Tracklist
- Say It (Over And Over Again)4:18
- You Don't Know What Love Is5:15
- Too Young To Go Steady4:20
- All Or Nothing At All3:35
- I Wish I Knew4:50
- What's New?3:45
- It's Easy To Remember2:46
- Nancy (With The Laughing Face)3:13
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About This Album
Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1963 as A-32 and later AS-32 (the "s" is for "stereo"). Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. "They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs" and just before the recordings, they "would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they'd use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it". Each piece was recorded in one take, except for "All or Nothing at All". In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.