This early power ballad can be found on Styx’ 1979 album Cornerstone, and what a power ballad it is. “Babe” peaked at No. 1 in the US, their only song to do so. Written by Dennis DeYoung as an ode to ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

These four rock ballads from the 1980s still hold up today. They haven't lost any of their power in the decades since their release.

Renamed Styx – after the river that divided the Earth from the Underworld in Greek mythology – they played heavy prog on ...