The greatest alternative power ballad collection you will ever hear. Just like all other power ballad collections except not rubbish.

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The Power of Ballads

The alternative compilation for the discerning listener. Best enjoyed in a second-hand car at moderate speed with the windows down.
Volume One - New Delights and Guilty Pleasures   Volume Two- 100% Alternative Sources of Power Balladry
 
Of Montreal
     ....................Blur as Clockwork Orange in the video for The Universal  

Featuring: Johnny Cash, Radiohead, John Lennon, Joy Division, A-ha (yes, really), Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, New Model Army, Terry Lee Hale, Of Montreal (pictured), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gary Numan, Peter Gabriel, Muse & Phosphorscent.

With the Inspiral Carpets, Blur (pictured), Ultravox, Beck, Razorlight, Radiohead, David Bowie, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Guns N Roses, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young, Mack Sigis Porter, The Cult, The Swans, Neil Diamond, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen & Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
 

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Full track listings

The Power of Ballads Volume One

Johnny Cash- Hurt.

Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees.

John Lennon- Mother.

Joy Division- Atmosphere.

A-ha- Hunting High and Low.

Prince- Purple Rain.

Nine Inch Nails- Something I Can Never Have.

INXS- Never Tear Us Apart.

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel- Tumbling Down.

New Model Army- Green and Grey.

Terry Lee Hale- Dead is Dead.

Of Montreal- The Past is a Grotesque Animal.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps.

Gary Numan- Complex.

Peter Gabriel- Biko.

Muse- Plug-in Baby.

Phosphorescent- Wolves.

      
Full track listings

The Power of Ballads- Volume Two

Inspiral Carpets- So This is How it Feels to be Lonely.

Blur- The Universal.

Ultravox- Vienna.

Beck- Lost Cause.

Razorlight- Somewhere Else.

Radiohead- Creep.

David Bowie- Five Years.

Metallica- The Unforgiven.

Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here.

Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O’ Mine.

Green Day- Time of your Life.

Nine Inch Nails- Hurt.

Neil Young- Keep On Rocking in the Free World.

Mack Sigis Porter- The Seventh House (or Peace on You).

The Cult- Brother Wolf, Sister Moon.

The Swans- God Damn the Sun.

Neil Diamond- I Am I Said.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy- I See a Darkness.

The Cure- Pictures of You.

Echo and the Bunnymen- Killing Moon.

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine- GI Blues.

  
     
             
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