25 Best Rock Ballads of all-time

Since the popularity of this blog has taken off over the past few months, I've been getting requests via email or just when people run into me to do some more lists. I love discussing and debating certain rankings and lists, whether it be about sports, music, or movies.

So I'm going to have a weekly installment of a top 25 list for certain topics for now on.

Today's list is going to be the top 25 Rock Ballads of all-time. I did not separate it as far as "power ballads" or "hard rock ballads". I ranked these songs based on lyrics, music, and vocals. Some of these may be biased but I literally listened to over 500 songs considered ballads before this list. I used a few other lists for research and made then used my own tastes to come up with the list below.
Some of these are love ballads, and some of them are some of the saddest songs you will ever hear. Most of them are just good music.I hope you enjoy and please feel free to comment and make your own lists below.

25. Elton John- Tiny Dancer


This song was made popular once again thanks to the really good movie "Almost Famous" which came out in 2001.

24. Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Under the Bridge



23. Cinderella- Don't Know What you got til it's gone


22. Metallica- Nothing Else Matters


21. Guns N' Roses- Patience


20. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple Man



19. U2-One


18. Eric Clapton- Tears in heaven


17. The Rolling Stones- Wild Horses


16. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge over Troubled Water


15. Don McLean- American Pie


14. Bob Dylan- Times they are a changin


13. Boston- More than a feeling


12. Pink Floyd- Hey You


11. Pearl Jam- Black


10. Simon and Garfunkel


9. Guns N'Roses- November Rain


8. The Beatles- Let it Be


7. John Lennon- Imagine


6. The Who- Behind Blue Eyes


5. Aerosmith- Dream On


4. The Eagles- Hotel California


3. The Beatles- Hey Jude


2. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven


1. Pink Floyd- Wish you were here