Top 10 B'z Ballads

[Kaizou]

May as well .

1. Itsuka no Merry Christmas
2. Gekkou
3. OCEAN
4. Mou Ichido Kiss Shittakatta
5. ALONE
6. Konya Tsuki Mieru no Oka ni
7. Kienai Niji
8. Happiness
9. ONE
10. Naite Naite Nakiyandara

I stretched with a few "ballads" on the list, but I mean, hey, they're at least "power ballads." I didn't include a number of favorites either, like Calling--even though it may technically be a "ballad" by definition, the song is just way too hard to be grouped with the others .

[Kaitoukidsama]

1 . Everlasting
2 . Itsuka no Merri Kurisumasu
3 . Kienai Niji
4 . Alone
5 . TIME
6 . OCEAN
7 . ROOTS
8 . Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni
9 . Utsukushiki Sekai
10. Nightbird
 

I, too, had to stretch a few songs in here. Namely ROOTS and Nightbird. And, like Kaizou, if we included Calling it would easily be at least #5 on my list. but there's really only 2-ish minutes of actual ballad on the song.

Everlasting is the song that got me into B'z and I <3 the solo at the end. Tak's guitar literally sounds like it is weeping.

I forgot about TIME the first TIME  :'(. So I took out the n00b ballad Boku ni wa Kimi ga Iru.

[Lebon14]

1. Boku Ni Wa Kimi Ga Iru from Action
2. Koubou from Action
3. Raging River from Eleven
4. Ring
5. Guitar Wa Naiteiru from Break Through
6. Alone from Alone/In The Life

I don't have 10 favourites.

[coldfeet]

okay here's mine:

1. Time
2. Kimi wo Tsurete
3. Guitar Wa Naiteiru
4. Raging River
5. MOTEL
6. Gekkou
7. Never Let You Go
8. One
9. Ocean
10. Gold

mostly oldies..
B'z older ballads are far more beautiful than newer ones

[Akai-Shuichi]

1. Konya Tsuki Mieru no Oka ni
2. OCEAN
3. Itsuka no Merry Christmas
4. Eien no Tsubasa
5. Koubou
6. CALLING
7. One on One
8. ONE
9. Alone
10. Everlasting

[Nat.ty]

01. Calling
02. Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
03. MOTEL
04. Tokyo
05. ALONE
06. ONE
07. Naite Naite Nakiyandara
08. ROOTS
09. GOLD
10. Mienai Chikara -INVISIBLE ONE-

[Lebon14]

^ Mienai Chikara is not a ballad

[Kaitoukidsama]

1. Boku Ni Wa Kimi Ga Iru from Action
2. Koubou from Action
3. Raging River from Eleven
4. Guitar Wa Naiteiru from Break Through
5. Alone from Alone/In The Life

I don't have 10 favourites.

First off, the concept of a true B'z fan not being able to select 10 ballads that they enjoy is pure ludacrisy. I know for a fact that I had a hell of a time selecting 10 out of the 30+ ballads from B'z.

Second, I know, from prior chat, that you do have other Ballads that you like. Namely Ring and Mou Ichido Kisushitakatta. the latter is more of a power ballad but nonetheless it has the word ballad in it.

Thirdly, how is Raging River any more of a ballad than Mienai Chikara? Raging River has more than 4 solid minutes of hard rock music. I would definitely classify it as a ROCK song.

Just some input.

[Lebon14]

Indeed, I forgot about Ring...

[jon]

1. Gekkou
2. Youube no Crying
3. Nightbird
4. Alone
5. Eien No Tsubasa
6. Kienai Niji
7. Signal
8. Konya Tsuki No Mieru Oka Ni
9. Kirei Na Ai Jya Nakutemo
10. Nothing to Change

i was thinking of Ocean, Nevre let you go, Urei No Gypsi and Roots but i guess these are my favorite ones. 

[tyohehehe]

1.Everlasting
2.OCEAN
3.TIME
4.Kienai Niji
5.Kirei na Ai jyanakutemo
6.Kobou
7.Brighter Day
8.Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
9.Eien no Tsubasa
10.GOLD

Maybe we could classify the ballad song by the lyrics?
Anyway, why nobody think about Brighter Day as a good Ballad?

[anjoschka178]

hehe tyohehehe  i didn't made my post, and i will put Brighter Day in it 

here we go!!

1. Gekkou (nothing is better then "Anata wo dakishime you")  :blush:
2. Alone
3. Guitar wa naiteiru (first B'z song i have to cry  )
4. Brighter Day
5. Time
6. Don't leave me (when this is a ballad in your opinion  )
7. RING
8. Raging River (i think its a ballad)
9. Calling
10. Home

i only write down songs that came now on my mind that i would be define as a ballad (and there are many more)

and i  think that Mienai Chikara is a ballad too


Look at the article on wikipedia about ballads in music  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad

[jayz24]

Here's my current list.
1. Calling
2. Ring
3. Brighter Day
4. Raging River
5. Itsuka no Merry Christmas
6. Eien no Tsubasa
7. Everlasting
8. Home (E. ver)
9. Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka Ni
10. Alone

There's one which I think deserves a special mention. Lady Navigation, The 7th Blues version. It didn't make it to my list, but it's fast moving up the ranks. Something about it just grips me.

[Chi1992]

1. Calling
2. Gekkou
3. Everlasting
4. Alone
5. Pray
6. Naite naite nakiyan dara
7. itsuka mata koko de
8. Gold
9. TIME
10. Yuube Crying

I think it's top of them all ^^"

[Arkard]

I wouldn't classify Mienai Chikara as a ballad.. it's an awesome song though, one of my favs. Same thing for Ring, I guess.

I'm too lazy to list, but a few select choices:

- Snow: B'z never did anything like this again and it is completely awesome. The piano, the lyrics, the ending, Tak's guitar in the end, Koshi's unique singing. So good. Also, pretty much every other track on Friends II, amazing and overlooked album.

- Kirei Na Ai Jya Nakutemo: Wish they would do something like this again.

- Boku Ni Wa Kimi Ga Iru: Probably their best ballad of the last decade

- Raging River: Well, it's both a ballad and a rocking epic.. definitely unique, definitely great. Would like to see B'z do more "progressive" stuff like this.

- Home (e version especially): Classic stuff.

- Lady Navigation 7th blues: Awesome.

Anyway, could easily mention more and more.. B'z has loads of good ballads. Heck, my all time top 10 from B'z would probably be more ballads than rockers!