Slippery When Wet wasn't just a breakthrough album for Bon Jovi; it was a breakthrough for hair metal in general, marking the point where the genre officially entered the mainstream. Released in 1986, it presented a streamlined combination of pop, hard rock, and metal that appealed to everyone – especially girls, whom traditional heavy metal often ignored…
Chicago 16 finally gave Chicago a big hit after a four-year drought, thanks in large part to new producer David Foster, who steered the jazz-rock veterans toward a streamlined, crisply produced pop direction on that 1982 effort. Given that success, it's no surprise that the septet teamed with Foster again for its next album, 1984's Chicago 17 (apparently Roman numerals were left behind along with their progressive jazz-rock).
Laura combines new interpretations of those love ballads from yesterday and today. Laura hits new heights with her unique renditions of Paul Simon's 'Still crazy', Michael Bolton's 'How am I supposed to live without you' and Van Morrison's 'Have I told you lately'. This electic album also looks further back in time to the quintessential Steve Wonder's 'Lately', Bangles's tracks 'Eternal Flame' together with Patti Austin and James Ingram's 'Baby come to me' and gives them the Laura Fygi jazzy mood for which she is world famous. An excellent album for round midnight with no lamplight on. Hear it, feel it and you must fall in love with it.
Now That's What I Call Power Ballads. Now That's What I Call Power Ballads is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.) Now! series, containing power ballad rock songs mostly from the 1980s, and was released on March 24, 2009. Now: 100 Hits: Power Ballads is a sextuple-disc compilation album which was released in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2019. This is the first NOW! spinoff album to be formatted in 6 CD's.