Sony Special Products' ten-song
Metal Ballads collection takes a few liberties with the genre. While hair metal mainstays like
Europe ("Carrie"),
Bad English ("When I See You Smile") and
Warrant ("I Saw Red") fit the mold, outright pop acts such as
the Bangles ("Eternal Flame"
REO Speedwagon ("Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore") and
Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse of the Heart") should have appeared on another, more appropriately titled compilation.