What is The Ballads (Mariah Carey album)?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox album | name = The Ballads | type = compilation | artist = [[Mariah Carey]] | cover = | released = {{Start date|2008|10|11}} | recorded = 1990–2001 | genre = {{hlist|[[Soul music|Soul]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}} | length = {{hlist|70:41 <small>(UK)</small>|75:32 <small>(U.S.)</small>|76:10 <small>(Japan)</small>}} | label = {{hlist|[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Mariah Carey]]|[[Walter Afanasieff]]|[[Jermaine Dupri]]|[[Manuel Seal, Jr.|Manuel Seal]]|[[Rhett Lawrence]]|[[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]|[[Dave Hall (record producer)|Dave Hall]]|[[DJ Clue]]|[[Trackmasters]]|[[Stevie J]]|Mike Mason|[[Steve Mac]]}} | prev_title = [[E=MC² (album)|E=MC²]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel]] | next_year = 2009 }} '''''The Ballads''''' is the third compilation album by American singer-songwriter [[Mariah Carey]]. It was released on October 11, 2008 and featured mainly ballads that Carey sang throughout the early part of her career. ==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 72:11 | writing_credits = no | extra_column = Album | title1 = [[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]] | extra1 = ''[[Music Box (Mariah Carey album)|Music Box]]'' | length1 = 4:19 | title2 = [[One Sweet Day]] | note2 = feat. [[Boyz II Men]] | extra2 = ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]'' | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = [[Vision of Love]] | extra3 = ''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Mariah Carey]]'' | length3 = 3:31 | title4 = [[Without You (Badfinger song)#Mariah Carey version|Without You]] | extra4 = ''Music Box'' | length4 = 3:34 | title5 = [[Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey song)|Can't Let Go]] | extra5 = ''[[Emotions (Mariah Carey album)|Emotions]]'' | length5 = 4:27 | title6 = [[Love Takes Time]] | extra6 = ''Mariah Carey'' | length6 = 3:49 | title7