while until THESE DAYS and the release of LIE TO ME and THIS AIN'T A LOVE SONG which were IMO two great power ballad in the style of their previous effort, the ballads were one of their strongest points, i think even if i like TFLM they didn't write great ballad anymore...
songs like save the world all about lovin you you had me from hello didn't match the quality of their previous efforts..
in fact those songs never reached great public response....
i think if they would have release a ballad like LONG WAY TO GO by def leppard (2002) they quite possibly would have achieve better results.....and less critics