The ballads are back - and they're better than ever following up the success of platinum - certified, best - selection Monster Ballads (1.6 million units sold across two volumes ), you've got a brand new chance to remember yesterday with Monster Ballads: platinum edition! Bringing together the highest power ballads with more mega-stars, more hair than ever before, platinum edition is going to take you higher with the biggest pop metal acts ever, including Damn Yankees, Skid Row, Warrant, Whitesnake and more of the legendary artists who taught us how to love. The original Monster Ballads became a retail and pop cultural phenomenon and gave rise to the reinvigoration of the hair band genre - now, seven years later, feel the power of platinum with this expanded 18-track collection. Razor. 2006.