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| Released | August 3, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1978-99 | |||
| Genre | Rock, [1] soft rock | |||
| Length | 55:30 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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The Ballads is a 1999 compilation album by REO Speedwagon. It features some of the band's previously recorded hit ballads as well as two new songs, Just For You and Til The Rivers Run Dry.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Just for You" | Kevin Cronin, Jim Peterik | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Time for Me to Fly" | Kevin Cronin | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Keep On Loving You" | Kevin Cronin | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Can't Fight This Feeling" | Kevin Cronin | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Take It on the Run" | Gary Richrath | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Til the Rivers Run Dry" | Kevin Cronin, Jimmy Scott [2] | 4:14 |
| 7. | "In My Dreams" | Kevin Cronin, Tom Kelly | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Here with Me" | Kevin Cronin, Rick Braun | 5:05 |
| 9. | "Building the Bridge" | Kevin Cronin | 4:15 |
| 10. | "One Lonely Night" | Neal Doughty | 3:21 |
| 11. | "The Heart Survives" | Kevin Cronin, Jesse Harms | 4:51 |
| 12. | "After Tonight" | Bruce Hall | 4:09 |
| 13. | "I Wish You Were There" | Kevin Cronin | 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 14. | "Love is a Rock" | Kevin Cronin | 5:32 |
| 15. | "Live Every Moment" | Kevin Cronin | 5.01 |
| 16. | "Keep On Loving You '89" | Kevin Cronin | 3:57 |
| Total length: | 70:07 | ||
REO Speedwagon [3]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| USA | August 3, 1999 | Epic Records | CD | EK 69425 |
| USA | August 3, 1999 | Epic Records | Tape | 69425 |
| Taiwan | September 14, 1999 | Epic Records | CD (bonus tracks) | 495499.2 |
| UK | January 17, 2000 | Epic Records | CD | 4953242 |
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