| The Best Rock Ballads... Ever! | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | March 5, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | feeling peaceful | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | more than 240 min | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Various Artists chronology | ||||
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