| The Ballads | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Doro |
| Cover: | Doro the ballads.jpg |
| Released: | 22 July 1998 |
| Genre: | Hard rock, heavy metal |
| Length: | 55:18 |
| Label: | Vertigo / Mercury |
| Prev Title: | Love Me in Black |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Best Of |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
The Ballads is a compilation of songs released by the German hard rock singer Doro Pesch and by her former band Warlock with the label Vertigo Records. The compilation was published after the singer had left the label in 1996, ending a ten years long collaboration.[1]