1.   He had never played this somber acoustic ballad before.

2.   Petty built his show carefully, from midtempo rockers to mostly acoustic ballads, then up to the verge of hard rock.

3.   The disc was a mix of everything Schneider had done and wanted to do, from acoustic ballads to funk tracks to party anthems.

4.   There are also a few lush acoustic ballads.

5.   Those sappy first-kiss acoustic ballads.

6.   Blue on Black is an acoustic ballad which offers a nice respite from the screaming guitars.

7.   She moves fluidly from lilting rockers to pretty acoustic ballads, making seemingly overwrought lyrics fit the tunes almost perfectly.

8.   The latter song is almost begging for an interpretation by Ray Charles.