People have different opinions on what makes a song a ballad so please no arguing about that. If you think the song is a ballad then go ahead and post it.
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Poe - Fly Away
Forgive me for maybe messing up a title; no particular order
Summers End- John Prine
Sam Stone- same ( Saddest lyric ever written and I bet there are 50+ years between these two)
3.Tears of heaven- Eric Clapton
4.Gymnopaedia- Eric Satie (does a ballad need words- listen to this on s drizzly spring day)
5.Take me to the Alley- Gregory Porter
The Ballad of Gay Tony
China Doll by The Grateful Dead.
They Love Each Other (e.g. Barton Hall rendition) if it can be counted. Ballad is somewhat subjective.
Anthrax- NFB
Bob Dylans 115th dream
Marty Robbins El Paso
Lefty frazzell-long black veil https://youtu.be/AL58Zqj_cZk?t=3
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not just one of the greatest ballad but greatest songs.
I had never heard a John Prine song until I hit 40. I don’t know how.
Anyone coming across this post asking who John Prine is, go listen to his self titled album immediately
Newer songs:
"Hoppipolla" by Sigur Ros.
"Miss You" by Blink 182.
Older songs:
"Changes", "It's Alright" by Black Sabbath.
"Pale Blue Eyes" by Velvet Underground.
"Moonlight Mile", "Waiting on a Friend" by The Rolling Stones.
And All That Could Have Been by Nine Inch Nails.
Outside (MTV Unplugged) by Staind.
My Skin by Natalie Merchant.
9 Crimes by Damien Rice.
The Widower by Dillinger Escape Plan.
Eternal Haunting by Michael Graves.
Why Would You Leave Us by NF.
Leaving Hope by Nine Inch Nails.
Hurt by both Nine Inch Nails and Johnny Cash.
Illusion by VNV Nation.
Breathe Me by Sia.
Stars by tATu.
Setting Fire To The Third Bar by Snow Patrol.
Heaven's Not Enough by Steve Conte.
Starulfar by Sigur Ros.
I'm probably missing some, but I think I've typed enough.
I'd say Florence is the queen of ballads. From " Over The Love " and " No Light No Light " all the way to " End of Love " and " Jenny of Oldstones " so for the sake of me NOT listing a hundred Florence songs . . . I'll leave Florence's catalog of stunning ballads out.
NO ORDER
The widower by DEP is fucking unreal, what a powerful performance in all aspects.
Opeth - Benighted
Mastodon - Cold Dark Place
Ghost - He is
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Woods Of Ypres - Shards Of Love
All of these wreck my feels
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Scandal - Say What You Will
Alan Parsons Project - If I Could Change Your Mind
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Al Stewart - Life in Dark Water
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Nothing Can Change This Love - Sam Cooke
Lush Life - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
At Last - Etta James
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
Any or all of these Peter Murphy songs:
Hit Song
All Night Long
Cuts You Up
Strange Kind Of Love
Indigo Eyes
Don't Worry, Baby - The Beach Boys
Bell Bottom Blues - Derek and the Dominos
Blue Turns to Grey - The Rolling Stones
Goodbye to Romance - Ozzy Osbourne
Drive - The Cars
Your still a young man , Tower of power. Touching me softly, Roberta Flack
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Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil A Night Like This - The Cure Some Kind Of Stranger - The Sisters of Mercy Question of Lust - Depeche Mode
And an oddity for me,
Love You Down - Ready For The World