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Throughout John Coltrane's discography there are a handful of decisive and controversial albums that split his listening camp into factions. Generally, these occur in his later-period works such as Om and Ascension, which push into some pretty heady blowing. As a contrast, Ballads is often criticized as too easy and as too much of a compromise between Coltrane and Impulse! (the two had just entered into the first year of label representation). Seen as an answer to critics who found his work complicated with too many notes and too thin a concept, Ballads has even been accused of being a record that Coltrane didn't want to make. These conspiracy theories (and there are more) really just get in the way of enjoying a perfectly fine album of Coltrane doing what he always did -- exploring new avenues and modes in an inexhaustible search for personal and artistic enlightenment. With Ballads he looks into the warmer side of things, a path he would take with both Johnny Hartman (on John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) and with Duke Ellington (on Duke Ellington and John Coltrane). Here he lays out for McCoy Tyner mostly, and the results positively shimmer at times. He's not aggressive, and he's not outwardly. Instead he's introspective and at times even predictable, but that is precisely Ballads' draw.
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1. Say It (Over And Over Again)

by John Coltrane

Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Mchugh; Composer
Author: Frank Loesser; Production
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production

2. You Don't Know What Love Is

by John Coltrane

Composer: Gene Depaul
Don Raye; Composer
Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Lyricist: Don Raye
Gene Depaul; Composer
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gene Depaul
Don Raye; Other

3. Too Young To Go Steady

by John Coltrane

Composer: Harold Adamson
Jimmy Mchugh; Composer
Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Lyricist: Jimmy Mchugh
Harold Adamson; Composer
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Mchugh
Harold Adamson; Other

4. All Or Nothing At All

by John Coltrane

Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Composer: Arthur Altman; Composer
Author: Jack Lawrence; Production
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production

5. I Wish I Knew

by John Coltrane

Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Composer: Harry Warren; Composer
Author: Mack Gordon; Production
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: George Douglas
Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production

6. What's New

by John Coltrane

Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Composer: Robert Haggart; Composer
Author: Johnny Burke; Production
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele
John Coltrane; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production

7. It's Easy To Remember

by John Coltrane

Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Author: Lorenz Hart; Production
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production

8. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

by John Coltrane

Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Phil Silvers; Composer
Primary Artist: John Coltrane Quartet; Main Performer
Lyricist: Phil Silvers
Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Producer: John Coltrane
Bob Thiele; Production
Studio Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder; Production
Composer Lyricist: Phil Silvers
Jimmy Van Heusen; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

8 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

31 minutes and 50 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Not available

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Studio Quality (Hi-Res)

24bit / 96 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Post Bop

Label

Impulse!

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

No linguistic content

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Release Date

Feb 28, 1963

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

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UPC

602517486201