Favorite Power Ballads #6 - "Ball and Chain"
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
August 10, 2017 8:45pm CST
In the 1980's, power ballads were all the rage, particularly with the hair metal bands, so I am celebrating power ballads with this particular series. We are at #6 in the countdown, with a guy who was not a hair metal guy, but he made a great power ballad anyway: "Ball and Chain" by Aldo Nova, who is making his first appearance in one of my music series'.
From his double platinum 1982 self-titled album, "Ball and Chain" certainly fits the power ballad criteria. It's slow, and has both the required keyboards and obligatory mid-song guitar solo.
As lovely as it is, "Ball and Chain" was not released as a single, despite being one of the strongest tunes on an album full of them, and remains one of Aldo Nova's more popular songs. Who knows what record companies are thinking, but in "Ball and Chain," they had a radio friendly song just waiting to be a hit. They dropped the ball with this one.
(Info verified by Wikipedia)
Aldo Nova. Ball and chain. Track 4 from "Aldo Nova" album (1982). Lyrics below: Aldo Nova's album "Subject" (1983) and info: https://goo.gl/BRPgQx AOR & Melo...
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
11 Aug 17
I remember this only vaguely Scott.
It sure is lovely though.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
11 Aug 17
@teamfreak16 Yes they surely should have. It is most deserving..it is baffling why they did not.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
@TiarasOceanView - Who knows what record companies are thinking.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
I'm getting a lot of "I don't know this one" comments. They should have released it as a single.
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
11 Aug 17
I like this one, but ive always been more partial to Fantasy.... 
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Aug 17
@mawdest - He's from Montreal. This was his big hit.
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@FourWalls (62499)
• United States
11 Aug 17
His career was just a fantasy. 
As I frequently say, this is better than the "big hit," which I learned to hate after about three weeks of nonstop playing by radio stations.....
As I frequently say, this is better than the "big hit," which I learned to hate after about three weeks of nonstop playing by radio stations.....1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
"Fantasy" certainly was overplayed. I still dig it, though.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Aug 17
I have no idea where I was when all this music came out! I dont know this one.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
You were probably were listening to something else at the time.
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
His first two albums are really good. I didn't care much for Twitch, however.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Aug 17
Another one I don't know at all!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Aug 17
I still think it could have been a hit.
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