23. Until The End of Time – Foreigner
Another reunion album. Foreigner were back in 1995 with this single. I loved it (and am still lovin' it)
24. Always – Air Supply
Another romantic song from this Australian duo. Just listen to it.
25. Dreaming (Tell Me) – Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
A ballad from Malmsteen/Turner era. The strangest thing is the title in the bracket. I still don't know why the title is “Tell Me”. There isn't any phrase “Tell Me” in the lyrics. None at all.
26. Close To You – Whigfield
A hit in 1994/1995 of a Danish singer who used to perform a pop-dance music. But not in this song.
27. Babe – Caught In The Act
Another song from the boyband era. This one was from Caught In The Act. An old STYX”s song. It was before the year 1999 when it was finally revealed, that their member, Elloy De Jong, had a special relationship with Stephen Gately of Boyzone.
28. All Out Of Love – Human Nature
Back to my year in Junior High School. This cover version of Air Supply's is the one I consider to be the best version of all (even if it is compared to the original Air Supply version).
29. Dearest – Ayumi Hamasaki
The track that introduced me to Ayumi. This one was the closing theme of Inuyasha. A few weeks after, I finally bought her album that featured this song.
30. Lea – Toto
I never had a crush on a girl named Lea. I just loved this song. It was on the first Toto's album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocal. He sung it in a really different vocal style. It didn't sound like Joseph Williams at all. Some Toto's fans even didn't believe it was Joseph singing. They thought it was the writer, Steve Porcaro, singing it. Until Toto finally made a confirmation that it was Joseph's voice in it.
31. Always – Michael Kiske
If I had to choose the best rock singer of the world, I might choose Michael Kiske, a former Helloween's singer. He and also their drummer, Ingo Swichtenberg) were fired from the band after having a “war” with two other members. This on is from Kiske's solo album that was dedicated to the memory of Schwictenberg who finally committed a suicide by crashing his body to a running train.
32. Love Conquers All – Deep Purple
It was when Joe Lynn Turner came to Deep Purple to replace Ian Gillan. Turner was former Rainbow (which was also founded by Deep Purple's gutitarist at the time, Ritchie Blackmore) singer. Some fans disliked the album that featured this track, Slaves and Master cause I sounded more like Rainbow than Deep Purple. But I guess this ballad is beautiful.
33. Memories – Within Temptation
The song that made me fall in love to this Dutch band. A gothic rock band. Listen to the beautiful voice of Sharon Den Adel
34. Wish You Were Here – Blackmore's Night
I was wrong when I thought it was Within Temptation's. This was really a song from Blackmore's Night, a band founded by Ritchie Blackmore after leaving Deep Purple once again and disbanded Rainbow for the second time. The singer is Candice Night
35. We Could Be In Love – Brad Kane & Lea Salonga
A duet of an Australian and a Philippines singer. This brought my memories to my pre-teen age and also to some times ago in a village in Demak. This was the anthem of our team. Haha.
36. Take Me To Your Heart – Michael Learns To Rock
My favourite song from the album with the same name. This was originally a song from a Chinese singer/actor, Jackie Cheung (Chang Shieh Yu), entitled Farewell Kiss. Please differ him from Jackie Chan (Chen Lung). They're not the same.
37. Lady In Red – Chris De Burgh
I often heard this one on radio, but I still didn't know who the singer was. I finally found who is him when I bought a compilation album including this song.
38. Before The Dawn – Judas Priest
Until this day, this is the only rock ballad track that Judas Priest ever released. See and hear the different side of one the biggest heavy.metal band in the world.
39. I'm All About You – Aaron Carter
My favourite from Aaron Carter's. His voice is almost similar to his brother, Nick of the Backstreet Boys.
40. A View To A Kill – Duran Duran
The song for a James Bond Movie with the same title. This was the only James Bond's soundtrack to became number one in Billboard chart. I really love this song. Sadly, this was also the last time Duran Duran made a record with Roger Taylor on drums and Andy Taylor on guitars before reuniting in 2003.
41. The Living Daylights – A-ha
The next series of James Bond movie. This was written and performed by this trio from Norway, A-ha. Although it didn't reach the same success as Duran Duran's, I still love this one.
42. Elang – Dewa 19
One of the last tracks to be recorded by Dewa 19 with Ari Lasso on vocal. I prefer this version with Ari than the new recorded version with Once on vocal. This could be my favourite from Ari Lasso's era. It was the first track to feature Tyo Nugros on Drums.
43. Wo Nan Kuo (I'm Sad) – 5566
A song from a Taiwanese boyband. I didn't even know why I loved this one. :).
44. Stay The Night – Chicago
Taken from the last Chicago's album to feature Peter Cetera's voice. I hate it when I heard Jason Scheff singing this. It's so bad.
45. Rosanna – Toto
A song about three girls. But David Paich, the writer, chose to “steal” Rosanna Arquette's name to be the title. It was included from Toto's biggest and best record of all time, Toto IV. This was the last time David Hungate ever recorded an album with Toto. He left before the release of the album and was then replaced by Mike Porcaro. I often played this song on my computer time after time. And my cousins began to love it too.
45. Will You Still Love Me – Chicago
The first Chicago's single that introduced Jason Scheff as their new bassist and singer (replacing Peter Cetera). I love his soft voice on this song. But, truly, I hate him when he sang some Cetera's song.
46. Faithfully – Journey
A classic from Journey. This was unusually witten solely by their keyboardist, Jonathan Cain (most of their hits were written by Steve Perry and Cain). Hear another beautiful soaring voice from Steve Perry.
47. Risalah Hati – Dewa
This was my favourite from “Bintang Lima” album. It was the first album to feature Elfonda Mekel aka Once on vocal. I also the story of the video. I didn't know who was the video star that time Until some years later I watched the video again, then I knew who he is. Yes, He is Indra Birowo. Yeah, he was not a famous star at the time.
48. You Come To My Senses – Chicago
This was another favourite from Jason Scheff era in Chicago.
49. This Night Is Gonna Last Forever – MSG
MSG's album was the very first album I ever bought. It was when Michael Schenker (formerly of Scorpions) was joined by Robin McAuley. He then changed his band name from Michael Schenker Group to McAuley Schenker Group. This track is still my most favourite among the others. The unique thing is that this track wasn't written by any members of MSG.
50. Satu – Dewa 19
This double-meaning lyrics song is my most favourite of Dewa 19's. It talked about love. But, I believed it was more meant to be the love from human for The Creator than a love from man to woman.
51. Untukmu Ibu – Exist
To close this session, I'd like to choose this ballad from a Malaysian band, Exist. My tears always drop everytime I listen to this. It really depicted what happened to my mother and always makes me remember her.
