The Beatles Ballads

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The Beatles Ballads
Compilation album by the Beatles
Released	20 October 1980[1]
Recorded	1963–1970 at EMI, Trident and Apple studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	59:00
Label	Parlophone
Producer	George Martin and Phil Spector
The Beatles British chronology
Rarities (1978) The Beatles Ballads (1980) The Beatles Box (1980)

The Beatles Ballads is a compilation album featuring a selection of ballad songs by the English rock band the Beatles. The album was not released in the United States, but in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia. In Australia, the album was a big success, spending seven weeks at number one. It reached number 17 in the UK.

The cover art by "Patrick" (John Byrne) is often incorrectly cited as being made as a potential album cover for The Beatles ("The White Album"); however, it was originally created for Alan Aldridge's The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics.^[2]

The album was released in 1985 on LP and cassette under the EMI-ODEON label in Brazil using identical front and back cover art. It has never been officially released on compact disc.