Power Ballad of the Day: Aerosmith, “Angel”
Friday, August 3rd, 2007 by Jeff Giles
Yesterday’s Power Balladeers were roped into recording material by outside writers, and their career suffered accordingly. At the other end of the spectrum sat the post-rehab Aerosmith, gleefully lapping up the Top 40-ready works of writers such as Glen Ballard, Holly Knight, Jim Vallance, and Desmond Child, who co-wrote today’s honoree, 1987’s “Angel” (download). Many longtime Aerosmith fans thought “Angel” sucked, but it sounded great at high school dances, so everyone was powerless to stop it; in any case, when compared with the seemingly endless sewage pipe of one-word-named power ballads the band would record on future albums, it’s actually kind of cool.
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