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| Released | January 18, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 76:47 | |||
| Label | Phantom Sound & Vision | |||
| Producer | Toto | |||
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Best Ballads is a 1995 compilation album by Toto. It features many of the band's well known ballads.
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