Stark, original, brutal in spots, lyrical in others, often very funny, bordering on caricature, like the woodcut illustrations from old folk ballad songbooks.

Among many things, this folk ballad talks about the sense of lasting competition in a relationship.

The acoustic folk ballad features a slower tempo and a sparse arrangement.

On stage, the song was transformed from a folk ballad into an extended rock jam, leading off from the blues rock solo after the last refrain.

The acoustic folk ballad was written during his activist outings and discusses not giving up on loving someone, loving oneself, and not giving up on one's dreams.

It would make quite a nice love ballad, if you were hearing-impaired.

Elsewhere, the song was considered a gentle love ballad.

The song was the band's first love ballad, in which the subject pleads for a second chance.

The songs combine 1980s metal with some blues-influenced elements, as well as the occasional love ballad.

It's a romantic love ballad not about anybody in particular but about a feeling.

It's where films put outtakes, or the cast singing a power ballad.

Everyone needs a bit of power ballad action.

With the right treatment, this has all the makings of a power ballad classic.

Some of them can't even get through a naff karaoke power ballad without coming over all lumpy and wrung out.

It was also the decade of the epic power ballad.

He also reaches for a rock ballad like a security blanket when all else — such as the flaccid script — fails.

Proving once more that no band can deliver a stately rock ballad like this one.

But, undeterred, he's back to acoustic rock ballads, with a bit of electronic experimentation, for his fifth solo album.

But if big-sounding, majestic, rock ballads are your thing, you won't be disappointed.

Back with a new record label, they have created more earnest, folk-tinged rock ballads, this time with a touch more self-assurance.

He has two main settings: widescreen rockabilly squall and bruised romantic ballad.

Romantic ballad built around a chiming, cyclical guitar riff.

Originally conceived as a rock-oriented song, it was changed to a slow, romantic ballad.

It follows a slow, even romantic ballad style.

It was performed as a slow romantic ballad accompanied by orchestral strings, a style that was popular at the period.

Then he had to sing a ballad after that to calm things down again.

Later we see her sing a ballad of love in a saloon.

He sings a ballad and just stands there whereas we make sure we don't go out there and have anything lacking.

She initially sang the ballad on stage before descending to shake hands with everybody in the front rows.

A cheesy but resonant soprano sings the ballads.

The first description of the new lead track called it the group's first slow ballad.

It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad.

For example, a drummer applying to play in a jazz band might be asked to play a slow ballad, a medium standard, and an up-tempo swing style.

The album includes a variety of styles, including slow ballads and fast up-tempo material.

Although some critics praised the album's slow ballads, there was general criticisms for the lack of originality or distinguishable sound.

The song, a piano and instrument driven blue-eyed soul ballad, garnered acclaim from critics as a standout track from the album.

The combination of his intense, pleading vocal and one of the most romantic soul ballads ever written, could not fail.

His first efforts were standard soul ballads and lightweight pop funk.

They were eclectic collections country and soul ballads, blues tunes, and updated versions of earlier recordings.