Excellent! But where are the missing monsters?

Compilations, whether by a certain artist or various artists, are usually hit and miss. It's a lot like a gold miner's life. Sometimes you dig up nothing, or unearth fool's gold. But every now and then, you'll get lucky and dig up a great treasure.

Monster Ballads is one of these great treasures. Originally released as a double CD on TV, it has now been split into two and distributed through hundreds of stores, both in real life and on the computer. There are some real gems here, such as "High Enough" (my favorite!), "Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone", "Wind of Change", and "When I See You Smile". There are also some other nice finds (most of the other songs).

This is where the 'hit and miss' comes into focus, though. If you're real familiar with hair metal and late 80s/early 90s rock, you'll probably find yourself wondering why certain tracks are on here instead of others. Why is "Something To Believe In" on here in place of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"? Why not include something like Journey's "Open Arms", Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer", or a Def Leppard song? Or maybe you just like other ballads by certain represented artists better than the one that was included. I know I would've rather had Extreme's "Hole Hearted" instead of "More Than Words," even though I know the latter was their biggest hit.

That's just the way it goes though; unless you create a compilation of songs yourself, you're likely to be dissatisfied with some of the picks. There shouldn't be any argument, however, that Monster Ballads is a really good collection of those old anthems that you used to live by--and now we can call them classics. If you see some songs that you're dying to have on this album, don't think twice about making the purchase. Don't forget to check out Monster Ballads, Vol. 2 while you're at it. It's not as spectacular as this one, but it has some great songs as well.

love making music

I was looking for some intense, sexy music, and this cd has some songs that totally pass the test, especially "Can You take me High Enough". I think I might just have to buy this cd!

Really good.

I bought this CD a few years ago and it's just a amazing

collection... This is a really good list until you get

to the last 4 songs which sound like filler. You have

"Is this love" which is Whitesnakes best song IMO... You

have "Can you take me high enough" which is a really good

song and I like the solo ALOT. "Wind of Change" is one of

The Scorpions best songs as Carrie is pretty good also.

If you enjoy 80's hair bands this album is for you.