTHER
"Can You Stand The Rain" - New Edition
"Two Occasions" - THE DEELE (and just about anything that Babyface writes and sings)
"In My Life" - Chante Moore
"How Ya Gonna Act Like That" - Tyrese
"I Wish I Wasn't " - Heather Headley
"Priceless" - JOE

that's my 10 at the moment.

"R"...

Mickey Newbury: I don't think much about her no more

Al Green: Belle

can't choose

How in the world did I forget "By Your Side", Sade?

So far...

LOVE BALLADS

the truth/beautiful surprise- India.Arie
endless love- Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
make me whole- Amel Larrieaux (ex Groove Theory)
the promise- Tracy Chapman
all the man that I need/I believe in you and me- Whitney Houston
my funny valentine- Chaka Khan
whenever wherever whatever- Maxwell
tell him- Lauryn Hill
I can't tell you why- Brownstone
dreamin' about you- Prince
inseparable lovers- AZ Yet
here comes the sun- George Benson ('s version)
some people's lives - Janis Ian
the gift- Annie Lennox
here comes the rain again- Eurythmics
now that I know love- Kenny Loggins
love is such a crazy thing- P!nk

GOOD-BYE BALLADS:

baker baker- tori amos
the beautiful ones- Mariah Carey
you could have been with me- Sheena Easton
time after time (acoustic)- Cyndi Lauper
love is blind- Janis Ian
shape of my heart- Sting
time- Culture Club
the winner takes it all- Abba
the way we were- Barbra Streisand
I honestly love you- Olivia Newton-John
come back to me- Janet
I will always love you- Whitney Houston
now & then- Kenny Loggins
Jesus to a child- George Michael
ex-factor- Lauryn Hill
while you were here- Eric Benet
I miss you- Aaliyah
1000 beautiful things- Annie Lennox

LOVE-MAKING BALLADS

the body that loves you/rope burn/70's love groove/20 foreplay- Janet
'till the cops come knocking- Maxwell
shhh- Prince
the lady in my life- Michael Jackson
there u go- Johnny Gill
the luv scene/(all the things)Your man won't do- Joe
ordinary love - Sade
wild is the wind- George Michael
slow wine- Toni Tony Toné

Oh dear....NOT including any Prince...
Too many really, here's just a few off the top of my head...

1. All Cried Out- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (or was it Full Force?)
2. As We Lay- Shirley Murdock
3. A Different Corner- Wham
4. The Dance- Garth Brooks
5. Shower Me With Your Love- Surface
6. Now & Forever- Richard Marx
7. Let Her Down Easy- Terence Trent D'Arby
8. If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time- R Kelly
9. Bed Of Roses- Bon Jovi
10. I'll Be There For You- Bon Jovi
11. Somewhere Other Than The Night- Garth Brooks
12. Home Sweet Home- Motley Crue
13. Don't Speak- No Doubt
14. Careless Whisper- Wham
15. Patience- Guns n Roses
16. Como La Flor- Selena
17. Eternal Flame- The Bangles
18. Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper
19. Nobody Knows- Tony Rich
20. Right Here Waiting- Richard Marx
21. Endless Summer Nights- Richard Marx
22. Right Here Waiting- Richard Marx
23. Beth- KISS
24. Keep On Lovin' You- REO Speedwagon
25. Time For Me To Fly- REO Speedwagon
26. Hotel California- The Eagles
27. Desperado- The Eagles
28. Stairway To Heaven- Led Zepplin
29. Who's Lovin' You- Terence Trent D'Arby
30. Total Eclipse Of The Heart- Bonnie Tyler

Angela Bofill " I TRY"

somebody try and top that one now..come on!! do it!!! i searched for this song for over three years..sitting in my car in garages, streats and at home..just trying to figure out who it was....eachtime the freaking dj wouldnt say...one night after i broke up i heard this driving home from a night out..balled my eyes out....it was that night the dj said who it was....

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Terence Trent D'Arby - Holding On To You
The Beatles - Hey Jude
Prince - Adore
Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet
Coldplay - The Scientist
Fleetwood Mac - Storms
Michael Jackson - Butterflies
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

So any of them is my favourite ballad ever. I'm sure there's more I could add.