The Ballads Collection

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Ballads Collection

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Cameo

| cover = Cameo-ballads.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1998|5|19}}

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| length = 57:35

| label = Polygram

| producer = Larry Blackmon

| prev_title = Live: Word Up

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Greatest Hits

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score ={{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r350707|pure_url=yes}} link]}}

The Ballads Collection is a compilation album released by the funk group Cameo in 1998.{{cite web|title=The Ballads Collection: Cameo|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ballads-collection-cameo/id411745|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616075603/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ballads-collection-cameo/id411745|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2010|publisher=iTunes|access-date=28 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=The Ballads Collection - Cameo|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ballads-collection-mw0000036656|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=28 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Ballad Collection| website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Collection-Cameo/dp/B000V63AV4/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0|accessdate=28 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Cameo– The Ballads Collection|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cameo-The-Ballads-Collection/release/4220282|publisher=dsicogs.com|accessdate=28 November 2013}}