In 2002, Love began composing an album with Linda Perry ; the record, America's Sweetheart, was released on Virgin Records in February 2004, was embraced by critics with mixed reviews.

The album received mixed reviews.

Devo released their sixth album, Shout, in 1984 to mixed reviews.

In 2003 Jamiroquai compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Late Night Tales series for Azuli Records.

The album was recorded and mixed in nine days, and Page himself covered the costs.

The resulting album, In Through the Out Door, exhibited sonic experimentation that again drew mixed reactions from critics.

Although the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, it received mixed reviews and was not as commercially successful as her previous albums.

Although Waits ' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries.

The album contained ten original garage rock tracks, it was recorded in Perth early in 2007 at the analogue and vintage recording compound KingDom Studios and later mixed at Ultrasuede in Cincinnati by producer John Curley ( White Stripes, Afghan Wigs, Greenhornes and Ronnie Spector ).

There was no tour in support of the album, which garnered mixed reviews.

The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release, with some critics praising its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability.

In 1972, the student riots of 1968 provided the inspiration for an album titled Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit ( Make Your Dream Last Longer Than the Night ), comprising musical passages mixed with news snippets and protest songs ; some lyrics were based on graffiti daubed on walls during the riots.

Billy Gibbons stated in an interview in August 2011 that the new album had been recorded, with initial recording taking place in Malibu, California, before moving to Houston, but was still unnamed and had yet to be mixed and mastered.

In 2010, the band released the album Circle the Wagons, which again mixed crust punk along with speed metal and traditional heavy metal.

The album continued the direction of A Kind of Magic, using a pop-rock sound mixed with a few heavy numbers.

Blur, a group that formerly mixed elements of shoegazing and baggy, took on an Anglocentric aesthetic with their second album Modern Life Is Rubbish ( 1993 ).

Although the resulting album Leisure ( 1991 ) peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, it received mixed reviews, and according to journalist John Harris, " could not shake off the odour of anti-climax ".

Their debut album mixed metal, rock, hip-hop, groove, and dissonance.

It was received with very mixed reviews, though many critics praised the combination of doo-wop, rockabilly and Caribbean music that the album reflected.

The band's tenth album Radiation saw the band taking a different approach and was received by fans with mixed reactions.

Subsequently, the album was mixed in Los Angeles and released in on April 7, 1978.

The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and critics ' opinions were mixed to positive.

This decision resulted in mixed reviews for both the band and the album ; a good portion did not favor the new sound and image, while others praised the band for attempting something different and experimenting rather than sticking to their roots.

The album was met with mixed, but mostly positive, reviews.

The album closes with " Sugar Baby ", a lengthy, dirge-like ballad, noted for its evocative, apocalyptic imagery and sparse production drenched in echo.

" In 1977 the Commodores scored a ballad hit with " Easy ", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U. S., followed by the funky favorite " Brick House ", also Top 5, both from their landmark album " The Commodores ", as was the utopian album favorite " Zoom ".

Rock's next single, the rock ballad " Only God Knows Why ", was the biggest hit off the album charting at No 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album spawned five hit singles: " It's Been Awhile " ( which hit the Billboard Top 10 ), " Fade " ( which has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks and television shows ), " Outside ", " For You ", and the acoustic ballad " Epiphany ".

The album was another multi-platinum smash and included their biggest-selling single, the soft ballad " Eternal Flame ".

On the Indigo Girls album 1200 Curfews ( Disc 2 ) Amy Ray starts the song " Land of Cannaan " ( which originally was on their 1987 Strange Fire album ) by saying " When I first wrote this song it was a ballad, and then I heard The Replacements, and it wasn't any more.

Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song " I Will ", a rendition of " Wake Nicodemus " featuring the Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, " Alan ", composed by Canadian singer / songwriter Tony Kosinec.

The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including two of rock's most recognisable anthems, " We Will Rock You " and the rock ballad " We Are the Champions ", both of which became enduring international sports anthems, and the latter reached number four in the United States.

In addition to the group's two best-known tracks, " White Rabbit " and " Somebody to Love ", the album featured " My Best Friend " by former drummer Skip Spence, Balin's driving " Plastic Fantastic Lover ," and the atmospheric Balin-Kantner ballad " Today ".

Many of the songs on the album display experimentation with unlikely musical genres, borrowing directly from such sources as 1930s dance-hall music ( in " Honey Pie "), classical chamber music ( in " Piggies "), the avant-garde sensibilities of Yoko Ono and John Cage ( in " Revolution 9 "), country-style music ( Ringo Starr's " Don't Pass Me By "), a western-style saloon ballad (" Rocky Raccoon "), and the lush sentimentality of Henry Mancini's film scores ( in " Good Night ").

The romantic ballad from this album, " Someone Like You ", has been featured subsequently in the soundtracks of several movies, including 1995's French Kiss, and in 2001, both Someone Like You and Bridget Jones's Diary.

The 1989 album, Avalon Sunset, which featured the hit duet with Cliff Richard " Whenever God Shines His Light " and the ballad " Have I Told You Lately " ( on which " earthly love transmutes into that for God.

The album consisted of quieter acoustic numbers, including a new take on 1981's " Let Everything Else Go " and " Maker of the Universe ," a ballad about the incarnation of Christ.

As Colorina was one of the most successful telenovelas in the 80s, he also produced for it a pop ballad hit album named Cerca de ti.

Joe Satriani's 1987 album Surfing With The Alien was a surprise hit, containing the ever-popular instrumental ballad " Always With Me, Always With You ", and the blues boogie infected " Satch Boogie "— both staples for guitarists learning their craft.

The final single was a double A-side, coupling " Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You ", from their fourth album Seeing Double, with a new ballad, " Say Goodbye ".

" We Are the Champions " is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury and recorded and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.

1990 saw the release of the Highlights and Lowlives studio album, composed of blues-based heavy metal and one ballad.

The album included the Miracles tribute song, " Sweet Harmony " and the hit ballad " Baby Come Close ".

Brown had a number-one R & B hit with the ballad, " Girlfriend " but the album didn't do well.

The next single from the album was the ballad " One Man in My Heart ", which features Sulley on lead vocals.

Marty Balin contributed the haunting ballad " Caroline " to their first album Dragon Fly, but did not join the band again until January 1975.