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Originally Posted by sopsych
"Send Me an Angel" is a great song, but I don't think it's specifically about love and therefore not my idea of a power ballad, which hasn't been defined in this thread.
As I think of the power ballads I know, I must say most are mediocre - it's like the great lyricists and musicians would rather avoid the format or aren't in the hard rock genre to begin with.
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A power ballad is a ballad performed in a
rock music
style. Power Ballads may also refer to, Power Ballads (compilation album), Power Ballads (Aqueduct album), and Power Ballads (Aus album).
"Send Me an Angel"
is a power ballad by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released on their 1990 album Crazy World. Along with "Wind of Change", it became the album's signature track, reaching number 44 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart, number 8 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.
source: Send Me an Angel (Scorpions song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia